Clinical Audiology

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 16.6 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 29.3 k / Year(s) Deadline: Aug 17, 2024
195 place StudyQA ranking:2906 Duration:2 years

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This course will provide you with the skills, knowledge and training you’ll need to practice as a qualified clinical audiologist. It will develop your skills in assessment strategies, rehabilitation and habilitation of the hearing impaired, as well as provide you with training in research design.

 

Key features

 

  • You’ll have the opportunity to study within the state-of-the-art Macquarie University Speech and Hearing Clinic and the Australian Hearing Hub, alongside industry experts.
  • You’ll have access to the world’s first child magnetoencephalography facility.
  • This course will provide you with practical experience in a range of clinical placements including at our on-campus facilities, hospitals, government agencies, and community and not-for-profit organisations.
  • You’ll learn from a wide variety of guest lecturers who are experts in their fields.
  • There’s a robust job market for audiologists in Australia.

Minimum number of credit points at 800 level or above 64 ECTS

The following outlines the units (subjects) to be studied within this master:

  • Adult Hearing Assessment 
  • Theoretical Bases of Audiology
  • Clinical Practicum
  • Hearing Devices 
  • Objective Assessment Strategies 
  • Paediatric Hearing Assessment  
  • Clinical Practicum II 
  • Principles of Management of Childhood Deafness
  • Clinical Practicum III
  • Strategies of Aural Rehabilitation
  • Complex Case Management 
  • Clinical Practicum
  •  Advanced Hearing Devices
  • Speech Perception and Production
  •  Audiology and Public Health 
  • Audiology Project 
  • Research Design Skills 
  • Reading Development and Disorders 

Minimum admission requirements

• Australian level 7 bachelor's qualification or recognised equivalent in speech and hearing, health sciences, psychology, physiology, neurosciences, biological sciences, music studies, medical sciences, biomedical sciences, creative technology, audio production, audio engineering, behaviour sciences, veterinary sciences, speech pathology, sound and music, teaching, nursing, or a related discipline 
• GPA of (5.00 out of 7.00) or (3.00 out of 4.00)

English language requirements

IELTS of 7.0 overall with minimum 7.0 in each band, or equivalent

All applicants for undergraduate or postgraduate coursework studies at Macquarie University are required to provide evidence of proficiency in English.

You may satisfy the English language requirements if you have completed: senior secondary studies equivalent to the NSW HSC one year of Australian or comparable tertiary study in a country of qualification

 

The university offers scholarships to students to address financial need or hardship, academic excellence, sporting achievement and in recognition of outstanding character. It can also provide financial assistance with loans and grants to students who have difficulty with basic living expenses and help with fees. Each year Macquarie University awards around $2.5 million in scholarships, most of which are given on the basis of financial need or other hardship. 

The Faculty of Human Sciences offers a limited number of merit-based Commonwealth Supported Places (CSP) for this program for domestic students. Places will be granted according to academic merit and awarded to the most highly ranked applicants who have been granted a firm offer. Students do not need to apply separately for this.

The Faculty may also allocate 50% of the available CSPs to two targeted equity areas that will benefit the students and the profession to help overcome shortages in professional health workers in regional and remote locations and in Indigenous health care settings. The equity groups targeted will be:

* Regional or remotely disadvantaged non-indigenous applicants

* Indigenous Australian applicants

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