Short Course on Hearing Impairment

Fee €140

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Starting Date

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Time

12 hours

Duration

Online

Location

About the Course

Hearing impairment occurs when one loses part or all of the ability to hear. It can affect personal and work life due to impaired communication. This course will enable participants to obtain detailed information on hearing loss. Participants will learn how to understand and interact with individuals with this condition.

Course Trainers

Dr Nadine Tabone, Au.D. (NSU), Ph.D. (Melit) is a full time lecturer in the Department of Communication Therapy at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malta, in which her main academic focus is audiology and hearing impairment. She is a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist with a special interest in paediatric hearing impairment and auditory processing. Dr Tabone holds a Master of Science degree in Audiological Science from UCL and a Doctor of Audiology degree from Nova Southeastern University. She has also obtained a Ph.D. in the area of auditory processing skills in children where she has developed a behavioural test battery for auditory processing skills in Maltese children aged between 7 and 9 years.
Dr Pauline Miggiani graduated in 2008 as a speech therapist and worked in a pediatric setting. Her interest in hearing impairment grew over the years and she was one of the first cohort of the local MSc Audiology program, graduating in 2015. Since then she has been working as an Audiologist in Mater Dei. She works on pediatric diagnostics and rehabilitation, speech audiometry, electrophysiological tests (Auditory Brainstem Response) and implantable devices (bone anchored hearing aids and cochlear implants). Amidst the pandemic she finished her PhD studies in July 2021. Her research interests are speech audiometry, pediatric rehabilitation and cochlear implants.

Contact Details

trainingservices@muhc.com.mt
21240746
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