Otolaryngology Department Audiology Speech and Voice Disorder Programme - Department Information   
Language Turkish
Program Time (Year) 2
Max.Program Time (Year) 3
Program Quota
Internships Status Absent
About Programme

ENT AUDIOLOGY AND SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS PROGRAM

PROG. Director
Prof.Dr. Yusuf Kemal KEMALOĞLU
ECTS and Erasmus Coordinator of the Department
Prof.Dr. Yusuf Kemal KEMALOĞLU
History
Audiology professionals first started practice in US in 1940. In Turkey, audiology was started by Hacettepe Un. in 1967. Audiology MS program was started in Gazi Un. in 2002.
Qualification Awarded
The Master''s Degree in AUDIOLOGY SPEECH AND VOICE DISORDERS PROGRAMME
Admission Requirements
General admission requirements stated under Info on the Institution on this website are being applied to start this programme.
Higher Grade Transition
Audiology PhD is only available in Hacettepe (Ankara) and Maramara (Istanbul) Universities in Turkey. Gazi Univeristy is planning to open a PhD program in Audiology in near future.
Graduation Requirements
All students should have the credits through three years-program, and should submit and present their graduate thesis to be graduated.
Occupational Profiles of Graduates
Graduates of Audiology MS program may be emploed in all hospitals (Health Ministery, universities and private ones) and private companies (hearing device & CI in partcular) or practised in their own offices & centers. Particularly after the newborn screening program which was started in 2003, all newborns in Turkey have been screened by the hearing tests and about 20.00 children are referred to the centers in which audiologist should be employed. Hence, the graduates are all wellcomed to all govermental and university hospitals, and those completed the PhD programs will have the chance to be acedemician in the audiology field.
Assessment and Grading
(1) For each course taken, students are given a letter success grade at the end of the semester/year.
(2) This grade is given by the instructor of the course.
(3) While evaluating the letter grade, a student?s success at classes, mid-terms/final examinations and attendance to classes are considered. The calculation of the letter grade is determined by the approval of the related academic unit and the Senate.
(4) The success grade of a student is calculated over 100 points. This grade is called raw success point.
(5) A student whose raw success point is under 25.00 is directly given an FF grade and the student fails the course. The success grade of a student whose raw success point is 25.00 and above is evaluated by using the methods determined by the board decisions of the Educational Commission of the University and the Senate; with the letter grades of which coefficients and explanations are mentioned below. After this evaluation, it is also possible that the raw success points 25.00 and above may become FF letter grades.
(6) Coefficients and letter success grades are evaluated as shown below:
a)
Coefficients Letter Success Grades
4.00 AA
3.50 BA
3.00 BB
2.50 CB
2.00 CC
1.50 DC
1.00 DD
0.50 FD
0.00 FF

b) The letter grades other than the ones in the clause ?a? are:
1) D: Did not Attend the Course
2) G: Did not Attend the Exam
3) E: Incomplete (The E grades which are not corrected until after 3 weeks from the finalization of letter success grades are converted to FF)
4) VZ: Withdrawn
(7) A student whose letter success grade is (AA), (BA), (BB), (CB), (CC), (DC) or (DD) is considered as succeeded the course. However, the CumGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of the student must be at least 2,00 for graduation.



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