SPDC018 Specialization - wider scientific basis - Education of Individuals with Hearing Impairments

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 10 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Ilona Bytešníková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Radka Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Ilona Bytešníková, Ph.D.
Institute for Research in Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: PhDr. Lenka Gajzlerová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Special and Inclusive Education – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Learning outcomes of the course unit is to acquaint students with the system of counseling: school counseling and school counseling facilities: special education centers, psychological counseling centers, educational care centers. Personnel occupation, standards of activity. Counseling for parents and children with disabilities in early age, early intervention, early-day care centers care; early intervention. Health consultancy, speech therapy outpatient clinics. Legislative measures to deal with counseling.
Learning outcomes
A successful graduate is able to:
• Adapt deep knowledge of the specialization
• Combine gained information with other disciplines – speech therapy, psychology and medical fields (otorhinolaryngology, phoniatrics)
• Demonstrate the ability of working with academic and expert literature concerning the specialization domain (including Czech and foreign literature, as well as electronic forms)
• Make use of gained information in order to deliver a summary study
• Write and form a case study according to the specialization domain; and be able to make a full use of knowledge from the specialization and pathopsychology
Syllabus
  • General areas: Teamwork for comprehensive diagnostic examination of auditory defects and interdisciplinary relationships.
    Classification of defects and hearing disorders.
    Definition of a counseling system for individuals with special educational needs in the Czech Republic.
    Legislative conditions for the provision of advisory services.
    Specialization areas: Early Care Centers for children with hearing impairment - Activities and staffing.
    Specially Educational Centers for children with hearing impairment - Activity and Personnel Occupation.
    Pre-occupational and professional preparation of pupils with hearing impairment.
    Support for the employment of people with hearing impairment.
    Professional counseling.
    Hearing impairment in adulthood and in old age.
    Tinnitus.
    Hearing defect and other associated disabilities.
Literature
    required literature
  • MADELL, Jane Reger, Carol Ann FLEXER, Jace WOLFE and Erin C. SCHAFER. Pediatric audiology : diagnosis, technology, and management. Third edition. New York: Thieme, 2019, xvii, 408. ISBN 9781626234017. info
  • GIRARD-GROEBER, Simone. Participation by hard-of-hearing students in integration classrooms : facets of interactional competence. Berlin: Frank & Timme, Verlag für wissenschaftliche Literatur, 2018, 518 stran. ISBN 9783732904334. info
  • ALLEN, Susan G. A guidebook for the auditory perception test for the hearing impaired : from assessment to intervention. San Diego, CA: Plural Publishing, 2016, xiv, 250. ISBN 9781597564861. info
  • DOLEŽALOVÁ, Lenka and Lenka HRICOVÁ. Sluchové postižení (Hearing impairment). In Bartoňová, M., Bytešníková, I., Vítková, M. et al. Děti se speciálními vzdělávacími potřebami v mateřské škole. Texty k distančnímu vzdělávání. Brno: Paido, 2012, p. 135-155. ISBN 978-80-7315-237-6. info
    recommended literature
  • DOLEŽALOVÁ, Lenka. Sluchové postižení v období dospělosti a stáří (Hearing Impairment in Adulthood and Old Age). In PANČOCHA, Karel, Lucie PROCHÁZKOVÁ a Kateřina SAYOUD SOLÁROVÁ et al. Edukativní, intervenční a terapeutické přístupy k dospělým osobám a seniorům se zdravotním postižením. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, p. 187-198. ISBN 978-80-210-6306-8. info
  • HORÁKOVÁ, Radka. Sluchové postižení - úvod do surdopedie (Hearing Impairment - An Introduction to Deaf Education). Praha. Praha: Portál, 2012, 159 pp. 376 - Výchova a vzdělávání zvláštních skupin osob. ISBN 978-80-262-0084-0. info
  • HORÁKOVÁ, Radka. Sluchové postižení : úvod do surdopedie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 2012, 159 s. ISBN 9788026200840. info
  • Perspectives on diseases and disorders : deafness and hearing impairment. Edited by Clay Farris Naff. 1st edition. Detroit: Gale Cengage learning, 2010, 144 stran. ISBN 9780737747881. info
  • POTMĚŠIL, Miloň. Sluchové postižení a sebereflexe. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2007, 197 s. ISBN 9788024613000. info
  • HOUDKOVÁ, Zuzana. Sluchové postižení u dětí - komplexní péče. Vydání 1. V Praze: Triton, 2005, 117 stran. ISBN 8072546236. info
  • ERNST SCHNEIDER, Elaine. Taking hearing impairment to school. Illustrated by Tom Dineen. 1st ed. [Plainview, NY]: JayJo Books, 2004, [32] s. ISBN 9781891383236. info
Teaching methods
theoretical training and internship, seminar work / reflection
Assessment methods
Processing seminar work on selected topics (15 pages A4), oral exam in theoretical training.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: in blocks.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Spring 2020, autumn 2020, Spring 2021, Autumn 2021, Spring 2022, Autumn 2022, Spring 2023, Autumn 2023, Spring 2024, Autumn 2024.
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