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B.Ed. (Hearing Impairment) Assessment and Identification of Hearing Loss and Needs Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

This is the University of Mumbai syllabus for the Bachelor of Education - Special Education (Hearing Impairment), the Choice Based two-year programme in force from the academic year 2016-17. It is the scheme currently examined: the University set all four of its semesters in Winter 2025 and Summer 2026, and has published no revision of it since. The University no longer hosts the document on mu.ac.in, which is why it is mirrored here in full.

Assessment and Identification of Hearing Loss and Needs Syllabus.pdf
Semester 1 · 3 credits · 75 marks · 90 hours

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Syllabus for Assessment and Identification of Hearing Loss and Needs

Semester 1 · 3 credits · 75 marks · 90 hours

Module 1: Early Identification of hearing loss: Need & strategies

  • 1.1 Need for early identification of hearing loss
  • 1.2 Overview to behavioural and objective techniques in screening for hearing loss
  • 1.3 Team members involved in hearing screening and their role
  • 1.4 Use of checklists and behavioural observation in early identification of hearing loss by school teachers (congenital & acquired)
  • 1.5 Referral of children based on signs and symptoms of hearing loss

Module 2: Audiological Assessment

  • 2.1 Orientation: Sound, physical and psychological parameters/attributes, concept of dB HL vs dB SPL, auditory milestones in typical children (0-2 years)
  • 2.2 Assessment & methods of assessment: Subjective & Objective tests. Orientation to these tests and their importance
  • 2.3 Audiometer: Block diagram, parts & use; Types of audiometry [sound field (BOA, VRA) & close field]; role of special educators in conditioning for pure tone audiometry
  • 2.4 Audiogram: Understanding of audiogram and its implication in assessing the educational needs of children with different types and degrees of hearing loss.
  • 2.5 Concept of unaided, aided audiograms, Speech spectrum and its applications

Module 3: Assessment of Language & communication

  • 3.1 Communication: Concepts and types (Linguistic versus Non Linguistic);
  • 3.2 Receptive and Expressive Language: Concept, Types (verbal and manual) and Structure
  • 3.3 Developmental milestones in typically growing children; Impact of deafness on communication and language with reference to clinical (type, degree, onset) and environmental (parental participation, access to language early intervention services) factors
  • 3.4 Assessing communication and language: Developmental checklists, scales, standardized tools and assessing language samples using parameters of measurement (productivity, complexity, correctness and communicativeness)
  • 3.5 Identification of needs related to communication and language

Module 4: Assessment of Speech

  • 4.2 Respiration and Phonation: Pre-requisites, process, types and need for assessment
  • 4.2 Basics of Articulation and phonology (active and passive articulators; classification of vowels and consonants; assessment of articulation)
  • 4.3 Suprasegmental aspects of speech and its assessment
  • 4.4 Milestones of speech development in typically developing children
  • 4.5 Speech Intelligibility: concept, factors & assessment

Module 5: Educational assessment and identification of needs

  • 5.1 Educational assessment: Concept and scope
  • 5.2 Factors affecting educational performance: individual, family & environment
  • 5.3 Understanding Types of Assessment: Norm referenced & Criterion Referenced test, Comprehensive & Continuous assessment, Summative & Formative, Formal & Informal, conventional & alternate, Performance based & curriculum based
  • 5.4 Tools & techniques of Educational Assessment: Observations, Interviews, Developmental scales, Standardized &Criterion based tests, Teacher Made Tests at different levels and classroom assessment techniques (Conventional & Modern).
  • 5.5 Current trends and challenges in educational assessment of children with hearing losses

Essential Readings

  • Martin, F. N. Clark, J.G. (2012). Introduction to Audiology. 11th ed. Boston: Pearson Education.
  • Martin, FN & Clark, J.G. (2009). Introduction to Audiology. 10th ed. Boston: Pearson Education.
  • Northern, J.L. Downs, M.P. (2002). Hearing in Children. 5 th Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
  • Kauffman James M. & Hallahan Daniel P. (Ed) (2011) Handbook of Special Education. Routledge NY
  • Rehabilitation Council of India (2007). Status of Disability in India - 2007: Hearing Impairment and Deaf-blindness. New Delhi: Rehabilitation Council of India.
  • Jalvi R, Nandurkar A., Bantwal A., (2006). Introduction to hearing impairment. New Delhi: Kanishka Publication.
  • Newby, H. A., & Popelka, G. R. (1992). Audiology (6 th ed.). New York: Appleton- Century-crofts.
  • Bel, R.L. and Frisbie, D.A.(1991) 5 th ed, Essentials of Educational Measurement, Prentice hall publication, New Jersy
  • Linn, R. L. and Gronlund, N. E. (1995) 7 th ed Measurement and Assessment in Teaching,Prentice hall publication, New Jersy
  • Jurs, S.G. and Wiersma, W.(1990) 2 nd ed Educational Measurement and Testing,Allyn and Bacon publication, Boston
  • Nitko, A. J. (1983) Educational Tests and Measurement, An Introduction, Harcourt Brace Publication, New York
  • Brigance, A.H. and Hargis, C.H. (1993) Educational Assessment, Charles C Thomas publication, USA
  • Quigley & Paul, (1984) Language and deafness, College – Hill Press Inc. California
  • Patel, R.N. (1985), Educational Evaluation, Himalaya publication, Bombay
  • Mathew, S. and Misra, A. (2010) Knowledge based evaluation of students with hearing impairment, Journal of NCED, Vol 2, Issue 1, page 26-33
  • UNICEF (2006), new trends in development evaluation. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/ceecis/new_trends_dev_evaluation.pdf
  • Madell, JR & Flexer, C., (2008) Pediatric Audiology: Diagnosis, Technology and Management. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers.
  • Waldman, D., & Roush, J. (2010). Your child’s Hearing Loss; A Guide for Parents. San Diego: Plural Publishing.
  • Yoshinaga-Itano, C. (2003). From screening to early identification and intervention: Discovering predictors to successful outcomes for children with significant hearing loss. Journal of deaf studies and deaf education, 8(1), 11-30.
  • McMillan, J.H (2001) Classroom assessment: Principles & practices for effective instruction ( 2nd Eds), Allyn & Bacon, Boston.
  • Evens, P. and Varma. V (1990). Special Education Past, Present and Future, The Falmer Press
  • Poham, James. W. (1993), Educational Evaluation. Prentice Hall, New Jersy.
  • Gregory, Jnight, et al. (1998), Issues in Deaf Education. Cromwel Press
  • Singh, B. (2004) Modern educational Measurement and Evaluation System, Anmol Publication, New Delhi
  • Boyle, J. and Fisher, S. (2007) educational testing (A competence based approach), BPS Blackwell publication, Singapore
  • Warden, P, Winter, J. and Broadfoot, P(2002)Assessment, Routledge Falmer Publication, London

Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Ed. Spl. Ed. (Hearing Impairment), in force from the academic year 2016-17. Wording, module numbering and the reading list are as printed in that syllabus. The PDF above is the syllabus's own page, unaltered.

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