Certificate of Proficiency in Hearing Aid Dispensing University of Sunderland

Overview

University of Sunderland's Certificate of Proficiency in Hearing Aid Dispensing is suitable for you if you want to work in the private sector, or in both private and NHS settings.

Key facts

This course will help you learn about the role of the hearing aid dispenser in private practice. This includes registration requirements such as:

• Standards of Conduct, Performance, and Ethics

• Standards of Proficiency

• Standards of Continuing Professional Development.

You'll gain an understanding of:

• Business marketing and planning

• Consumer rights and protection laws

• Safeguarding

• Health and safety legislation

• Hearing aid and assistive device technologies.

You'll also explore quality assurance and improvement process. This relates to independent practice in hearing aid audiology.

We deliver this course online, but you'll join us at City Campus for an in-person exam at the end.

Our clinical academic staff teach this course. It's delivered online over six weeks through our Virtual Learning Environment. Each week involves two hours of pre-recorded lectures. This is alongside accessing directed self-study materials.

There'll also be six hours of live online group seminars. These include problem-based case studies. You'll also discuss the learning outcomes of the module in depth.

Formative assessments include case studies, group discussions, and multi-choice quizzes. You'll attend one in-person exam at City Campus at the end of the course. This will assess all learning outcomes.