Overview

Requirements

Courses

HSL 784 - Research Methodology in Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences (3)

Evaluation of research in audiology and communication disorders. The course describes how to read, understand, and evaluate research appearing in the literature, and provides an introduction to research design. Although the major focus is for the research consumer, many of the principles presented will apply to the design and implementation of research.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 814 - Instrumentation Lab (1)

This course will provide hands-on learning experiences through use of instrumentation in audiology. Lab exercises will familiarize students to audiologic instrumentation and provide opportunities to apply basic audiologic concepts to lab findings. Laboratory format also provides an introduction to scientific report writing using the APA format.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-requisite: HSL 815, HSL 832

HSL 815 - Acoustics and Psychoacoustics (3)

Study of basic physical properties of sound, including decibel notation, wave propagation, resonance, filtering, and the analysis of simple and complex signals. The course also includes study of the principles, procedures, and research involved in the field of psychoacoustics, including the relationships between the physical dimensions of sound and perceptual experience, as well as the relationships between psychoacoustic testing and both auditory physiology and the audiological evaluation process.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair
Co-requisite: HSL 817

HSL 816 - Applied Acoustic Phonetics (2)

This course covers topics in acoustic phonetics, as they apply to working with individuals with varying degrees of hearing acuity or processing related deficits. Topics include the review of anatomy and physiology of speech production; acoustic patterns and co-articulation; auditory psychophysics, physiology, and phonological representations; various theories of speech perception as it relates to phonemes; and the interface of speech acoustics and hearing loss/auditory processing disorders (in quiet and in difficult listening conditions).

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 817 - Anatomy & Physiology of the Auditory & Vestibular System (3)

Anatomy and physiology of the auditory, vestibular, and central auditory nervous systems, including phylogeny, and genetics of hearing and balance; mechanical and biophysical factors in afferent and efferent signal transduction.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 819 - Neural Bases of Hearing, Speech, and Language (3)

This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system as it relates to the development of hearing, vision, thought, memory and emotions as well as the perception, processing and production of speech and language.

Prerequisite: HSL 817 Anatomy and Physiology of Audition

HSL 821 - Informational Counseling and Multicultural Issues (3)

The course is designed to help audiologists and speech-language pathologists work more effectively with their clients in addressing the biopsychosocial effects of hearing loss and other communication disorders. Students will learn about the impact of hearing loss and communication disorders on infants, children, adults, older adults, and significant others. Students will develop a interviewing and specific counseling skills to help clients address their hearing loss and communication-related needs. This course will serve to provide a theoretical framework, practical strategies and personal reflection for working and providing services with cultural and linguistic awareness, knowledge, competency and proficiency.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 823 - Auditory (Re)habilitation Across the Lifespan (4)

The focus of this course is on evidence-based auditory (re)habilitation (AR) practices addressing the communicative and biopsychosocial functioning of children and adults who have acquired or congenital hearing loss and/or tinnitus across the lifespan. Special emphasis is given to the AR knowledge and skills needed by audiologists to assess function and provide effective rehabilitative services for families with deaf or hard of hearing infants and toddlers, children in educational settings, young adults, those in military service, veterans, working-age adults and seniors. The course has a strong interdisciplinary focus, and comprehensively addresses multicultural, ethical and professional issues in AR.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 828 - Clinical Applications of Sign Communication I (1-2)

The focus of this course is upon applying the principles of sign communication in the field of clinical audiology. Students will develop and demonstrate proficient sign language skills while performing the following clinical procedures: client interviewing/case history, walk-in service, assessing client communication skills and abilities, audiologic test interpretation, and instructional techniques for communication therapy.

Co-requisites: ASL I or equivalent, HSL 871, permission of instructor.

HSL 829 - Clinical Applications of Sign Communication II (1)

Continued focus upon the clinical application of principles of sign communication in the field of diagnostic audiology/aural rehabilitation. Emphasis will be placed on use of sign language for informal counseling of clients and instructional techniques for communication therapy.

Prerequisite: American Sign Language proficiency and HSL 828.

HSL 831 - Foundations of Clinical Audiology (1)

This course provides foundational principles of audiologic evaluation. The course is designed to provide students with the theoretical and evidence-based practice in basic audiologic evaluation, skills for which is developed in the Clinical Lab (HSL871).

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-Requisite: HSL871

HSL 832 - Diagnostic Audiology (3)

This course builds on the basic audiologic evaluation principles discussed in HSL 831. Topics will include advanced consideration of pure-tone and speech audiometry, clinical masking, acoustic immittance battery, calibration and standards, behavioral site-of-lesion testing, OAEs, and various pathologies that affect auditory-vestibular systems.

Prerequisite: HSL 831
Co-requisite: HSL 872

HSL 833 - Pediatric and Educational Audiology (3)

The course covers various aspects of audiology as it relates to infants, children, and difficult-to-assess individuals. Topics include: case history/interviewing; parent counseling; normal and abnormal auditory development; review of normal motor, cognitive, language, and psycho-social development; identification audiometry; behavioral and electrophysiologic procedures; pure tone and speech audiometry; hearing aids and group amplification systems, audiologic counseling, and educational audiology. Ethnic and cultural differences are considered throughout the course.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 836 - Electrophysiological Measures in Audiology (3)

Electrophysiological measures of auditory and vestibular systems, including auditory brainstem response (ABR), middle and late potentials, otoacoustic emissions (OAE), electrocochleography (ECoG), vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials, and intraoperative monitoring.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 838 - Vestibular Assessment and Management (3)

This course covers vestibular function, assessment, and management. A basic understanding of basic auditory diagnostics and peripheral vestibular anatomy is presupposed. Procedures and interpretation of videonystagmography will be covered in detail, in addition to introduction to various other vestibular evaluation and management techniques.

Prerequisite: HSL 817, HSL 832

HSL 843 - Amplification I (3)

Study of amplification systems and hearing aids, including hearing aid design, electroacoustic characteristics and specifications, spectral shaping, earmold acoustics, candidacy issues, and fitting techniques.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 844 - Amplification II (3)

This course is designed to facilitate advanced application of knowledge and skills obtained in Amplification I. Topics covered include special clinical procedures, new technology, digital signal processing, implantable devices, and counseling techniques.

Prerequisite: HSL 843

HSL 845 - Communication Technology (1)

This course will integrate the audiology students’ knowledge and skills of auditory, visual, and vibrotactile receptive communication technologies designed to meet the needs of deaf and hard of hearing individuals as well as other populations, at home, in the workplace, in educational settings, and for recreational purposes. Communication technologies include systems to facilitate (1) face-to-face communication, (2) the reception of media, (3) telephone reception, and (4) the awareness of environmental sounds. Review and practice with actual volunteer clients of the needs assessment, selection, and verification process will be provided in two hands-on one-day workshops in the Gallaudet Assistive Devices Demonstration Center.

Prerequisites: HSL 844; 823 or 824

HSL 848 - Cochlear Implants (3)

This course includes description of the various cochlear implants that have received FDA approval, discussion of candidacy issues, follow-up procedures including programming and habilitation, positive and negative outcomes with emphasis on research results. Controversies surrounding implantation of children will be included.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 851 - Central Auditory Processing Disorders -- Evaluation and Remediation (3)

This course will provide knowledge of central auditory processing disorders and how they are assessed and managed in home, school, work, and therapeutic environments. Areas to be addressed include differential diagnosis, the collaborative model, counseling, and advocacy. The course will have an interdisciplinary focus.

Prerequisites: HSL 817 and HSL 832

HSL 853 - Community and Industrial Audiology (2)

This course examines public school, community, industrial, and military hearing programs, including screening tests, noise control, and medical-legal problems associated with acoustic trauma and noise-induced hearing loss.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 854 - Tinnitus and Hyperacusis (1)

Causes, assessment, and management of tinnitus and hyperacusis, with emphasis on multi- and inter-disciplinary approaches.

Prerequisites: HSL817, HSL833 and permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 859 - Private Practice Development/Clinic Management (3)

Issues relating to establishing a private practice including clinical management, small business and accounting practices, models of private practice, referrals and reimbursement, managed care.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 860 - Seminar in Medical Audiology (2)

Oto-audiologic and neurologic considerations in the differential diagnosis of auditory and vestibular disorders.

Prerequisite: HSL 838

HSL 865 - Professional Issues (1)

The study of issues of professional importance that have not been addressed in other courses. The important issues will be those that are current at the time the course is taught; content will change from year to year.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 869 - Current Topics in Audiology (1-2)

Current and emerging topics in audiology. Topics are selected each semester, based on current trends, new research and technologies, political and healthcare landscape, and needs of the students.

Pre-requisite: HSLS majors only, or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 871 - Clinical Lab: Hearing Evaluation (1)

This is a guided clinical lab course, allowing the students to gain hands-on experience to perform basic hearing evaluations, including but not limited to: otoscopy, acoustic immittance, and puretone audiometry. This course will prepare students for enrollment in HSL 872.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.
Co-Requisite: HSL 831.

HSL 872 - Clinical Practicum-Introduction (1-2)

Introduction to a variety of audiologic activities under the guidance of clinical supervisors, including structured participation in diagnostic evaluations and hearing aid services. The experience will expose students to audiologic evaluation, treatment, prevention/identification, as well as professional and culturally sensitive communication.

Prerequisite: HSL871.

HSL 873 - Clinical Practicum-Advanced (2)

Continued practicum experience under the guidance of clinical supervisors, encompassing a variety of audiology services, with emphasis in audiologic evaluation and hearing aid services. Students will build on skills gained in HSL871, and will focus on synthesis, application, and flexibility of clinical knowledge.

Prerequisite: HSL 872; Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 874 - Clinical Practicum-Specialty Areas (1)

Supervised experience in various specialty areas in audiology, such as aural rehabilitation, cochlear implants, vestibular and electrophysiology services.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 880 - Internship in Audiology (2-6)

Advanced diagnostic and aural rehabilitation practicum in 1) a rehabilitation or medical facility and 2) school programs for deaf and hard of hearing students (day classes and residential).

Prerequisite: HSL 872, 873

HSL 883 - Research Project in Audiology (1)

Students will develop a research proposal based upon a topic of the student's choice. Students will describe a problem area, develop a rationale for a study through the literature review, develop and explore a research hypothesis, and collect pilot data for the study. The course will be repeated until the research project is completed.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.

HSL 890 - Externship (1-6)

This course provides students with full time experience, in hospital, private practice, clinical, educational, university, or other approved setting. The externship is to be completed under the supervision of audiologists holding current national certification and/or state licensure in audiology and approved by the department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences.

Prerequisite: Open to HSLS majors only or permission of the instructor or department chair.