AUDÄ°OLOGY and SPEECH PATHOLOGY
Second Cycle Programmes
(Master's Degree)

D.1. General Information about Program

Fundamentals of the Department of Audiology have been taken depending on the master program of Audiology in Faculty of Postgraduate Education Hacettepe University in 1968. Since 1989 the master program of Audiology had revised and has continued its education programs as “Audiology and Speech Disorders”. Department of Audiology established in May 11th 2011 at Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences.

Graduates from our programme, they can conduct objective and subjective tests, diagnose the patients and evluate the patients regarding amplification procedures. After the test results, graduate can decide which eletrophysioloical tests (ABR, ASSR, OAE )are suitable for diagnostic procedures. Also the gaduate can perform the vestibular test battery and decide and plan vestibular rehabilitation programme. Graduate also, can decide and plan amplification porcedures depending on candidate selection procedures and intraoperative monitorization (hearing aid fitting procedures, cochlear, BAHA and brainstem implant procedures ) . Besides on audiological procedures, our graduates can evaluate and diagnose the patients with speech and language disorders. All graduates can take their professional role in health system and also they can go on developing their academic skills. After graduation, they can get the “Master of Scence” degree.

D.2 Qualification Awarded

Master's Degree

D.3. Level of Qualification

QF-EHEA: 2
EQF-LLL: 7

D.4. Provisions for Registration

Having graduated from the Audiology Undergraduate and Language and Speech Therapy Undergraduate programs of universities or graduating from at least 4-year undergraduate programs approved by the Academic Board of the Department. Candidates who graduate from these programs are exempted from the Scientific Preparation period in the Master's program. Other undergraduate program graduates appointed as ÖYP assistants should take and pass Scientific Preparation courses within the scope of the Master's program.

To have ALES (SAY / EA) score type and ALES and Foreign Language base score determined by the Health Sciences Institute Board and approved by the Hacettepe University Senate http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/en/menu/ales_foreign_language_scores-252
To meet the application requirements of Hacettepe University Graduate Education and Examination Regulations and Institute of Health Sciences.

D.5. Qualification Requirements and Regulations

To finish Audiology and Speech Pathology Master Programme, all students have to complete 120 ECTS successfully.

D.6. Specific Arrangements for Recognition of Prior Learning

Bachelor degree from Audiology and Bachelor degree from Speech and Language Therapy  or  equivalent degree from  international progammes 

D.7. Goals and Objectives

To determinate, prevent and treat movement and functional disorders, and to gain enough audiology and speech pathology knowledge, ability and skills to increase the health related quality of life; to oversee public goodness; to bring up graduates who have ability to research, investigate and lifelong learning skills with evidence based practices. All graduates take a career role as a health professional life and work academically after graduation according to their expectancy.

D.12. Occupational Profiles of Graduates with Examples

Our graduation students could be work as an audiologist/speech-language pathogists in hospitals, companies, ENT centers, education centers etc. Also after graduation in higher studies, they could work as in research position in universities.

D.13. Access to Further Studies

QF-EHEA: 3
EQF-LLL: 8

D.14. Profile of the Programme

This program consists of at least seven courses, a seminar course and a thesis study provided that they are not below the minimum credit requirements  for graduate programs set by the Graduate Education and Training Regulations of Council of Higher Education and Hacettepe University, and is designed to enable graduate students to acquire the ability to access, compile, interpret and evaluate information by using scientific research methods. 

D.15. Examination Regulations, Assessment and Grading

The "Course Information Package" prepared by the lecturer / s regarding the measurement and evaluation methods applied for each course is defined in the Evaluation System. Regarding exams and course grades, H.Ü. The relevant articles of the Postgraduate Education and Examination regulations are applied.

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D.16. Graduation Requirements

In order for the candidate to graduate from the Audiology and Speech Disorders Master's Program, the candidate must have completed at least 120 ECTS course load. http://www.saglikbilimleri.hacettepe.edu.tr/tr/menu/kanun_ve_yonetmelikler-219

D.17. Education Type

1. Full Time Education

D.18. Programme Director

Chairman of Department: Prof. Dr. Gonca SennaroÄŸlu

Programme Director: Prof. Dr. Gonca SennaroÄŸlu

Hacettepe University Health Sciences Faculty Audiology Deparment

Sıhhiye-ANKARA

TURKEY-06100

Phone:+90 312 3051167

Fax: +90 312 3052054