• The only degree of its kind in Ireland

• Provides opportunities to acquire state of the art knowledge

  and skills in the field of hearing and balance related difficulties

• Unique in incorporating a focus on communication and how it

  is affected by hearing loss across the lifespan

• A mission of the programme is to engage a diverse group of

  professionals in expanding and progressing their professional capacities in order to contribute to improved care of patients and their families

• Utilising an interdisciplinary approach with expert facilitators from a wide range of disciplinary and clinical backgrounds.

Programme Outline:

Programme content includes the nature and aetiologies of hearing and balance disorders as well as hearing-related communication abilities in the paediatric and elderly populations; behavioural and objective assessment of hearing in children and adults; cochlear implants and implantable devices, habilitation for adults including those with complex needs and the nature and management of tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Programme Practicalities:

The MSc in Hearing Balance and Communication is offered on a part-time basis only. A range of elective modules allows students to tailor their studies to their own professional and personal interests. At all times the emphasis is on critical appraisal of research evidence. Please note that no part of the programme or a Post-Graduate Certificate, Post Graduate Diploma, or MSc in Hearing Balance and Communication, confers clinical competencies or eligibility for professional practice or registration in health or social care professions.

Entry Requirements:

• Candidates will hold either a Second Class Honours Grade I in a primary honours degrees (NFQ Level 8) or a Postgraduate Degree (NFQ, Level 9 or equivalent), in any scientific or medical disciplines, such as but not exclusively, Audiology, Anatomy, Biomedical Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, Speech and Language Therapy, Medicine, Nursing and Education.

• In exceptional circumstances candidates without an honours degree may be recommended for entry to the programme after a review of their qualifications and expertise by the Programme Lead.

Note: this is not a clinical programme and does not confer clinical competencies required for entry into healthcare professions.