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Humanities and Social Sciences School of Education Qualified teachers of the deaf who acquire this award will be eligible to apply for full membership of the British Association of Educational Audiologists. The MSc in Educational Audiology is designed for qualified teachers of the deaf and other professionals involved in the education andor audiological management of hearing-impaired children. It aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge required to practise as educational audiologists. The course is provided in partnership with Mary Hare school for the deaf and is delivered at the school's base in Newbury, Berkshire. It is a modular course that aims to stimulate and provide the opportunity for critical reflection on the scientific principles underlying audiological practice. Throughout the course, you will be encouraged to relate general principles and issues from your own experience of working with hearing-impaired children and young people. Laboratory sessions, practical workshops, clinical instruction and clinical experience are used to support the acquisition of practical and professional skills. Teaching and learning experiences include lectures and demonstrations, tutor- and student-led seminars, discussion groups and e-learning opportunities and materials. This is a two-year part-time course (plus dissertation). All students must attend ten residential weekends of lectures and workshops. In addition you must attend two summer schools (one per year), each of five days' duration. The award of the MSc involves successful completion of all modules and the practical skills and theory assessments, plus the completion of a research methods module and dissertation in Year 3. An exit point is available at the end of Year 2, following successful completion of all Year 1 and year 2 modules, for those wishing to take the award at the Diploma stage. In addition, for those wishing to update their skills andor to supplement their existing qualifications, individual modules can be taken independently within one or two academic years according to need. Course content The MSc in Educational Audiology will take qualified and experienced teachers of the deaf (or professionals in a field related to the education andor audiological management of hearing-impaired children) and develop your existing professional practice in audiology to a more exacting level of competence. The course is designed to provide sufficient theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to enable successful candidates to work within educational provision for the hearing impaired as educational audiologists who may provide the sole point of reference within a service, school or hospital. It is intended to produce well-motivated, enthusiastic and well-informed practitioners who can maximise the use of residual hearing in children or young people, irrespective of setting or phase of education. The MSc will develop professional skills, but will also promote reflection on the principles underlying particular practices in audiology. We aim to help you become able to support the families of hearing-impaired children and engage in fruitful professional dialogue with other specialists working in related fields (eg clinical audiologists, ear nose and throat consultants and their staff, educational psychologists and speech therapists). It is also critical, in the light of the 1981 Education Act, 1988 Education Reform Act and the 1993 Education Act, that you become able to work constructively alongside classroom teachers in mainstream schools, non-teaching assistants and advisersco-ordinators working in the special educational needs area. All students on the course will undertake clinical placements in a variety of audiological settings. These will include the school clinic catering for children of primary and secondary school age, the support service clinic catering for children of pre-school, primary and secondary school age, and the hospital clinic providing both