Audiologists perform their duties in the areas of prevention, diagnosis and rehabilitation, as well as in academic teaching and scientific research.
On the level of Prevention, the Audiology professional is responsible for planning and conducting awareness-raising activities and screening programmes designed to prevent hearing loss. To that effect, he can intervene within industrial communities, schools, high-risk groups and the general population.
In the domain of the Diagnosis, the audiologist prepares, executes and interprets complementary examinations of functional and electrophysiological exploration, in order to identify, quantify and qualify dysfunctions in the audio-vestibular system and facial nerve.
In what concerns to Rehabilitation, he takes part (often integrated in multidisciplinary teams) in the study, development and execution of audio and vestibular rehabilitation programmes. He chooses the most adequate technical solutions (prosthesis) and renders the respective audioprosthetic and audiologic follow-up (audio rehabilitation), planning and executing actions that ensure the systems improvement.
In teaching, he is responsible for training undergraduate and postgraduate students to the practice of the profession, as well as other professionals who might become interested in audiology.
Finally, in the field of scientific research, he organizes and conducts research projects in order to develop new techniques or to improve the existing ones.
1º Year | ||
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Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
Anatomophysiology | Semester | 5.5 |
Phonetic Elements | Semester | 4.0 |
Biostatistics | Semester | 3.5 |
Psychoacoustics | Semester | 2.5 |
Audiology II | Semester | 5.5 |
Audiology I | Semester | 7.5 |
Health Psychology | Semester | 3.5 |
Portuguese Sign Language I | Semester | 5.5 |
Human Pathology | Semester | 5.0 |
Portuguese Sign Language II | Semester | 2.5 |
Clinical Education I | Semester | 5.0 |
Histology & Embriology | Semester | 5.0 |
Acoustic Physics | Semester | 5.0 |
2º Year | ||
Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
Technical Means of Audition Rehabilitation I | Semester | 5.0 |
Audiology III | Semester | 5.5 |
Bioelectronics | Semester | 4.0 |
Auditive Rehabilitation | Semester | 3.0 |
Clinical Education II | Semester | 7.5 |
Vestibular Assessment Methods and Technics I | Semester | 5.0 |
Electrophisiologic Evaluation Methods and Technics I | Semester | 5.0 |
Vestibular Assessment Methods and Technics II | Semester | 6.5 |
Fundaments in Otology | Semester | 5.0 |
Electrophisiologic Evaluation Methods and Technics II | Semester | 5.5 |
Neurobiochemistry | Semester | 4.0 |
Electromedicine in Audiology | Semester | 4.0 |
3º Year | ||
Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
School, Community and Occupational Audiology | Semester | 3.0 |
Clinical Education IV | Semester | 9.5 |
Technical Means of Audition Rehabilitation II | Semester | 6.0 |
Bioethical and Professional Issues | Semester | 2.5 |
Vestibular Rehabilitation | Semester | 5.5 |
Seminars | Semester | 6.0 |
Management And Entrepreneurship | Semester | 5.0 |
Clinical Education III | Semester | 8.0 |
Developmental Psychology | Semester | 5.0 |
Pediatric Audiology | Semester | 5.5 |
Scientific Research | Semester | 4.0 |
4º Year | ||
Curricular unit | Period | ECTS |
Applied Reasearch in Audiology-module I | Annual | 8.5 |
Applied Reasearch in Audiology-module II | Annual | 7.0 |
Experimental Planning II | Semester | 4.5 |
Advanced Studies in Audiology | Semester | 5.0 |
Clinical Education VI | Semester | 18.5 |
Clinical Education V | Semester | 11.5 |
Experimental Planning I | Semester | 5.0 |
- The audiologist works in public and/or private health care institutions (such as hospitals, health centres, clinics, audiology/audio-phonology and audio-rehabilitation centres), teaching institutions and factories, within teams of school/work assistance. He can also collaborate in research projects and become a lecturer, whether at work or school contexts.
- Prerequisites
- Medical Certificate
- Individual Health Survey
- Declaration from an Audiologist
- Sample of an Audiology Survey
Minimum Grade
95 points
Tests for Admission
02 Biology and Geology
Application Grade (Formula)
High. School Average Grade: 50%
Tests for Admission: 50%
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