Hearing Care Assistant

University Certificate

Part-Time

Course overview

The course introduces the attitudes, skills and knowledge base to provide safe and effective hearing care support to a Registered Hearing Aid Dispenser working within an audiology practice within defined levels of supervision.

Upon successful completion of this course you will be able to:

  • acquire the necessary competence to plan and execute safely the relevant technical operations and act with autonomy with minimal need for supervision and direction within defined guidelines.
  • use appropriate equipment to generate required technical data.
  • effectively communicate information, arguments and analysis, in a variety of forms, to specialist and non-specialist audiences and use key techniques of the discipline effectively.

Additional course information

A placement in an audiology practice under supervision of a two-year registered Hearing Aid Dispenser is a requirement of entry to the course.
Core modules
  • Learning and Study skills
  • Understanding the Work Sector
  • Practical Procedures of the Hearing Care Assistant

Assessment

Knowledge and understanding to be assessed via work-based coursework assignments. All module assignments should be typed.

Understanding to be evaluated in addition to engagement with employers and Practice Supervisors.

Hayley Greenlee

University Certificate - Hearing Care Assistant

“I work for my local Specsavers Opticians & Hearing Centre which has a strong connection with Anglia Ruskin University for Optometry qualifications. I am a hearing aid wearer myself (both ears) and can sympathise, and relate to real customer experience, therefore felt it would be a good qualification to have. My workplace involves an Audiology Department, and the practical work one day a week has been really beneficial as I quite often learn better through practical experience. The aspects of the course I most enjoy is the practical experience, as it helps prepare memore for the Hearing Care Assistant role, as well as gaining more knowledge.

This course will help me to move forward within Audiology and also become more flexible while at work by having the ability and knowledge to work with both sides of Specsavers - both optical & hearing. This is my first university course and the staff involved have been so helpful, supportive and welcoming. I settled down with my course sooner than expected, and the Learning Support Staff were brilliant with me.

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Associated careers

The course will equip you with the skills necessary for working in a modern hearing aid audiology practice - you will study Professional Practice, and become proficient in Clinical procedures of Otoscopy, Audiometry, impression taking and tearing aid technology. Upon graduation and, you will be eligible to register with the The British Society of Hearing Aid audiologists (BSHAA) as an associate, which will enable you to practise without direct supervision and, if you wish, to continue your studies to become a Hearing Aid Audiologist.

Work Placements

Employment or placement in an audiology practice is a mandatory requirement for entry to the course.
Entry Requirements: 1 pass at grade C or above in subjects at GCSE level or equivalent including Maths, English and a Science. Applicants may be admitted without these qualifications, provided they demonstrate, through documentary evidence, that they have achieved the required level of knowledge and skills in other ways e.g. experiential learning. A placement in an audiology practice under supervision of a 2 year registered Hearing Aid Dispenser is a requirement of entry to the course GCSE(s) Required: 3 GCSE's including English and Maths at C or above

Entry requirements

While no formal qualifications are set, a good standard of maths and English are essential to successfully partake in the course. However, applicants must be employed in a Hearing Care practice and be supervised by Registered Hearing aid dispenser.

These courses are recruited for Anglia Ruskin University by Anglia Distance Learning (ADL) and all applicants must contact them directly to apply.

Please call 01481 232418 or email distlearnaudiology@googlemail.com

How to apply

To request an application pack or for further details on the application process please contact Anglia Distance Learning, email distlearnaudiology
@googlemail.com or call 01481 232418

Locations

Duration

1 Year

Teaching times*

8-10 hours per week Flexible Distance Learning as well as 4 x 2.5 day blocks in Cambridge

Available starts

September, January

Student finance

Faculty

Science & Technology

Department

Vision and Hearing Sciences

Contact us

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*Teaching days and times are for guidance only and are subject to change each academic year. We advise all applicants to wait until they are in receipt of their timetable before making arrangements around their course times.

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