CSD 557 Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation
Summer 2014 Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Denise Tucker, Ph.D., CCC
Office: 317 Ferguson Building
Phone: 256-2004
Email: datucker@uncg.edu
Course Information
Course Prefix and Number: CSD 557
Course Title: Pediatric Aural Rehabilitation
Credits: 3:3
Course Prerequisites: CSD 334 Introduction to Audiology
Meeting time: Hybrid. Live class sessions T R 2-3:15, online instruction and assignments.
For Whom Planned: This course is planned for undergraduate and graduate students in Communication
Sciences and Disorders. It is directed to students majoring in both Speech Language Pathology and
Audiology. Additionally, this course is also a requirement for some students majoring in Education of Deaf
Children.
Course Description: Study of Pediatric Rehabilitation available for children with hearing impairment and
the impact of new technologies on therapy and teaching. This spring the course materials will be taught
ONLINE through Distance Learning. Class will meet LIVE at the beginning and end of each session.
Course Purpose: Hearing loss adversely affects many children in the United States. It is estimated that 17
out of 1000 children have significant hearing loss (source NIDCD), and many of these children are
benefiting from aural rehabilitation/habilitation services and new hearing technologies used at home and in
school settings. This course is designed to study methods of pediatric aural rehabilitation and related
hearing technologies available to help children with hearing impairment and to learn about the impact of
these new technologies in therapy and teaching environments.
Textbooks :
There will be two textbooks for this course, one required and one recommended.
Required Textbook: Cole & Flexer, Children with Hearing Loss: Developing Listening and
Talking. Birth to Six, 2nd Edition
Link for textbook:
http://www.pluralpublishing.com/publication_chl2ed.htm
Recommended Textbook: David J Ertmer, The Source for Children with Cochlear Implants. Publisher is
Lingui Systems.
This book is a fantastic RESOURCE book for any who will work with children with cochlear implants in
their professional careers. Many of the tables, graphs, and charts found in this book can be used clinically
and educationally; however, they are copyrighted. Consequently, they could not be copied and posted
online for this course! So the only way for you to get your hands on these items is to purchase the book! It
is strongly encouraged that students invest in this text.
Link for Textbook:
http://www.linguisystems.com/itemdetail.php?id=694
This course is divided into 3 Units:
1.
2.
3.
Identification and Diagnosis of Childhood Hearing Loss
Aural Rehabilitation Methods
Cochlear Implants
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will:
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Differentiate various pathologies that put infants at risk for hearing loss.
Explain test measures from the different objective test procedures used to assess infant hearing.
Explain the major components and operation of cochlear implants.
Explain the major components and operation of digital hearing instruments.
Explain the major components and operation of sound field systems.
Differentiate the different candidacy requirements currently utilized for cochlear implantation for
infants and young children.
Speaking Intensive Marker and Small Group Assignments
CSD 557 is designated as a speaking intensive course at the university. In classes that meet face to face,
speaking assignments are accomplished in small group learning assignments and in topic group
presentations. In the distance version of this course, speaking experience will be accomplished via small
group assignments in discussion boards and WIKI projects.

Discussion Boards: 100 points total. As you work through each unit, lessons will have specific
assignments where students will post to the discussion boards. These discussion board postings
will be graded assignments. Students are required to post to 10 discussion assignment boards (100
points total).
Discussion Board Topics:

1. Genetic Causes of Hearing Loss
2. High Risk Register
3. ABR and OAE screening
4. Acquired Hearing Loss: Noise exposure and ototoxic medications
5. Auditory Processing Disorder Article Review
6. ASL browser exercise
7. Sound Field systems
8. Hearing aid companies and digital hearing aids
9. Cochlear Implant companies
10. Online Cochlear Implant Resources
Three Small Group Presentations: 50 points each/150 points total. At the beginning of the
course, each student will be placed into a small active learning group. Each group will then be
assigned three research topics and will give a Power Point Presentation in a live class session at
the end of the unit study.
Unit research topics will be:
o Unit 1: Hearing Pathology. Each group will be assigned a specific medical disorder
associated with childhood hearing loss. (SOA, B)
o Unit 2: Digital Hearing Aids for Kids. Each Group will be assigned a hearing aid
company. Groups will select, research, and report on a digital hearing aid made by that
company that can be fit on a child with hearing loss.
o Unit 3: Current Topics in Pediatric Cochlear Implants. (SOC, F).
You will receive a group grade for each of the Power Point Presentations. This assignment will help fulfill
the Speaking Intensive requirement for this class.
Group Topic Assignments
Group Topic Assignments
Group
Pathology
Aqua
Waardenburg Syndrome
Oticon
CI and Music Perception
Ivory
Usher's Syndrome
Phonak
CI and Brain Plasticity
Magenta
Pendred Syndrome
Starkey
Bilateral Implantation
Treachers Collin
Widex
CI and Language
Navy
Hearing Aid
Cochlear Implant
Syndrome
Pink
Scarlet
Development
Alport Syndrome
Siemens
CI and Speech Perception
Connexin 26
Resound
Brainstem Implant and
Neurofibromatosis
Items needed for Pathology Presentations
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Stats: Prevalence, who is affected
Description of disorder
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment
Pictures from public domain
Links to public information sites (1-2 minimum)
Links to at least 3 peer review journal articles
Hearing Aid Presentations: Each group will be assigned a hearing aid company. You will select a hearing
aid product designed for kids from that company to research and report on. Give details on the history of
this hearing aid company. Describe the specific hearing aid program for kids. Post pictures of your digital
hearing aid product. List and explain kid-friendly features of that hearing aid product. Search the hearingaid
company website for any research on this digital hearing aid. Hearing aid companies often sponsor these
studies and have them posted on their websites.
Cochlear Implant Presentations: 50 points. Each group will be assigned a CI topic to research and
present. These topics include music perception with CIs, brain plasticity, bilateral implants, language
development using a CI, and speech perception. Each group will need to review 3-5 professional journal
articles on the assigned topic. These articles will need to be listed at the end of the Powerpoint presentation.
(SOC, F).
Blackboard Discussion and Business Boards: Class participation. Each student will be required to
contribute to online class discussions by POSTING to discussion threads. Discussion boards will be due
the following Monday, giving students an entire week, including one weekend, to post their discussion
thread. If posts are late, two points will be taken for each day it is late. After 5 days, late posting will not
be given credit. Each student will need to post 10 times to discussion thread. 10 points each posting
Unit Tests (3) and small group presentations: There will be 3 online tests, 50 points each, one for each
unit. These will be multiple choice, ordering, and true false questions. Test is closed book. There will be 3
tests, 50 points each. For Unit 1, there will be an open book, open note short essay question tests. Students
will answer several short answer, reflective questions.
Assignment
Points
Group Discussion (posting)
100
Pathology
50
Hearing Aid
50
Cochlear Implant
50
Unit Tests (3)
150
Grading Scale:
Point Value
Letter Grade
376-400
A
360-375
A-
348-359
B+
336- 347
B
320-335
B-
308-319
C+
296-307
C
280-295
C-
268-279
D+
256-267
D
240-255
D-
Less than 239
F
Honor Code: All students are expected to adhere to the Academic Integrity Policy as published in the
UNCG Student Handbook. This code of conduct is online at: http://studentconduct.uncg.edu/
Learning Difference and Disabilities: Students with documented physical or learning differences and/or
disabilities can have appropriate arrangements made for completion of all class and assessment
experiences. Please meet with instructor to discuss recommendations from Student Disability Services prior
to any evaluation or assignment.