Deafness in the 21st Century

Name: Deafness in the 21st Century
Rating: NaN (0 reviews)
Author: University of Manchester

课程

英语

12 时

来源

来自www.coursera.org

状况

自定进度
免费获取
免费证书

更多信息

6 序列
等级介绍

Their employees are learning daily with

Learn more

课程详情

教学大纲

1. Deafness: a global perspectiveof the silent epidemic

The global inequalities and implications for deaf children, young peopleand adults.
An introduction to the hearing system and basic physiology.
Understanding the auditory system.

2. Preventable cause ofdeafness

Epidemiology of hearing loss in low and middle income countries.
Prevention of hearing impairment and disability, including noise damage,ototoxicity, age related hearing loss, middle ear disease and measles, mumps,rubella and malaria as causes of deafness.

3. Identification and assessment of deafness and amplification

Screening, diagnostic assessment, the potential and challenge ofamplification.
The role of NGOs and manufacturing companies in provision ofamplification.
Examples of practice.

4. Family Centred EarlyIntervention

Consideration of the international consensus statement on family centredearly intervention.
Examples of how this can apply in a low income countries.
Developing early communication and literacy skills, empowering parents and working with the Deaf community.

5. Fostering interpersonal communication across language modalities

Use of signed languages
Speechreading
Spoken language
Facilitating communication

6. Possible futures: given support, what can deaf children and adults achieve?

Case studies of possible futures
Focus on international projects

先决条件

没有。

讲师

Helen Chilton - School of Psychological Science
Wendy Mccracken - School of Psychological Science

编辑

Tracing its roots back to 1824, the University of Manchester is home to almost 40,000 students. The University has three Nobel laureates among its current staff – more than any other British university - and a total of 25 Nobel laureates have come from our past and present students and staff. We have three main goals: to undertake world-class research; to deliver an outstanding learning and student experience; and to be socially responsible.