Speech, Language,& Hearing Sci 775D - Adv Hearing Assistance Tech
Spring
2024
01
3.00
Emily Bambacus
TU TH 1:00PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
11724
358North Pleasant St Rm 101
ebambacus@umass.edu
The course extends students' knowledge of rehabilitative audiology beyond hearing aid fittings to a broad range of hearing assistance technologies and to the special needs of the pediatric population. Topics include unique language and rehabilitative characteristics of children with hearing loss, pediatric amplification, hearing assistive technologies, implantable devices, FM/DM and remote microphone systems.
Open to graduate SLHS and Audiology majors only.