LOGO1140-1 : Assessment and reeducation of auditory deficiencies through psychology and speech therapy

Study Programmes 2015-2016

LOGO1140-1

Assessment and reeducation of auditory deficiencies through psychology and speech therapy

Duration :

30h Th

Number of credits :

Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS)		3

Lecturer :

Brigitte Lejeune

Language(s) of instruction :

French language

Organisation and examination :

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Course contents :

Summary ear anatomy, deafness type, hearing assessment and hearing aids.
Education of the deaf : history.
Approach to the sign language phonology, morphology and syntax.
Approach to lip-reading methods.
Initiation to figerspelling, Signed French, Cued Speech.
Stages of sign language for deaf children.
Verbal (gestual &oral) interaction of deaf or hearing mother with their deaf child.
Audiophonology therapy and prelingual deafness: outcomes on child development.

Reading & writing and school path in Belgium.
Parental speech therapy guidance.
Psychology and deafness.

Learning outcomes of the course :

To be up to date on teaching and rehabilitation of deaf child at the present time.
To be sensitive to sceening and early diagnosis of hearing loss.
Audiophonology methods for the deaf child.
Practical initiation: Signed French, Cued Speech.
To allude to French speaking Belgian Sign Language and fingerspelling.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

bachelor's 3rd year psychological and educational sciences.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Preparation of rehabilitation speech therapy sessions for impraired children.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Course during 3 hours per day in the first semester,