Target level of study
Less than or equal to baccalauréat
ECTS
0 credits
Training structure
Faculty of Pharmacy
Language(s) of instruction
French
Presentation
The University Certificate in Audioprosthetic Techniques is designed for audioprosthesists' staff and all those involved in audiology who want to know the fundamental principles of hearing aid use.
Level required: final year of general education or BEP vocational diploma - Selection by application.
Pre-requisites: Power and logarithm functions in base 10.
The University Certificate in Audioprosthetic Techniques can in no way be confused with or assimilated to the State Diploma in Audioprosthetics, which is the only legal qualification entitling the holder to practice the profession in France.
No equivalence to all or part of the state diploma can be issued.
Training benefits
Objectives
Acquire basic knowledge of audiology and basic principles of audioprosthetics.
Know-how and skills
- "Re-injection" of settings made by a qualified hearing aid acoustician into a hearing aid after repair by the manufacturer.
- Hearing aid fault detection.
- Manufacture and manufacture of hearing aid earmolds.
Organization
Knowledge control
Theoretical training
- Anatomy, physiology and pathology of the ear
- Acoustics, electroacoustics, psychoacoustics and phonetics
- Notions of hearing aid technology
- Notions of audiometry and audiometric techniques
- Using measurement chains
- Refunds & hygiene
- Audioprosthesis law
Practical training
- End cap manufacturing and shaping
- Overview of different types of hearing aids & audio accessories
- Use of the measurement chain and manufacturers' software to read programmed settings in a hearing aid. Troubleshooting.
- Using a sound level meter
- Audiometry
- Teleaudiology
Program
7-week course at the Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy
One session per year (capacity 20 people)
And then
Professional integration
- Hearing correction center
- School for hearing-impaired children.
- Hearing aid manufacturers
- Retirement homes