Early childhood and Special education for Hearing disability

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to hearing impairment.

Lecture 1: Contents of the Course : Intro, Types, Risk factors, Prevention, Tech and Misc.

Lecture 2: Section 1 contents : Terminologies, Definitions, Human ear anatomy and process.

Lecture 3: International Classification by World Health Organization: ICIDH and ICF

Lecture 4: What does Impairment mean?

Lecture 5: What does Disability mean?

Lecture 6: What does Handicap mean?

Lecture 7: Difference and Interrelation: Impairment, Disability and Handicap.

Lecture 8: Components of ICF: Functioning and Disability.

Lecture 9: Components of ICF: Contextual Factors.

Lecture 10: Interaction between Functioning and Disability and Contextual Factors.

Lecture 11: Basic Anatomy of the Human Ear.

Lecture 12: Process of Human hearing.

Lecture 13: Difference between 'D'eaf and 'd'eaf.

Chapter 2: Classification of hearing impairment.

Lecture 1: Section 2 contents : Hearing loss divided into categories and sub- categories.

Lecture 2: Hearing loss categorized based on 'Degree'.

Lecture 3: Difference between 'Deaf' and 'Hard of Hearing'.

Lecture 4: What does 'Residual Hearing' mean?

Lecture 5: Hearing loss categorized based on 'Site of Lesion'.

Lecture 6: Site of Lesion: Conductive hearing loss: Ear malformations and ear wax blockage.

Lecture 7: Conductive hearing loss: Foreign bodies, hole in eardrum and ossicular chain.

Lecture 8: Conductive hearing loss: Middle ear problems and benign tumors.

Lecture 9: Site of Lesion: Sensorineural hearing loss: Malformations, age, noise induced.

Lecture 10: Sensorineural hearing loss: Drugs, explosions and trauma, meningitis, diabetes.

Lecture 11: Site of Lesion: Mixed hearing loss.

Lecture 12: Hearing loss categorized based on 'Age of onset'.

Lecture 13: Age of onset: Congenital hearing loss: Prematurity, genetics, illness etc.

Lecture 14: Congenital hearing loss: Rh factor, malformations, infections and birth weight.

Lecture 15: Age of onset: Acquired hearing loss: Diseases, drugs and head injury.

Lecture 16: Acquired hearing loss: Ear infections (glue ear) and noise exposure.

Lecture 17: Age of onset: Pre- lingual hearing loss.

Lecture 18: Age of onset: Post- lingual hearing loss.

Lecture 19: How are hearing loss and language development related?

Lecture 20: Terms: Hearing Screening | Audiometry | Audiometer | Audiogram | Audiologist.

Lecture 21: What is pure tone audiometry? What is air conduction and bone conduction?

Lecture 22: What happens during a hearing test? What is an audiogram?

Lecture 23: Symbols/Markings in an Audiogram.

Lecture 24: What do different shapes in an audiogram represent?

Lecture 25: Hearing loss categorized based on the 'Configuration'.

Chapter 3: Causes (risk factors) of hearing loss.

Lecture 1: Section 3 contents : Causes (risk factors) of hearing loss : 3 categories.

Lecture 2: Pre Natal risk factors of hearing loss.

Lecture 3: Natal risk factors of hearing loss.

Lecture 4: Post Natal risk factors of hearing loss.

Chapter 4: Intervention and preventive strategies.

Lecture 1: Section 4 contents : Intervention and preventive strategies: 3 broad categories.

Lecture 2: Primary Prevention Strategies: Immunization and genetic counselling.

Lecture 3: Primary Prevention Strategies: Prenatal screening and nutrition counselling.

Lecture 4: Primary Prevention Strategies: Folic acid administration and healthy lifestyle.

Lecture 5: Secondary prevention, what is High Risk Register and 1-3-6 guideline?

Lecture 6: Secondary prevention strategies: what are formal hearing tests?

Lecture 7: Secondary Prevention: Formal Hearing tests: New born hearing screening.

Lecture 8: Secondary Prevention: Formal Hearing tests: Subjective tests.

Lecture 9: Secondary Prevention: Formal Hearing tests: Other test names.

Lecture 10: Secondary Prevention: what is informal hearing screening?

Lecture 11: Why is Hearing Impairment known as an 'Invisible disability'?

Lecture 12: Secondary Prevention: Informal hearing screening: Signs and symptoms.

Lecture 13: Secondary Prevention: Informal hearing screening: Developmental milestones.

Lecture 14: Developmental milestones: Communication milestones : 3 months and 6 months.

Lecture 15: Developmental milestones: Communication milestones: 9 months and 12 months.

Lecture 16: Developmental milestones: Communication milestones: 18 months and 24 months.

Lecture 17: What are early intervention services and why is it important?

Lecture 18: Medical and surgical interventions: Earwax blockage and ear infections.

Lecture 19: Medical and surgical interventions: Ear reconstruction and implants.

Lecture 20: Medical and surgical interventions : Surgical implants for better hearing.

Lecture 21: Terms : ENT doctor | Otology | Audiologist | Speech and Language Pathologist.

Lecture 22: What is the scope of an Audiologist?

Lecture 23: What is the scope of a Speech and Language pathologist?

Lecture 24: What is Habilitation and Re- habilitation?

Lecture 25: What is Aural rehabilitation: Diagnosis, counselling, selection of devices.

Lecture 26: Aural rehabilitation: Training in auditory perception.

Lecture 27: Aural rehabilitation: Lip reading, hearing aids, language stimulation and IEP.

Lecture 28: What is Lip reading/ Speech reading?

Lecture 29: What is IEP: Case study and general background.

Lecture 30: IEP: Functional Assessment.

Lecture 31: IEP: Annual goals, short term goals and developing teaching plan.

Lecture 32: What does school readiness mean?

Lecture 33: What are Teaching Learning Material's?

Lecture 34: Different types/models of early intervention services.

Lecture 35: Tertiary prevention strategies categorization.

Lecture 36: Formal | Non- formal | Informal Education.

Lecture 37: Special | Integrated | Inclusive Education.

Lecture 38: Oralism | Bilingualism | Total Communication.

Lecture 39: What is Sign language and Finger spelling?

Lecture 40: Difference between Sign language and Sign system.

Lecture 41: What is Cued Speech?

Lecture 42: What does Curriculum Adaptation mean?

Lecture 43: Curriculum Adaptation: Curricular content.

Lecture 44: Instructional strategies, assessment procedures and role of a special educator.

Lecture 45: What is Vocational Training?

Lecture 46: Role of family in rehabilitation.

Lecture 47: What is the role of a community in rehabilitation and what does CBR mean?

Chapter 5: Assistive Technology

Lecture 1: Section 5 layout: Assistive technology categorized.

Lecture 2: What is a hearing aid?