Healthcare Science (Audiology) BSc (Hons)
De Montfort University
Key Information
Campus location
Leicester, United Kingdom
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
36 months
Pace
Full time
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Introduction
Healthcare Science (Audiology) BSc (Hons)
This course develops you as an independent clinician and your ability to assess and rehabilitate people with hearing and balance conditions.
Audiology is a rapidly expanding field, requiring practitioners to apply their specialist knowledge to assess, manage and rehabilitate people of all ages with hearing and balance problems and associated disorders.
Qualified professionals can expect to find work in a variety of settings – such as hospitals, private practices, research groups and the education sector – often working in multi-disciplinary teams and liaising with teachers, psychologists and other healthcare staff.
Our work placements and work-based learning opportunities mean that you’ll be developing these collaborative professional skills throughout your degree course.
At DMU, you’ll study a range of topics including professional healthcare science, neurosensory physiology and pathophysiology, medical sciences and paediatric audiology.
This course is only available for UK/EU students
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Curriculum
First Year
- Professional Healthcare Science Practice 1
- Medical Sciences
- Scientific Basis of Healthcare Science
- Physics for Clinical Measurement
- Neurosensory Physiology and Pathophysiology
- Clinical Measurement and Treatment and Work-based Learning
Second Year
- Auditory Science 1
- Professional Healthcare Science Practice 2
- Adult Aural Rehabilitation
- Applied Physiological Measurement and Instrumentation
- Research Methods
- Clinical Practice Year 2
Third Year
- Clinical Practice Year 3
- Professional Healthcare Science Practice 3
- Auditory Science 2
- Paediatric Audiology
- Balance Science
- Final Year Project
Program Outcome
You will study a range of topics including neurosensory physiology and pathophysiology, clinical measurement and treatment and work-based learning and paediatric audiology.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities are varied and include roles within the NHS, the private sector and with hearing aid and audiology manufacturers at home and abroad.
Graduate careers
Our graduates go on to work in a variety of roles for the NHS and private providers such as Specsavers, while a significant number of our graduates also manage or are partners of their own branches.
Opportunities are available outside the clinical arena and some of our graduates have been employed with hearing aid and audiology equipment manufacturers.
Program delivery
Our teaching is delivered by expert academics and practitioners who also enable students to participate in activities such as performing hearing screening to athletes at the Special Olympics.
Teaching sessions include:
- Formal and interactive lectures
- Staff and student seminars
- Tutorial discussions
- Practical and clinical based workshops
- Inter-professional (IP) learning with students from other healthcare professions
More flexible ways to learn
We offer an equitable and inclusive approach to learning and teaching for all our students. Known as the Universal Design for Learning (UDL), our teaching approach has been recognised as sector leading. UDL means we offer a wide variety of support, facilities and technology to all students, including those with disabilities and specific learning differences.
Just one of the ways we do this is by using ‘DMU Replay’ – a technology providing all students with anytime access to audio and/or visual material of lectures. This means students can revise taught material in a way that suits them best, whether it's replaying a recording of a class or adapting written material shared in class using specialist software.