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Dec 01, 2024
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AUD 549 - Counseling in Audiology
Semester Hours: 3
Fall
This course will provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to provide effective audiologic counseling to patients and their families/caregivers based on individual patient need and cultural sensitivity. It will include contemporary theories of counseling and applications of principles and methods used to address problems with communication, hearing, vestibular, and tinnitus disorders faced by individuals and their families across the lifespan. Counseling and motivational strategies to maximize the individual’s ability to understand, adapt and cope with his/her disorder will be emphasized. Introduction to counseling tools with clinical application for the non-technological management of hearing loss will be covered. Counseling techniques will be tailored to specific audiologic diagnoses and services.
Prerequisite(s)/Course Notes:
Open only to matriculated students enrolled in the Au.D. program . May not be taken on a Pass/Fail basis. (Formerly SPCH 392, Aural Rehabilitation for Adults; Counseling.)
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