Voice Disorders

Scholar Year: 2023/2024

Courses

Head Teacher Responsability Paula Cristina Grade Correia Head Sónia Marina Dias de Jesus Lima Colaborador

Weekly workload Hours/week T TP P PL TC S E EL OT TPL O OT/PL Type of classes 1 1 4 Lectures Type Teacher Classes Hours Theoretical Totals 1 1,00 Paula Correia   0,80 Sónia Lima   0,06 Theoretical-practical Totals 1 1,00 Paula Correia   0,80 Sónia Lima   0,06 Orientação Tutorial Totals 2 8,00 Paula Correia   3,46

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

a. Recognize the various diagnoses of voice disorders at different stages of life;
b. To recognize the different etiologies of voice disorders in children, adults and the elderly;
c. Plan intervention on voice disorders;
d. Choose the appropriate treatment after diagnosis and plan the intervention taking into account the direct and indirect intervention;
e. Instruments and intervention materials in voice disorders;
f. Recognize, name, describe and select methods, techniques, exercises, and strategies for therapeutic intervention in different cases of vocal disorders.

Syllabus

I. Functional, organic and neurogenic dysphonia
II. Specific clinical cases of voice disorders
III. Intervention in voice disorders
IV. Selection of therapeutic exercises
V. Planning of the intervention
VI. Effectiveness analysis

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The curricular unit of Perturbações da Voz, contributes to the knowledge and understanding of voice disorders, their diagnostic criteria and intervention paradigms, in a case-based learning model. It allows the students to make an application specific to each case under study, evaluation techniques and intervention acquired in the curricular units of Instrumentos e Técnicas em Voz. The contents that deal with differential diagnosis and intervention planning respond to analytical and synthetic level objectives

Teaching methodologies

Dialogues
Case Study
Simulated practice
Documentary analysis

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

In order to respond to the learning goals focused on knowledge, understanding and application, we use dialogic expository classes, case studies and simulated practice.
The exame allows the student to evaluate their knowledge, understanding and analysis of fundamental contents related to vocal disorders. The accomplishment of a group work allows the student to appropriate the theoretical knowledge and to consolidate them in the interaction between pairs and in their process of autonomy.

Attendance system

Individual component * [60%]
- written exam (60%)
* the mean of the individual component must be greater than or equal to 9.5 values.
Group component [40%]
- Written work (30%)
- Oral presentation of work (10%)

Assessment methods and criteria by final exam [100%]
- written exam (100%)

Assement and Attendance registers