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CU DE TECHNIQUES AUDIOPROTHETIQUES

  • 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.

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Training benefits

Information request :

pharma-du@umontpellier.fr

To obtain an application form: send an e-mail to   crefa-contact@umontpellier.fr (crefa-contact @ umontpellier.fr)

 

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Objectives

Acquire basic knowledge of audiology and basic principles of audioprosthetics.

 

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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.
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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
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Program

7-week course at the Montpellier Faculty of Pharmacy

One session per year (capacity 20 people)

 

 

 

 

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Admission

Access conditions

  • Level required: final year of general education or vocational BEP.
  • Selection by dossier.
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Target audience

- Audioprosthetists' staff.

- Teachers in schools for deaf children.

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And then

Professional integration

  • Hearing correction center
  • School for hearing-impaired children.
  • Hearing aid manufacturers
  • Retirement homes

 

 

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