Course content

The course provides fundamental knowledge about various aspects of hearing impairments and the necessary accommodations required for development, learning, and participation from a life-course perspective. The content of the course includes:

• Anatomy and physiology of hearing
• Hearing loss and hearing conditions
• Consequences of hearing impairments
• Technical compensatory options and assistive devices
• Audiopedagogical facilitation in kindergarten and school
• Hearing impairments and society
• Laws, rights, and support agencies

Target group:

Educators or others with relevant education who wish to specialize in the field of audiopedagogy. Educators working with children, adolescents, and adults with hearing impairments in various educational settings.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

The students:

• have in-depth knowledge of medical and technical audiology
• have in-depth knowledge of the consequences of hearing impairments
• have knowledge of hearing impairments in combination with various disabilities
• have knowledge of different perspectives on hearing impairments that exist in society
• have in-depth knowledge of facilitation for participation related to hearing impairments from a life-course perspective

Skills:

The students:

• can describe the structure and function of the auditory organ
• can interpret and describe audiograms (degree of hearing loss, type of hearing loss, and possible causes)
• can describe technical, compensatory aids and place them in a pedagogical context
• can assess and describe what constitutes good facilitation for participation and coping related to hearing impairments
• can contribute to enabling children, adolescents, adults, and the elderly to best manage their hearing impairment
• can document their knowledge in writing

General competence:

The students:

• can analytically, critically, and creatively apply their knowledge, skills, and theories about facilitation for participation for people with hearing impairments from a life-course perspective.

Learning methods and activities

The students:

can analytically, critically, and creatively apply their knowledge, skills, and theories about facilitation for participation for people with hearing impairments from a life-course perspective.

Learning methods and activities

Lectures and seminars during 3 study gatherings, 3 x 3/5 days Student exercises. Assessed as approved/not approved. Online lectures and flipped classroom teaching may be relevant. Practical training: 1 week, including preparatory and follow-up work between the 2nd and 3rd gatherings. Assessed as approved/not approved.

Detailed description of practical training: Practical training equivalent to 1 week, including preparatory and follow-up work. The practical training should be related to the observation of facilitation for education, inclusion, and participation for a person with hearing impairments. The practical training can be completed at the student’s own workplace. After completing the practical training, a practice report is to be written.

Mandatory activities

• Participation in study gatherings
• Student exercises
• Practical training Practice report

Compulsory assignments

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Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

• Bachelor’s degree in social sciences with specialization in pedagogy, or completion of the first three years of the general teacher/early childhood teacher education program, or a bachelor’s degree and a one-year practical-pedagogical education, or another three-year education with a minimum of 30 credits in pedagogy.

Police Certificate: The course requires a police certificate. You can apply electronically on the police’s website as soon as you have been admitted. The certificate cannot be older than three months when we receive it.

Suitability Assessment and Authorization: Education in special needs education has been subject to suitability assessment since autumn 2016. See more information on this page: ​www.innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Skikkethetsvurdering