Paediatric Assessment: Fridays over 5 weeks 12 Jan - 09 Feb 2018

This 5 day course aims to establish skills in behavioural and objective methods of hearing assessment in infants and children as the basis for appropriate audiological management.

Aims and Objectives include:

· To understand the principles behind newborn hearing screen and early intervention for neural plasticity

· To optimise the auditory potential for life long communication and social integration

· To establish skills in behavioural and objective methods of hearing assessment in infants and children as the basis for appropriate audiological management

· To integrate speech-based assessments into the protocols for evaluating hearing

· To develop coherence in the roles of all professionals in the paediatric audiology team

· To assess and address the hearing needs of the child within his/her family context

· To introduce a culture of reflective practice, service evaluation and professional learning

· To apply new techniques in clinical placements and implement change within departmental practice if appropriate

· To constructively evaluate and recognise constraints in observed clinical practice

· To understand the responsibility conferred by professional training in paediatric audiology and importance of continually developing knowledge and practice