C.I. RIABILITAZIONE SPECIALISTICA

9 CFU - 2° Semester

Teaching Staff

SALVATORE FERLITO - Module ENT - MED/31 - 3 CFU
LUIGI MAIOLINO - Module AUDIOLOGY - MED/32 - 3 CFU
MICHELE REIBALDI - Module DISEASES OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM - MED/30 - 3 CFU

Learning Objectives

ENT
Know the main notions of the mimic muscles rehabilitation, auditory-vestibular apparatus, larynx and trachea.

- Diagnostic and therapeutic path of facial paralysis

- Diagnostic and therapeutic path of 'hearing loss

- Diagnostic and therapeutic path of dysphagia / dysphonia / wheezing

- Tracheotomy/ostomy surgery and percutaneous. Tracheal cannula. Nursing.
AUDIOLOGY
Knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology of the external, middle and internal ear and of the central auditory pathways. Classification of hearing loss and vestibulopathy. Rehabilitation, prosthetic, medical and surgical therapy of auditory and vestibular pathologies.
DISEASES OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
The aim of this course is to provide the students with the basic knowledge of eye diseases, in the different physiopathological, clinical and therapeutic aspects.

Detailed Course Content

ENT
Oto-vestibular disorders: etio-pathophysiological, clinical, therapeutic.

pharynx diseases: etio-physiological, clinical and therapeutic. Tracheotomy

diagnostic-therapeutic course of malignancies laryngeal and hypo-pharyngeal.

The voice restoration after total laryngectomy

Drainage lymphatic vessels of the major organs of the head and neck region

The nodal neck dissection

Outcomes and the nodal neck dissection complications
AUDIOLOGY
Deepening of the anatomy and physiology of the auditory and vestibular apparatus Hypoacusias: epidemiology, classification, etiology, risk factors and therapy Neonatal hearing screening Differential diagnosis of vertigo and vestibular rehabilitation Subjective and objective audiometric tests and their interpretation.
DISEASES OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
OCULAR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. OCULAR SEMIOTICS. VICES OF REFRACTION AND AMBLYOPIA STRABOLOGY PATHOLOGY OF THE ORBIT AND ANNEXES: Exophthalmos - Blepharitis - Conjunctivitis - Dacryocystitis. CORNEAL PATHOLOGY: Keratitis - Keratoconus. PATHOLOGIES OF THE CRYSTALLINE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY GLAUCOMA: Pathophysiology of the hydrodynamics of aqueous humor, diagnosis and therapy of glaucoma. GRAPE DISORDERS: Uveitis PATHOLOGIES OF THE RETINA: Macular degeneration - Local vascular pathology - Retinal detachment - Diabetic retinopathy - Hypertensive retinopathy - Retinopathy of prematurity - other types of retinopathy. TUMOR PATHOLOGIES: melanoma - retinoblastoma EMERGENCIES IN OPHTHALMOLOGY: Foreign bodies - Corneal lesions - Acute retinal damage - Mechanical lesions of the eyeball.

Textbook Information

ENT
- Otorinolaringoiatria. Albera – Rossi. Edizioni Minerva Medica. Torino

- Trattato di Otorinolaringoiatria ed Audiologia. Pignataro L., A. Cesarani, G. Felisati, A. Schindler. EdiSes.
AUDIOLOGY
Topics of Audiology. S. Prosser, A. Martini - Ed. Omega; 2013 Prosthetic audiology - U. Ambrosetti, F. Di Bernardino, L. Del Bo, Ed. Minerva Medica - II Edition; 2018 Clinical audiovestibology - M Maurizi, Ed Idelson-Gnocchi - II edition; 2000 Phoniatrics audiology. R. Albera, O. Schindler, Ed. Minerva Medica; 2003
DISEASES OF THE VISUAL SYSTEM
1. S. Miglior, T. Avitabile, S. Bonini, E. Campos, L. Mastropasqua: “Malattie dell’apparato visivo” - 2014, EdiSES s.r.l. Napoli.
2. Jack J: KANSKI: "Oftalmologia Clinica" - Elsevier Italia Srl, 2004

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