Duration
30h Th
Number of credits
| Master in speech and language therapy (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
- Universal screening for deafness in French-speaking Belgium
- Late screening for hearing deficiencies and consequences
- Testing deaf children: initial assessments and care renewal assessments; administrative context
- Multidisciplinary audiophonological care for deaf children: the role of the speech therapist, therapy methods; contents of the hearing rehabilitation sessions
- The speech therapist / audiologist partnership
- The speech therapist / psychologist partnership
- The speech therapist / teacher partnership (in specialised or ordinary teaching)
- Schooling for deaf children: orientation criteria (BIAP 15/1) www.biap.org
- Communication strategies (annexed to BIAP recommendation 17/02)
- The deaf community: its point of view
- Deafness in the framework of the multi-handicapped: speech therapist's role
- Audiophonological rehabilitation of adults who have become deaf and wear a cochlear implant
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Knowing how to draw up a complete speech therapy assessment of a child or adult who have become deaf - Information and parental guidance as a speech therapist - Orientation of the patient and their family with a view to receiving therapy - Knowing the legal elements regarding speech therapy for a deaf patient - Knowing the possibilities in terms of education and schooling for deaf children - Knowledge concerning hearing education for a deaf patient
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
1st year of master's degree in speech therapy or bridge justifying entry into the 2nd year Ability to code an oral exchange in cued speech Students must have begun learning sign language (French-Belgian sign language or French sign language)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
3-hour course in the first semester
Audiograms analysis
Recommended or required readings
Syllabus notes and collection of texts (200 pages) Examples on video during class
Exam(s) in session
January exam session
- In-person
written exam
Additional information:
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Work placement(s)
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Presence in class essential (learning hearing rehabilitation techniques)