These aim to meet needs in their career development and can be taken as individual modules or as courses contributing to the award of MEd. The modules are available both in the UK and overseas. The aim of this course is to train doctors in the diagnosis and management of hearing and vestibular disorders in children and adults. It emphasises the medical aspects of deafness including those aimed at its prevention. Methods of establishing aetiological factors are taught, together with the importance of this to individual families and the community.
Students undertake a research methods course and a research dissertation.
The course is relevant to Science graduates who are interested in pursuing a career as an Audiological Scientist in the Health Services or in research. The emphasis is on the assessment of hearing, the functions of the middle ear, labyrinth, cochlea and auditory nerve with patients of all age groups. It is also concerned with the evaluation and selection of hearing aids and with the social and psychological effects of hearing loss. Study fellows undertake a research methods course and a research dissertation. The course is relevant to Teachers of the Deaf and professionals in Education or Health Services who are involved with assessment, intervention and management of hearing-impaired children and who plan to work as Educational Audiologists.