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Course overview
The program shall be of 4 semesters (2 academic years) and should be completed within 4 years from the date of admission. An academic year consists of two semesters, and each semester shall extend over a minimum period of fourteen weeks excluding examination days. The semesters shall be spread out as per calendar of the university.
What will i learn?
- Function as teachers and researchers in institutions of higher learning.
- Diagnose and manage disorders of hearing and balance across life span.
- Counsel and guide persons with disorders of hearing and balance as well as their family members
- Implement rehabilitation programs for persons with hearing and balance disorders.
- To function as the disability certification authority in the field
- Liaise with professionals in allied fields and other stake holders.
- Implement prevention and public education programs.
- Undertake advocacy measures on behalf of and for persons with hearing and balance disorders.
- Advise government and other institutions on legal and policy issues related to persons with hearing and balance disorders.
- To establish and administer institutions of higher learning in the area.
Requirements
- 5.1 Candidates with a B.ASLP, B.Sc (Speech & Hearing), BSLPA degree of any University recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India or any other degree considered as equivalent thereto with an average of not less than 55% of marks are eligible for admission to M.Sc (Aud). "Average" refers to average of the aggregate marks obtained in all the years/semesters of the qualifying examination.
- 5.2 Relaxation in the qualifying marks shall be as per rules and regulations of respective University / State / Union Territories or the Central Government.
- 5.3 Applicants shall not be older than 30 years on the 1st July of the year of admission.
Curriculum for this course
50 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
Experimental Designs and Their Applicability in Hearing Research
6 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Types of research- post facto research, normative research, standard group comparison, experimental research, clinical and applied research, sample surveys, evaluation research
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Methods of observation and measurement, strategies and designs in research
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Experimental designs, single subject designs and group designs
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Critical analysis of the research methods employed in hearing research.
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Documentation and research writing
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Ethical considerations in research – National and international guidelines
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Epidemiology
7 Lessons
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Epidemiology: Definition, basic concepts – scope and function of epidemiology
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Study designs in epidemiology: Cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, clinical trials
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Measures in epidemiology – Ratios, proportions, rates, relative risk, odds ratio
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Identify biases and their consequences in published literature.
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Describe criteria for characterizing the causality of associations.
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Application of epidemiology in evaluation and screening procedures employed in Speech-language Pathology
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Application and impact of epidemiology on national and local policy; influence of epidemiology on ethical and professional issues
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Basic Statistics
6 Lessons
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Graphical Representation of data, measures of Central tendency and dispersion
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Probability: Random experiment, sample space, outcomes and events. Definitions of probability, compound events, mutually exclusive events and addition law of probability
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Probability Distributions: Binomial, Poisson and normal distributions
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Statistical Inference – Basic concepts related to hypothesis testing –null hypothesis, alternative hypothesis, significance level, statistical significance, critical value, acceptance / rejection region, p-value, power, types of errors: Type I (α), Type I
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Categorical data analysis - Test for association and independence
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Parametric and non-parametric approaches to hypothesis testing Measures of association (Contingency coefficient, Cramer’s V), Kappa coefficient
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Regression, Univariate and Multivariate Analysis
6 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Correlation, regression analysis and prediction including multiple regression; logistic regression; path analysis
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Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)- Basic models, assumptions, one way and two way ANOVA; Consequence of failure of assumptions underlying ANOVA; Tests for additivity, homogeneity, transformation; Post – hoc tests; Analysis of Covariance (ANOCOVA); Repeated mea
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Multivariate analysis: Need for multivariate analysis, various methods including MANOVA, MANCOVA
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Introduction to principal component analysis, factor analysis, discriminant function, multidimensional scaling
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Evaluation of application of statistics to different research designs used in different publications
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Critical analysis of research articles in the field: Analysis of research designs in different areas of Speech-language Pathology
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Evidence Based Practice
8 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Introduction to Evidence Based Practice (EBP) and Steps to EBP from formulating foreground question, finding best current evidence, critical appraisal of best current evidence, summarizing evidence, integrating evidence and tracking progress.
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Concepts related to practical significance (effect size) vs. statistical significance, precision of measurement (confidence intervals)
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Levels of evidence: For experimental and non-experimental designs; treatment efficacy- randomized control study, quasi experimental study, correlation and case study, single subject designs, expert committee report, consensus conference
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Measures of diagnostic accuracy – positive and negative likelihood ratios; positive predictive value, negative predictive value, diagnostic odds ratio
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Concepts related to randomized control trials: Comparative groups- allocation concealment / random allocation; importance of participation and follow up in understanding, evaluating and applying randomized controlled trial results
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Methods of carrying out therapy trials; execution, indexing and reporting of therapy trials – efficacy studies; Conventions to study outcomes - i) Absolute risk reduction, ii) Absolute benefit increase, iii) Absolute risk increase, and iv) Absolute benefi
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Systematic review and meta-analysis; importance of research publications in terms of systematic review, meta-analysis, clinical practice guidelines, health technology assessments
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Challenges in implementation of EBP in Audiology in India and future directions
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Introduction to Psychoacoustics
3 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Physical description and parameters for generation of sounds:Sine wave and complex signals; Analysis of sound: Spectrum and spectrogram, LTASS; Filters and their properties
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Theory of signal detection: Basic concepts and applications of signal detection
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Psychophysical methods - Classical and adaptive methods
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Thresholds and Loudness
8 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Overview of absolute and relative measures: Methods of measuring absolute and relative thresholds; thresholds of audibility (MAP & MAF); Models of loudness.
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Loudness perception in normal hearing persons
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Effect of hearing impairment on perception of loudness
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Dynamic range of hearing, equal loudness contours and loudness scaling.
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Recruitment and softness imperceptions
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Consequences of altered loudness perception
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Factors affecting loudness: Bandwidth, duration, adaptation and masking
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DLI
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Pitch
5 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Theories of pitch perception - simple and complex signals
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Pitch scales
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Factors affecting pitch perception
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Perception of pure-tones by persons with normal hearing and those with hearing impairment
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Perception of complex signals by persons with normal hearing and those with hearing impairment
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Peripheral Masking
1 Lessons
00:00:00 Hours
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Critical band concept and power spectrum model
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