Bachelor of Science (BSc)

BSc Healthcare Science (Audiology)

Audiologists work in the exciting field of hearing and related disorders and therapies.
  • Duration: 3 years
  • Year of entry: 2025
  • UCAS course code: B611 / Institution code: M20

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Fees

Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £31,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.

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All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

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Course unit details:
Adult Audiological Assessment and Management

Course unit fact file
Unit code PCHN20020
Credit rating 30
Unit level Level 5
Teaching period(s) Full year
Available as a free choice unit? No

Overview

This unit covers the clinical principles and theoretical basis behind a range of Audiological assessment procedures, including a basic understanding of the principles of vestibular assessment. 

Pre/co-requisites

Unit title Unit code Requirement type Description
Introduction to Audiology PCHN10070 Pre-Requisite Compulsory

Aims

To provide students with the foundations of the scientific and theoretical bases of adult hearing loss, and balance disorders (related to hearing loss) and their clinical assessment and management. 

Syllabus

  • Otoscopy. 
  • Tuning fork tests. 
  • Applied anatomy & physiology. 
  • Pure tone audiometry - air and bone conduction. 
  • Masking in pure tone audiometry. 
  • Tympanometry and stapedius reflex measurements. 
  • Diagnostic audiometric tests. 
  • Clinical applications of evoked response audiometry. 
  • Common disorders of the external/middle ear. 
  • Tinnitus. 
  • Cochlear and retro-cochlear pathology. 
  • Non-organic hearing loss. 
  • Special populations. 
  • Genetics / Noise induced hearing loss. 
  • Basic functioning and assessment of the vestibular system. 
  • Standards & Calibration. 

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures, demonstration, practical and self-learning.

Knowledge and understanding

  • Explain the fundamental principles of audiological assessment and demonstrate their application. 
  • Explain the principle causes and pathophysiology of adult hearing loss. 
  • Clinical assessment of auditory function, appropriate selection of test strategy, test 
    procedures and interpretation of results according to recommended clinical procedures including BSA/BAA recommended procedures. Test procedures include: tuning fork tests; pure tone audiometry; uncomfortable loudness levels; Stenger test; acoustic admittance tests; speech audiometry; otoacoustic emissions and evoked response audiometry. 
  • Describe the basic physiology and principles of normal balance function including the common causes of balance disorders. 
  • Describe the routine tests used in assessing balance disorder including: methods of monitoring eye movement during vestibular testing, including electronystagmography and video nystagmography; oculomotor testing; static and dynamic position testing; caloric testing; and basic 'bedside' testing and 'office' testing. 
  • Describe the range and scope of national and international standards relevant to physiological measurements. 
  • Describe the basic principles of calibration associated with physiological and psychophysical measurements. 
     

Intellectual skills

  • Make use of current research by evaluating it and applying it to clinical practice. 
  • Critical thinking and analysis. 
  • Enhancement of evaluative and interpretive skills. 
  • Develop team-working skills. 
  • Develop the ability to think critically and question received information. 

Practical skills

  • Enhancement of presentational skills. 
  • Enhancement of writing skills. 

Transferable skills and personal qualities

  • The ability to work as a team as well as independently. 
  • Use of Canvas to enhance learning. 

Assessment methods

Example essay questions, group presentations/PBL/Tutorials
Semester 1 mid-point exam (1.5 hours) - 30%
Semester 2 end-point exam (1.5 hours) - 30%
Semester 2 assignment (2000 words) - 40%

Feedback methods

Formative feedback on outline exam question answers, group presentations/PBL sessions and on exam and assignments.

Recommended reading

  • Katz J. Handbook of Clinical Audiology. Seventh edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2014. http://read.kortext.com
  • Stach BA. Clinical Audiology : An Introduction. 3rd edition. (Ramachandran Virginia, ed.). Plural Publishing Incorporated; 2017.
  • DeRuiter M. Basic Audiometry Learning Manual . Second edition. (Ramachandran V, ed.). Plural Publishing Inc; 2017.
  • RCCP Website. http://www.rccp.co.uk/
  • Gelfand SA. Essentials of Audiology . (Calandruccio L, ed.). Thieme; 2023.
  • Gelfand SA. Essentials of Audiology. Fifth edition /. (Calandruccio L, Gelfand SA, eds.). Thieme; 2022.
  • Bess FH, Humes LE. Audiology: The Fundamentals. 4th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2008.
  • Graham JM, Baguley D, eds. Ballantyne’s Deafness /. 7th ed. Wiley-Blackwell,; 2009.
  • Lawson G, Peterson M. Speech Audiometry. Vol Core clinical concepts in audiology. Plural; 2011.
  • BSA Recommended Procedure Pure-Tone Air-Conduction and Bone-Conduction Threshold Audiometry with and without Masking. http://www.thebsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Recommended-Procedure-Pure-Tone-Audiometry-August-2018-V2.pdf
  • British Academy Of Audiology - BAA | British Academy of Audiology. http://www.baaudiology.org/
  • Jack Katz. Handbook of Clinical Audiology (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)). 6Rev Ed edition. (Chasin M, Katz J, eds.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins,US; 6Rev Ed edition; 2009. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Handbook-Clinical-Audiology-Lippincott-Williams/dp/078178106X
  • BSA Recommended Procedure Determination of Uncomfortable Loudness Levels. http://www.thebsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Uncomfortable-Loudness-Level-1.pdf
  • Picton TW (Terence W). Human Auditory Evoked Potentials . Plural Publishing; 2011.

Study hours

Scheduled activity hours
Seminars 48
Independent study hours
Independent study 252

Teaching staff

Staff member Role
Timothy Wilding Unit coordinator

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