Course content

Children, adolescents, and adults with hearing impairments have, through technological advancements in hearing aids and cochlear implants, gained better opportunities to use their hearing for spoken language communication. The overarching theme of the course is listening as a basis for the development and rehabilitation of spoken language and spoken language communication. You will learn how to facilitate that children and adults with hearing impairments can make the best possible use of their hearing technology aids. The course includes:

• Prerequisites and conditions for the development and rehabilitation of spoken language in children, adolescents, and adults with hearing aids and cochlear implants
• Analysis and analytical tools, including phonetics and phonological analysis
• Methodical work with the development and rehabilitation of listening skills and spoken language for children, adolescents, and adults with hearing aids and cochlear implants
• Procedures, systems, and case management in audiopedagogical habilitation and rehabilitation work

Target group:

• Educators working with children, adolescents, and adults with hearing impairments in various educational settings
• Students in the master’s program in education with a specialization in special education
• Students in the experience-based master’s program in special education with a specialization in audiopedagogy

All applicants must have completed PED6648 Introduction to Audiopedagogy and PED6640 Hearing Impairments - Language, Communication, and Language Environment (replaces PED6644 and PED6649), or equivalent.

Learning outcome

Knowledge:

Students:

• have in-depth knowledge of the possibilities and limitations of technology related to spoken language development and spoken language communication
• have in-depth knowledge of auditory development and speech acoustics
• have in-depth knowledge of phonetics, phonology, and phonological analysis as a basis for analyzing the use of hearing and spoken language
• have in-depth theoretical knowledge of the development and rehabilitation of listening skills and spoken language for children, adolescents, and adults with hearing aids and cochlear implants

Skills:

Students:

• can analyze the hearing and spoken language of children, adolescents, or adults
• can assess which measures may be appropriate for further development of spoken language
• can carry out practical methodological work related to habilitation and rehabilitation of spoken language
• can document their knowledge in writing

General competence:

Students:

• can analytically, critically, and creatively apply their knowledge, skills, and theories to carry out work with listening development, listening skills, habilitation, and rehabilitation of spoken language

Learning methods and activities

• Lectures and seminars during 3 study gatherings, each lasting 3-5 days
• Online lectures
• A two-part practical training equivalent to two weeks, including preparatory and follow-up work, some of which is connected to work during the gatherings.

Detailed description of practical training:

Practical training equivalent to 2 weeks, including preparatory and follow-up work, some of which is connected to work during the gatherings. The practical training should be related to a child, pupil, or adult who uses hearing aids or cochlear implants. Guidance is mandatory.

In the first part of the practical training, the student must gather information about the child, pupil, or adult. The student will then observe the child/pupil/user based on the focus of the practical training and assess the listening skills of the child/pupil/user. Based on the assessment and observations, a plan is developed for a session to be carried out in part 2 of the practical training. The plan is then submitted for guidance.

In the second part of the practical training, the student will conduct a session focused on habilitation/rehabilitation of spoken language with the child, pupil, or adult. Alternatively, the student may guide a person who will carry out this session. The student must make a video recording of their work. The student then selects 15 minutes of the video recording, evaluates it, and submits it for guidance.

This will be presented to the student group in a plenary session during the third gathering. The presentation, together with the video recording and its evaluation, is considered the practical training report.

Assessment of practical training:

The practical training is assessed as passed/not passed based on reflection and evaluation of the student’s own work. The video recording is not assessed directly, but must meet technical requirements. The student may submit a revised written part within one day after receiving feedback.

Mandatory activities:

• Participation in study gatherings
• Practical training

Compulsory assignments

• Oblig

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

Admission requirements/prerequisites:

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

Target group:

• Educators working with children, adolescents, and adults with hearing impairments in various educational settings.
• Students in the master’s degree program in pedagogy with a specialization in special education.
• Students in the experience-based master’s degree in special education with a specialization in audiopedagogy.

All applicants must have completed PED6648 Introduction to Audiopedagogy and PED6640 Hearing Impairments - Language and Communication, or equivalent.

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: From autumn 2016, education in special education is subject to a suitability assessment. See more information on this page: ​www.innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Skikkethetsvurdering