Purpose and Objectives

Aims

The fundamental aims of the Department of Audiology are to train students as competent professionals in the field:

1. Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Competence: Fully equipping students with current diagnostic, measurement, and rehabilitation skills for hearing, balance, speech, and communication processes.
2. Scientific Thinking: Establishing evidence-based and scientific thinking skills in audiological assessment and clinical decision-making processes.
3. Professional Responsibility: Training audiologists who embrace multidisciplinary collaboration, possess ethical values, and carry high professional responsibility.
4. Societal Response: Graduating qualified and well-equipped professionals who can respond to the needs of the national healthcare system and society.

Objectives

Our primary objectives to achieve the stated aims are as follows:

• Strengthening Clinical Skills: Enhancing students' skills in the application, interpretation of audiological tests, and accurate clinical reporting to the highest level.
• Technological Proficiency: Ensuring students' practical competence by introducing current audiological advanced tests, hearing aids, cochlear implants, and vestibular assessment technologies.
• Special Population Expertise: Teaching specific audiological and rehabilitative approaches for pediatric (child) and geriatric (elderly) populations.
• Research Culture: Fostering a research culture in students, encouraging active participation in scientific projects and contributing to knowledge production.
• Counseling and Ethics: Developing health communication, counseling, and ethical awareness skills, ensuring that graduates enter professional life fully prepared.