Audiology

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• Audiology
• A new bachelor study in the Netherlands
• Fontys University of Applied Science
• Fontys Paramedische Hogeschool
• Eindhoven-NL

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People Psychology
Science Medical
Engineering
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Health and Engineering
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Clinical Audiologyfirst year

• Pure tone audiometry
• Speech audiometry
• Impedance measurement
• Introduction Hearing Aids
• etc.
• Lectures, practice and lab work
• Own laboratory

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Clinical Audiology2nd year

• Otoacoustic Emissions
• ABR
• Audiometrical tests in special
• populations (young children, intellectually
  limited adults)
• Tests of the vestibular system
• Hearing aids in more depth
• etc.

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Clinical Audiology 3rd year

• Auditory Steady State Responses
• Calibrating audiometric equipment
• Tinnitus
• Hearing aids in children

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Clinical Audiology Equipment and Software

• Audiometers (Interacoustics AC40,
• Madsen Orbiter 922, DECOS
• Audiology Workstation)
• Impedance Meters
• (Interacoustics AT235, Madsen
• Zodiac 901)
• ILO 292 (Otoacoustic Emissions)
• Biologic Navigator Pro
• (ABR and ASSR)
• Video-otoscope
• Audtutor software (Simulation
• of various patients)

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Technical and Preventional Audiology
Technical University Eindhoven, Faculty
of Building, Laboratory of Acoustics
Fontys faculty of Technical
Physics
Cooperation
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Preventional Audiology Projects

• Noise during work
• Fruit and vegetables
• packing factory
• Laboratory for Podotherapy
• Teachers School for Music

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Akustik
Technical Audiology
Concerthall
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Technical and Preventional Audiology1st year

• Sound level measurement
• Spectra (Adobe Audition)
• Speech
• Psycho-Acoustics
• Physics
• Mathematics

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Technical and Preventional Audiology2nd year

• Physical acoustics
• Building acoustics
• Acoustical measurements
• Experiments Decay time, Maximum level,
  Equivalent
• continuous level(Leq), Statistical level,
  Sound absorption.
• Experiments TUe Isolation, RASTI etc.
• Elektro-acoustics
• Digital Signal Processing

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Technical and Preventional Audiology3rd year

• Environmental noise
• industry, traffic.
• Experiments TUe STI,
• building acoustics.

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Technical and Preventional AudiologyEquipment
and Software

• BK 2240 SLM
• 01 dB SLM
• BK 2250 Sound analyser
• BK 2131 Frequency analyser
• BK 2144 Dual channel frequency analyser
• BK Dirac
• BK 4443 Dosismeter
• BK Protector, Evaluator, Noise explorer
• Adobe Audition
• SPRAAK
• Sabin

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scheme
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Bachelor audiology

• Major audiology 180 ecs
• Minor (obligatory) 60 ecs
• After 1st year
• Interdisciplinary cooperation
• Specialising in Children
• Medical Technology
• Sound
• Preparation for Master thesis
• Business administration

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Possible jobs Clinical Audiology

• Audiological Centers
• Hearing Aid dispensing
• ENT Clinic
• School for hard of hearing children

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Possible jobs Technical Audiology

• Government
• Prevention management
• HiFi/Audio-industry
• Hearing aid manufacturing
• Telecommunication
• Research
• Bureau for acoustical
• engineering

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Number of studentsfulltime/parttime
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Bachelor -gt Mastercurrent possibilities

• (Bio)medical Technology
• (medizinisch Ingenieur)
• Technical University Eindhoven
• Master in Oldenburg(Germany)
• or Leuven (Belgium)

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Additional Information

• Website
• www.fontys.nl/paramedisch
• E-mail
• audiologie_at_fontys.nl