FH-Prof. Martin Maasz, MBA
Speech and Language Therapist, Head of Section
+43 1 606 68 77-4501
martin.maasz@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Our life is communication. As a speech therapist you will initiate, maintain, improve or restore human communication abilities. In the degree program you will learn everything about speech disorders, speaking, the voice, swallowing and hearing and which methods you will use to treat them. The profession covers the entire spectrum of prevention, counseling, diagnosis, from therapy to rehabilitation: Your work starts with babies or young children and supports people in speaking professions or after operations or illnesses such as strokes.
Bachelor of Science in Health Studies (BSc) incl. professional qualifications
tuition fee per semester
€ 363,361
+ ÖH premium + contribution2
Application winter semester 2023/24
12th February to 12th March 2023
40
1 Tuition fees for students from third countries € 727,- per semester
2 for additional study expenses (currently up to € 83,- depending on degree program and year)
You love language, the spoken word and have a good ear. You have a good voice and speak German well. In addition, you are looking for an intersection to the natural sciences. You also find medicine interesting because you can use it to help people. You like young and elderly people from all social classes and interact with them openly. You are aware that you will need special techniques and concepts to actually reach them with counseling and therapy and to support them with your expertise. You want to learn everything about language, speech, voice and hearing and the anatomical background as well as possible techniques and are physically well suited for the profession of speech therapist.
Thanks to the state-of-the-art infrastructure, you will gain valuable practical experience during your classes.
A practical learning phase abroad offers the opportunity to broaden your horizons and gain new impressions.
Numerous disciplines at one location: participate in research projects and learn from others.
Take advantage of the "FIT for a health profession?!" self-assessment test to see what a profession in health care requires and if you have the right qualities.
FIT for a health profession?! (in German only)
German language level: C2 (nostrification: C2)
Additional proficiency exam: First aid course of at least 16 hours, not older than 1 year (confirmation is only required if you are admitted to the degree program)
Proof of English proficiency of level B2 must be provided before you start your studies.
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Information for applicants with non-Austrian (school) certificates (PDF 145 KB)
To apply you will need the following documents:
Please note:
It is not possible to save incomplete online applications. You must complete your application in one session. Your application will be valid as soon as you upload all of the required documents and certificates. In the event that some documents (e.g. references) are not available at the time you apply, you may submit these later via email, mail or in person by no later than the start of the degree program.
The admission procedure consists of a written test, a practical test to examine your language, voice and hearing, and an interview with members of the admission committee.
To pass the test, you must score above zero in all three sections and receive medical confirmation from an ENT specialist that your audiogram is within the normal hearing threshold. The admission interview provides a first impression of the applicant's personal suitability. This includes professional motivation, professional understanding, performance, problem-solving skills and a capacity for careful consideration.
Points are assigned to each section of the test.
The admission committee (which comprises, among others, the head of the academic section and representatives of the teaching staff) awards places to the applicants who score highest in the tests. If necessary, further experts may be consulted. The process as a whole and all test and assessment results from the admission procedure are documented in a transparent and verifiable manner.
The written entrance test will be held on Saturday, 18th March 2023.
The FH Campus Wien is characterised by extensive expertise and a large network. FH Campus Wien is the only university of applied sciences in Austria to train all seven legally regulated upper-level medical-therapeutic-diagnostic professions as well as midwifery. An important partner in the areas of education, research and development is the Vienna Healthcare Association. We also work closely with the professional association of Physio Austria and various special events are regularly held at our attractive main campus. Students benefit from the modern infrastructure of our university, this includes numerous function rooms. A highlight is the movement laboratory where force plates and cameras enable the three-dimensional analysis of movements in order to gain a better understanding of movement disorders, measurements are recorded using wireless electrodes attached to the body. Furthermore, you have the opportunity to join a professional community across disciplines. There is great potential in research projects at the interface between health and technology and practical relevance is guaranteed when we organise one of our freely accessible lecture evenings with top-class experts as part of the Campus Lectures.
This practically oriented bachelor's degree program offers extensive knowledge of disorders and their treatment methods in the areas of language, speech, voice, swallowing and hearing. You will acquire extensive therapy experience with patients during a one-week clinical internship in a hospital. During the internship you will be accompanied by professional supervision. A compulsory elective seminar also offers you the opportunity to deepen your knowledge in speech therapy areas or to acquire knowledge in adjacent areas. This includes a wide variety of fields ranging from the treatment of intubated patients in intensive care, to working with patients suffering from dementia, all the way to providing therapy to infants with mouth, eating and drinking disorders.
Those interested in international experiences and qualifications will have the opportunity to earn a certificate as a "speech therapist as a trainer" during an Erasmus-funded semester abroad at Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen, Holland (HAN). The science-based and practical case work in the form of realistic diagnostic and therapeutic settings will optimally prepare you for your future career.
In the degree program you will learn everything about speech disorders, speaking, the voice, swallowing and hearing and which methods you will use to treat them. With professional and methodical core disciplines, the bachelor's degree course in Logopedics - Phoniatrics - Audiology teaches the detailed knowledge required to independently perform the complex logopedic process.
Terminology and definition of sound, sound pressure, period of oscillation, frequency, wavelength, sound propagation, sound velocity
Stimulus distribution, peripheral and central auditory processing
Hearing field
Psychoacoustic parameters: loudness, pitch perception, masking effects, beating, roughness, directional hearing, sound source localization, hearing threshold, auditory perception, perception of sound intensity, adaptation, superposition
Sound field magnitudes
Programs for signal processing
Final exam
Final oral examination
Presenting
German
- Subject of psychology and developmental psychology
- professional groups and training (psychology, psychiatry, psychotherapy)
- perception, learning, thinking, memory, intelligence, emotion, motivation, social Interaction, game
- images of people and personality models
- Social psychology
- development theories and areas
- phases of human development and their meaning: pregnancy, birth, first year of life, infancy, school age, adolescence, adulthood, age(s), death and dying
- developmental measures, educational issues
- developmental psychological characteristics in selected areas
- Physical and mental disability and its effect on mental development -
- gerontopsychology
Continuous assessment
Oral examination, cooperation
Presenting, elaborating
German
General Anatomy:
- Introduction and Basic Terms
- Cell and Tissue
- Motor System/Cranium
- Cardiovascular System
- Digestive System
- Urogenital System
- Endocrine Organs
- Skin and Sensory Organs
- Nervous System, general
Special Anatomy
- Respiratory Organs
- Vocal and Speech Organs
- Oral and Balance Organs
- Nervous System, Special
Final exam
Written theoretical final examination
Predominantly presenting, supplementing.
German
- Prerequisites of life, general physiology, homeostasis, regulatory circuits, cell physiology, neurophysiology, vegetative (autonomous) nervous system
- Muscle physiology, cardiovascular physiology
- Blood functions, blood coagulation, immune system
- Kidney, regulation of the water and electrolyte balance, hormones, nutrition, nutritional supplements
- Respiratory physiology- respiratory volumes, spirometry, respiratory gas circulation in the brain (cerebral perfusion), general sensory physiology, skin senses and depth sensitivity, performance and functioning of the senses of smell and taste
- Performances of the visual system, conduction, sensory cells and central nervous processing
- Hearing and balance: conduction, sensory cells, central nervous processing; functional test
- Reflexes: Spinal cord and brainstem functions
- Motor function. Physiology of voice formation and central nervous regulationFunctional
- structure of the brain, hemispheres, speech centres, EEG - electroencephalogram, endogenous rhythms, sleep-wake rhythm
- Emotion and motivation, limbic system, attention, learning, memory, cellular mechanisms, procedural and declarative memory
Final exam
Written exam, 60 minutes processing time, mixed free written answers, calculations, and multiple choice test questions as practiced in the lecture (also using "team based learning") and online (moodle tests = "distance learning").
Predominantly presenting, supplementing.
German
Mental health and stress management measures
Continuous assessment
Participation (100% attendance; active cooperation)
Presenting, explorative
German
Basics of economic voice use and economic speaking using the example of breath rhythmically adjusted phonation (Coblenzer / Muhar)
Voice function circuit (Haupt)
Use of own speaking and singing voice
Warm up
Song and lyrics interpretation
Giving feedback
Reflection of own voice use
Continuous assessment
Participation (50%)
Final presentation (50%)
Presenting, elaborating
German
Observations of communication behaviour of heterogeneous age groups in everyday life based on selected criteria
Personal perception in dealing with heterogeneous age groups and reflection
Continuous assessment
Internship
German
Historical outline of the development of the profession
legal basis (MTD Act; FH Training Regulation) - and its consequences for studies and profession (professional duties, professional rights)
Job description (fields of activity);
Code of Ethics incl. diversity-related principles;
patient rights patient advocacy
Other relevant legal bases (FH Training Regulation; Austria. Quality Act (ÖQG); Health Professions Register Act (GRG); Basic Data Protection Regulation (DSGVO) ...)
Classification of the profession in the context of health professions - relevant other health professions (interdisciplinarity- health care professions)
National and international associations/representations
Basics of the Austrian health care system (actors, financing...)
Basics of the SDGs and their significance for speech and language therapy
Professionally relevant technical terms
Final exam
Written final exam;
performing
working out
Online Teaching
German
- Human motor development through the different stages of life
- Basics kinesiology
- Technical terminology to describe intra- and extrapersonal health and movement behaviour in a logopaedically relevant context
- Principles of the motor learning process
- Biomechanics
- Ergonomics
- Work posture
- Prevention of one's own health and movement behaviour
Continuous assessment
Theoretical-practical
Presenting and elaborating
German
Linguistics: Tasks and fields of application
The concept of language: Language as a cultural carrier, high level language, colloquial language, dialect etc.
Subject and areas of phonetics and phonology, introduction to the international phonetic alphabet IPA, transcription, phonological processes, insight into sounds and phonological processes of other languages
Topic and types of grammar
Subject matter and areas of morphology, morpheme analysis, inflection, word formation, word type classification, lexical morphology
Object and areas of syntax, traditional syntax, phrase structure grammar, valence grammar, generative syntax
Object and area of semantics, sign models, semantic relations, semantic analysis, cognitive semantics
Object and area of pragmatics, speech act theory, text analysis, conversation analysis
Final exam
in writing
Presenting, elaborating
German
Basic models of oral communication
Cooperative appreciative therapeutic attitude and dialogical principle
Partner reference and perspective-acceptance
Non-directive, communication-promoting conversation through active listening
Resource orientation, solution orientation and constructive feedback in therapeutic discussions
Motivating interaction
Symmetry in the relationship, even with complementary roles
Basic principles of efficient, non-violent negotiation and participative decision-making
Cooperative communication as a quality assurance element of speech therapy
Continuous assessment
Theoretical-practical
service recording in partial services (50% / 50%)
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
- Areas and settings of speech therapy
- Significance of the logopaedic profession as an independent scientific discipline
- Elements of the logopaedic process and the diagnostic-therapeutic procedure in speech therapy- Problem identification through anamnesis interview and hypothesis-guided examination procedures
- Creation and implementation process of logopaedic therapy
- Retrospective case analysis and report of findings
- ICD and ICF classification systems as a diagnostic and planning basis
- Clinical reasoning, problem-solving competence and participative decision-making in speech therapy
- identification through anamnesis, therapy plan, therapeutically relevant goals
- evidence-based practice / evidence-based speech therapy - E4BP
- Basics of scientific thinking and working steps
- Core competencies of a speech therapist*in
- the patient*in the patient's perspective
- Patient*internally centred cooperative communication as an element of quality assurance in the speech therapy context
- Participation
- Multifactorial etiology, complex interventions and multiaxial outcomes in the speech therapy context
- Diversity of methods in the context of logopaedic therapy
- Quality assurance in logopaedics
- Guidelines and standards in logopaedics
- Legal foundations
- Guidelines for documentation
- Ethical aspects in logopaedics
- Interprofessional cooperation as a quality assurance factor
- Case vignettes
- Experiences in the concrete logopaedic process using examples
Continuous assessment
Theoretical-practical
performance recording in partial performances (25%/ 25%/ 25%/ 25%)
Presenting and elaborating and exploring
German
Pathology
- Tasks and methods of pathology
- Cell and tissue reactions
- Inflammation
- Tumour diseases
- Genetic mechanisms
- Circulatory diseases
- Respiratory tract with special emphasis on larynx, pharynx and voice formation
Applied hygiene
- Terminology
- Microbiologyforfor the SLP work environment in general and specifically
- measures to combat infections in general and specifically
- Hygiene in SLP therapy
- Nosocomial infections and hospital hygiene for the SLP work environment
Final exam
Final written theoretical examination (multiple choice MC and short answers KAF)
Predominantly presenting, supplementing.
German
Subject-specific terminology of the process of voice production
Phylogenesis and ontogenesis of the development of the human voice
Perception and expression of the voice
Encoding and decoding processes in communication regarding the role of the voice
Communicative and emotional aspects of voice
Historical overview of milestones in the development of voice pedagogy, phoniatrics and voice therapy relevant to speech therapy
Research landscape in the field of voice
Final exam
written reflection (20%)
written final exam (80%)
Presenting, elaborating
German
- Specialized terminology
- Milestones and landmarks of typical speech and language development as the basis of logopedic diagnostics
- Language and speech development as part of the general development process
- The acquisition of two or more languages in logopedic contex
- preconditions and influencing factors (neurobiological basics, organic, sensory, motor, general cognitive, language-specific cognitive, social preconditions; precursor abilities of speech perception, speaking communication, language comprehension as the foundation of active language development) in the context of the ICF-CY
- system of diagnosis
- Analysis of communication situations
Final exam
Written examination
presenting, elaborating, explorative
German
- Definition of supervision as distinct from the forms of counselling Intervision, coaching and mediation
- Overview of concepts of the forms of counselling Supervision, intervision, coaching and mediation
- Possibilities and limits of the forms of counselling Supervision, intervision, coaching and mediation
- Tasks and fields of application of supervision, intervision, coaching and mediation in the health care system
- self-perception and perception of others in interaction - basis of self-competence development for self-reflective action
Final exam
Theoretical
final test
Presenting and elaborating
German
- Requirements and phases of scientific work
- Characteristics of scientific questions
- Structure and scientific work
- Citation and research
- Structure and subdivide
- Scientific writing
- Literature processing
Continuous assessment
Written work orders
Presenting and elaborating
German
Lector: Manfred Kohlheimer, MSc
Conflict management and de-escalation techniques
Module exam
Presenting, explorative
German
Lector: Madeleine Paulik, MA. BSc., Dr. med. univ. Thomas Schmal
- Diseases of the nose, paranasal sinuses, oral cavity and salivary glands, pharynx, oesophagus, larynx, trachea and bronchi, ear and vestibular system, as well as functional and everyday effects of these diseases
- HNO-medical anamnesis, ENT status and selected diagnostic procedures in the field of ENT (in particular balance diagnostics, test
- Conservative therapy and surgical interventions (in particular ear surgery, tonsillotomy, adenotomy, septoplasty, tracheotomy and surgical interventions for tumours in the ENT area including laryngectomy)
- Specialist training in ENT, area of responsibility and inter-professional cooperation with other professional groups and medical disciplines, consultation with doctors, medical specialists and the medical profession. activity, expert opinion
Final exam
final oral examination (80%) and final practical examination (20%); both parts of the examination must be passed.
Presenting, elaborating;
German
Lector: Dr. Martina Berhel
- Structure of a scientific article
- Depth research in specialist databases
- Foundations of critical reading
- Methodology of the literature review
Continuous assessment
Written work orders
Developing and presenting
German
Lector: Maga.,Logopädin Psychologin Birgit Zouhar
- Subject of Clinical Psychology
- Themes of Health Psychology
- Psychological Diagnostics and Survey Procedures
- Classification of Mental Disorders (ICD, DSM)
- Dealing with Selected Psychological Disorder Syndromes
- Clinical Psychology/Health Psychology and SLP
- Selected SLP-Related issues from the Field of Psychology/Health Psychology
Continuous assessment
Cooperation, preparation of certain topics, oral examination
performing, elaborating
German
Lector: Verena Isamberth, MHPE
- Definition of health, illness, health literacy
- Rehabilitation process and health goals in Austria
- Classification systems (ICF and ICIDH, ICD-10; children, adolescents and adults)
- Forms of rehabilitation and organisational models in Austria
- Special features of SLP rehabilitation goals and the development of a possible goal
- Creation of simple progress and final reports
- Case analysis: SLP process in the areas of speech, speaking, voice, swallowing and hearing in relation to the ICF-oriented rehabilitation process à Comparison, classification and interpretation
- Inter-professional and multi-professional cooperation in the SLP process in rehabilitation
Final exam
Final written or oral examination
Presenting, elaborating
German
Lector: Doris Huber
Terminology, etiology, symptoms, classification of pronunciation disorders including childhood apraxia of speech (CASP)
guidelines for disorders, diagnostics, therapy
Diagnostics - components, possibilities
Analysis of diagnostic possibilities taking into account bi- and multilingualism
Analysis and comparison of phonetically and phonologically oriented therapy approaches, taking into account bi- and multilingualism
possibilities of group therapy
analysis and comparison of therapeutic concepts for CASP
analysis of therapy-supporting materials including digital possibilities
Interdisciplinary cooperation in the context of diagnostic findings and therapy
ICF-CY oriented exemplary therapy planning (participation, activity, functional and contextual goals formulate, operationalize, methodical-didactical preparation)
Continuous assessment
written partial exam
preparation of case studies
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Lector: Barbara Maier, MSc
- Structure and development of orofacial structures and their functions in relation to the SLP process
- Interaction with the stomatognathic system and logopaedically relevant dysfunctions of the orofacial system (orofacial dysfunctions)
- Correlations of the orofacial system with the body, posture and movement including practical implementation in regard to SLP
- Anamnesis and diagnosis of orofacial functions with practical implementation of the survey and SLP examination
- Selection and practical application of adaptive, digital and apparatus-based methods to support the SLP process
- Target setting and SLP therapy planning in theory and practical implementation
- Evaluation of SLP therapy in the field of orofacial dysfunctions
- Preparation of therapy documentation, progress and final report in compliance with the DSGV
- Theoretical and practical implementation of all phases of the SLP process in the case of orofacial dysfunctions by means of case studies and practical exercises
Continuous assessment
theoretical-practical, oral and written, 2 partial performances with weighting 50/50
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Lector: Patrizia Leitsoni, BSc BA, Barbara Maier, MSc, Gunhild Rohnke, MSc, Kosima Weissinger-Klimpt
Theory focus:
- ICF-oriented, subject-specific terminology including voice-relevant bodily functions, structures, activity, everyday participation
- ELS-based diagnostics/examination methods/ SLP-relevant voice tests (voice status, impaired voice anamnesis)
- Qualitative and quantitative vocal, aerodynamic and physical voice-related parameters
- Objective and subjective measurement procedures in voice diagnostics
- Multifactorial etiology and functional as well as biopsychosocial-cultural interactions in the case of functional, non-organic, voice disorderstions
- Differentiated recording of dysfunctions of breathing, posture, movement, voice as well as articulation as well as voice-relevant emotion and voice-related situation
- Clinical Reasoning in voice therapy
- ICF-orientedand SMART-based voice therapy planning and voice counselling planning
- Evaluation and state-of-the-art argumentation of multiaxial voice therapy outcomes
- complex Voice-therapeutically relevant interventions and therapy concepts
- relevant historical and current voice therapy concepts
- Examplerary therapy implementation using different voice therapy concepts
- Preventive and voice hygiene measures
- Possibilities and necessities of interprofessional cooperation in the context of voice therapy and prevention
Practice focus:
- Self-experience and independent implementation of breathing, voice and speech exercises in the context of complex voice therapy interventions
- Voice therapy relevant compensation mechanisms, blockages and interactions with oneself and others, as well as being able to regulate them constructively
- Experience of multiaxial connections between voice therapy relevant body-oriented interventions and the emotional and situational context
Continuous assessment
2 partial exams:
1. oral practical (40%)
2. written theoretical (60%)
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Lector: Mag.phil. Magdalena Holczik
Subject of pedagogy
Conception of man in pedagogy
Educational styles
Learning and learning theories
Definition of the concept of didactics
Didactic models and principles
Relevance of defined learning outcomes
Final exam
Final written or oral examination
performing, elaborating
German
Lector: Dr. Lukas Wisgrill
- Field of activity of the Department of Pediatrics, demarcation and interfaces with other relevant departments, in particular with speech therapy
- An overview of the physiological pre- and postnatal development of children
- Pediatric diagnostics and examination procedures, models for the clarification of fetal development
- Preventive examinations during pregnancy and childhood
- Born malformations, deformitiesand chromosomal anomalies
- Certain conditions that originate in the perinatal period (e.g. birth trauma, infections, complications during pregnancy or birth)
- Selected diseases in children and adolescents in the focus areas of neonatology, neuropaediatrics, paediatric haematology and oncology as well as paediatric cardiology
- Recommendations and vaccination risks - focus in education and counselling
Final exam
Written theoretical final examination
Presenting, elaborating;
German
Lector: Univ.Profin.Drin. Doris-Maria Denk-Linnert, Dr. med. univ., Priv.-Doz. Matthias Leonhard, Drin. med. Gudrun Mancusi, Dr.in Imme Roesner, Dr. med. univ. Thomas Schmal, Ao.Univ.Profin.Drin. Berit Schneider-Stickler
- Fields of activity in the field of phoniatrics, interfaces to other relevant professional groups and medical disciplines;
- anatomy and function of the speech, voice and respiratory organs, as well as other structures relevant to voice function
- Physiological development of the primary and secondary vocal cords and secondary functions over the life-span
- Differentiation of organic, functional and psychogenic voice disorders on the basis of genesis and symptomatology;
- selected voice changes and disorders, in particular voice transition, mutation voice disorder, juvenile dysphonia, occupational dysphonia, dysody;
- diagnostic methods for assessing the larynx, in particular the vocal folds (e.g. laryngoscopy, stroboscopy, flexible endoscopy, microlaryngoscopy, ...)
- Instrumental diagnostic methods for testingphoniatric criteria of physiological and pathological vocal function;
- conservative therapeutic measures for impaired vocal function
- Surgical interventions on the larynx (phonosurgery) and their functional and effects on vocal function and everyday participation
Final exam
final oral exam
Presenting, elaborating;
German
Observation in the real professional field
Introduction to the independent implementation of the SLP process under guidance and supervision in cases of pronunciation disorders, functional voice disorders or orofacial dysfunctions.
Module exam
Supervised internship
German
Lector: FH-Prof.in Sara Forer-Kaufmann, MSc, Doris Huber, Bettina Maierhofer, MSc
Reflection Presentation vs. reality of the practical implementation of SLP process modules
Reflection Presentation vs. reality of the trainee*internal role
Role play for cooperative communication and conversation
Module exam
elaborating, exploratory
German
Lector: Magdalena Lohninger, MA
Subject of psycholinguistics
Scientific findings of psycholinguistics on inconspicuous and conspicuous language acquisition
Monolingual and bi-/multilingual language acquisition in comparison
Speech acquisition theories
Development of linguistic and non-linguistic cognitive abilities in comparison
Insight into model theoretical considerations on language processing
Final exam
Written final inspection
Presenting
German
Lector: Maga. Karin Einfalt
Basics of rhythmics/music-movement pedagogy: Learning areas and means of rhythmics, rhythmic principle
Application of rhythmic-musical elements in SLP
Examples for lesson plans in speech therapy prepared with rhythmic-musical means and application of the rhythmic principle
Cross-connections
Movement control and movement therapy
Exercises to connect music-movement-language-voice-exercises for creativity and improvisation
Rhythm work
Exercises for communication and interaction
Self experience and reflection
Continuous assessment
work orders
cooperation
Presenting, explorative
German
Lector: Doris Huber
Diagnostics process module:
Requirements for speech diagnostics as a professional knowledge and decision-making process
ICF-CY-oriented assessment using selected case studies
Analysis/evaluation of tests already performed
Optional testing of tests on subjects* including evaluation
Assessing the need for treatment, deriving therapy priorities as a result of the test evaluations from the aspect of diagnostic reasoning (diagnosis, prognosis, treatment)
Module exam
explorative
German
Lector: Univ.Profin.OA Drin. Eva Piehslinger
- Fields of activity of the discipline of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial surgery, as well as relevant reference disciplines
- Development and functions of the stomatognathic system
- Dental development and tooth eruption
- Pathologies of dental occlusion, temporomandibular joint, chewing function, periodontal apparatus as well as selected diseases in the field of dentistry and their functional effects (e.g. pitting of teeth)and the periodontal apparatus after radiotherapy and chemotherapy in tumor patients; dentition and problems of prosthetic care in old age, bruxism ...)
- Relevance of pathologies of dental occlusion, temporomandibular joint function, chewing function, periodontal apparatus and selected diseases in the field of dentistry and oral and maxillofacial medicine and their functional effects of dental, oral and maxillofacial diseases in the field of dentistry in relation to disturbances in the SLP department
- Anamnesis and diagnostics for the detection of occlusion disorders, disorders of the temporomandibular joint function and the chewing function
- Recognition of the limits of SLP disorders in the field of dentistry and overview of areas of activity of relevant reference disciplines (e.g. physiotherapy, ...);
- conservative and surgical treatment measures for diseases in the field of dentistry, oral and maxillofacial medicine (incl. prosthetics and orthodontics)
- oral hygiene and caries prophylaxis
Final exam
Theoretical-practical oral final examination
Presenting, elaborating, exploring;
German
- Practical implementation of the principles of motor learning and prevention of one's own health and movement behaviour
- Work posture and ergonomic therapy setting for patients and SLP's: design, qualify, correct and document in practical implementation (exercises)
Continuous assessment
Partial services
Developing
German
Education and training of disabled, disadvantaged and marginalised people
Education and lifelong learning
Inclusive and special needs education
Themes, tasks and issues of inclusive education/special needs education with special attention to interdisciplinary cooperation
Integration and inclusion
Continuous assessment
Orally and/or in writing
Presenting, elaborating and exploring
German
- Classify various phases of the rehabilitation process into the areas of speech, speaking, voice, swallowing and hearing, theoretically combine them with the phases of the logopaedic process and work them out (case studies)
- Classify various phases of the SLP and rehabilitation process, theoretically combine them and carry them out practically (exercises)
Continuous assessment
Assessment of practical group work
working out
German
- Analysis, classification and discussion of medical findings (anamnesis)
- Clinical-SLP, apparative and instrumental possibilities for making an SLP diagnosis in neurogenic and peripheral facial nerve palsy
- The practical rights of all steps in the SLP area in neurogenic and peripheral facial palsy including management of a progress and final report
- Practical application of adaptive and instrumental methods and applications to support the SLP process (including taping within the SLP treatment process)
Continuous assessment
Elaboration, partial performance practical application
Developing
German
- Central control of the physiological act of swallowing and the defence mechanisms (overview)
- Differentiation of swallowing from birth to old age in connection with the SLP process (based on LV Phoniatrie II)
- Pathological act of swallowing and its connections with the SLP process in neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula
- Epidemiology, Ätiology, Epidemiology, Pathomechanisms and Symptomatology of Neurogenic Dysphagia with or without Tracheal Cannula
- Collection of History, Documentation and Evaluation of Neurogenic Dysphagia with or without Tracheal Cannula
- Clinical SLP Diagnosis of neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula and its practical implementation using clinical and instrumental test and examination procedures including target creation
- FEES and suction within the scope of SLP practice
- Description and implementation of the SLP process in patients with neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula on the basis of case studies and case analyses
- Practical implementation of all phases of the SLP process in neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula
- Swallowing management in progressive diseases
- Nutritional forms and possibilities in neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula
- Consultation and support of caregivers and relatives
- Use of digital media for anamnesis, diagnostics, therapy planning and implementation in patients with neurogenic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula, biofeedback and electrostimulation
Continuous assessment
Presenting, elaborating, exploring.
German
- Pathological swallowing and its links with the SLP process in peripheral-organic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula
- Etiology, pathomechanisms and symptomatology of peripheral-organic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannulale
- Anamnesis, documentation and evaluation of peripheral-organic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula
- Clinical-SLP diagnosis of peripheral-organic dysphagia with or without tracheal cannula and their practical implementation using clinical and instrumental test and examination procedures including target setting
Final exam
final oral or written examination
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Etiology, symptomatology and possible effects of early language acquisition disorders
Terminology, etiology, symptomatology and possible effects of disorders of language development at lexical-semantic, morphological-syntactic level, taking into account the interfaces of the linguistic levels.
Preventive measures
Guidelines for disorders, diagnostics, therapy
Findings - components, possibilities
Analysis of diagnostic possibilities under consideration of bilingualism and multilingualism
Definition of language abilities - SLP therapy with special consideration of bi- and multilingualism
Analysis and comparison of selected therapeutic concepts
Analysis of therapy-supporting materials including digital possibilities
ICF-CY-oriented exemplary therapy planning (formulating and operationalizing participation, activity, functional and contextual goals, methodical-didactical preparation)
Possibilities of parental work under consideration of a migration-sensitive approach
Interdisciplinary cooperation in the context of diagnosis and therapy
Continuous assessment
Written part performance, case study, analysis of diagnostic possibilities and therapy material
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
- Specialist terminology for the SLP process in organic voice disorders, in voice rehabilitation and special disorders (voice transition, infantile voice disorders, occupational dysphonia, disorders of the vocal cortex, and other disorders).
- aetiology of organic voice disorders, infantile voice disorders, occupational dysphonia and disorders of the singing voice
- Diagnostics/examination methods/SLP-relevant test procedures for voice disorders for the logopaedic process in organic voice disorders, in voice rehabilitation and special disorders (voice transition, infantile voice disorders, professional dysphonia, singing voice disorders)
- Differentiated recording of malfunctions of breathing, posture, movement, voice as well as articulation and emotion/intention
- Voice hygiene measures in relation to organic voice disorders
- Preventive measure measures in relation to organic voice disorders, childhood voice disorders, professional dysphonia and disorders of the singing voice
- Individual planning of voice therapy intervention (counselling and therapy)
- Therapeutic measures methods
- Evaluation possibilities
- Exercises on body perception, breathing, posture, voice and articulation in relation to organic voice disorders, voice rehabilitation and special disorders (childhood voice disorders, professional dysphonia, singing voice disorders) as well as gender transitional voice
- Compensatory mechanisms and blockages
- Current concepts of SLP-rehabilitative voice therapy after laryngectomy
- Initial methods and replacement strategies for voice production after total laryngectomy
- Use and handling of technical devices and aids
- Voice transition
- Structure and organisation of self-help groups
Final exam
Oral theoretical-practical final examination
Presenting, elaborating, explorative
Online: Tutorials, Assignments
German
Scientific basics of dyslexia research with special consideration of the SLPfield of action,
appearance and essential risk factors for the development of reading and writing disorders
Evidence-based diagnostics and SLP relevant therapeutic approaches
Significance of interdisciplinary cooperation
Guidelines of the DGKJP on reading, writing, arithmetic
Basics of dyscalculia
Continuous assessment
Analysis of video examples, case studies, analysis of diagnostic possibilities
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Introduction to the theoretical approaches and research topics of patho- and neurolinguistics
Connection of language processing and the underlying neuronal structure
deviations in language development and analysis of linguistically based data collection methods to determine these deviations.
Linguistic analysis of language ability in selected syndromes
Neurologically induced speech disorders and their linguistic analysis
Final exam
Written final inspection
Presenting
German
- Structure of the nervous system
- Basics of neurology and neurosurgery and their significance for the SLP process (terminology, neuropathology)
- Infections, tumours, TBI, cerebrovascular diseases, epilepsy, degenerative diseases of the CNS, developmental disorders of the CNS, peripheral nervous system, neurological syndromes, toxic damage,
- changes in speech through the life span
- Anamnesis, diagnostic procedures and clinical-neurological status/results as well as additional examinations and therapy
- Differential diagnosis of neurological and neurosurgical disorders
- SLP-specific interpretation of the findings
Neurorehabilitation
- The neurorehabilitative process from a specialist medical point of view - assessment, goal setting, interdisciplinary team
- Rehabilitation phases
- Guidelines and standards in neurorehabilitation
Final exam
Final written or oral examination
Presenting
German
Organization and localization of neuropsychological skills
SLP-relevant neuropsychological disorders such as memory and attention disorders,
disorders of visual perception, spatial perception and spatial thinking (agnosia, neglect, apraxia,...),
disorders of disease insight (anosognosy, anosodiaphoria),
disorders of executive functions,
disorders of number processing and numerical abilities (acalculia)
Neuropsychological diagnostics and differential diagnosis
Neuropsychological rehabilitation
Final exam
Written examination
Presenting and elaborating
German
- Peculiarities and changes in physiological swallowing over the life span
- Displacement mechanisms, coughing and salivary management (especially central and peripheral control)
- Classification of dysphagia and facial nerve palsy based on symptomatology and genesis
- Surgical procedures for head and neck tumors and their effects on swallowing function
- Tracheostoma and tracheal cannula: Surgical procedures
- Tracheal cannulae and their influence on voice (including voice prosthesis) and swallowing
- Phoniatric anamnesis and diagnostic procedures for assessing swallowing function and facial paresis
- Interpretation of medical and phoniatric findings
- Evaluation and assessment of imaging procedures in the context of dysphagia clarification(in particular video endoscopic and video cinematographic examination of the act of swallowing)
- Conservative, surgical and phonosurgical possibilities for the therapy of swallowing disorders and facialis paresis
Final exam
Oral or written final examination
Presenting
German
Introduction to the independent implementation of the SLP process under guidance and supervision optionally in the core areas of speech (developmental abnormalities), speaking (developmental abnormalities), voice, swallowing, hearing (diagnostics).
Module exam
Supervised internship
German
Reflection of SLP-methodical and social-communicative competence
Personal SWOT analysis
Example analysis of process documentation
Module exam
Exploratory, elaborating
German
- Psychiatric disorders in childhood, adolescence and adulthood - etiology, diagnostics, differential diagnosis and therapy:
- Speech and language disorders in psychiatric diseases
- Alcohol, drug and drug addiction
- Personality, anxiety, compulsive, sexual, affective and delusional disorders
- Children of psychiatrically ill parents and risk factors of child development, interactional disorders
- Problems of children and adolescents with psychiatric illness
- Psychosomatics, organic psychoses, schizophrenia
- Psychotherapy and clinical psychology
- Geronto- and social psychiatry, forensic psychiatry
- Psychotropic drug therapy
Final exam
Final written or oral examination
Presenting
German
Process module therapy:
- Practical experience in the design of an SLP process for small groups using the example of voice
- Self-responsible design and (implementation) management of the SLP process, taking into account a professional ethical attitude as well as the medical and social context
- ICF and evidence-based formulation of objectives, planning, implementation and reflection of the process from different perspectives (therapist, respondent, process, methodology, outcome)
- During the design of the process, together with your respondents, develop and adapt relevant objectives and variations,
- develop own initiatives and independent action, develop and test new ideas, get involved in new situations, experience
- the importance of cooperative communication and intra-professional exchange in the SLP process
Module exam
Exploratory and exploratory
German
Professional distance and demarcation in the therapeutic relationship
Module exam
German
- Pathological changes in hearing, their causes and associated diagnoses
- Ear status and resulting relevant information for audiometric testing
- Indications and purpose of subjective and objective audiometric procedures
- Standards, guidelines and legal principles relating to the audiometric setting and functioning of devices or test systems in audiometry; in particular software for patient data management, software for audiometric procedures, sound audiometers and tympanometers
- Preparation of audiometric examinations: Ear status, setting, preparation and application of hardware, required software settings
- Comprehensible instruction of patients within the scope of audiometric examinations (purpose, procedure, required cooperation)
- Performance of subjective and objective audiometric examinations (sound audiometry, tympanometry, speech audiometry, ...)
- Hygiene measures: Premises and equipment, patient*internal contact
- Procedure in case of technical problems, recognition of the limits of one's own problem-solving competence
- Plausibility check of the measurement results under supervision consideration of anamnesis, ENT status and additional findings
- symbolism in audiometry and documentation of results (manual, electronic)
- interpretation of findings under consideration of anamnesis, ENT status and additional findings (audiological characteristics of hearing impairment and possible diagnoses, recognition of aggravation and simulation)
Final exam
Oral theoretical final examination (50%), as well as practical final examination (50%); both parts of the examination must be passed;
Presenting, elaborating;
German
Professional handling of chronic diseases/dyingand death
Module exam
Presenting, explorative
German
- ENT status and resulting relevant information for audiometric testingIndications and purpose of subjective and objective audiometric procedures
- Configuration and functioning of devices or Test systems in audiometry; in particular hardware and software in paedaudiology, test systems for measuring otoacoustic emissions (= OAEs) and acoustically evoked potentials (= AEPs)
- Preparation of audiometric examinations: age-appropriate design of the examination setting, preparation and application of hardware, required software settings
- Age-appropriate and individually adapted patient*instruction and instruction of accompanying persons
- Professional, culturally sensitive and patient-centred performance of subjective and objective audiometric examinations (screening OAEs, Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry (= BERA) for the determination of hearing thresholds, ...)
- Hygiene measures: Premises and equipment, patient*internal contact
- Procedure in case of complex technical disorders, recognition of the limits of one's own problem-solving competence
- Plausibility check of the measurement results taking into account the patient's medical history, ENT status and additional findings
- Symbolics in audiometry and documentation of results (manual, electronic)
- Interpretation of findings in the context of complex case studies with consideration of anamnesis, ENT status and additional findings (audiological characteristics of hearing impairments and possible diagnoses, combination of subjective and objective measurement results)
- identification of suitable further diagnostic measures on the basis of all previously collected information (anamnesis, ENT status, additional findings, results of audiometric tests)
Final exam
Oral theoretical final examination (50%), as well as practical final examination (50%); both parts of the examination must be passed;
Presenting, elaborating;
German
- Principles of evidence-based practice
- Evaluation of scientific quality criteria of studies - best scientific practice
- Evidence hardness, evidence pyramid
- Reporting Guidelines
- Possibilities and limits of EBP in the SLP research field
- Triangulative research approach
- Basics of research ethics
Final exam
Written work order
Presenting and elaborating
German
- Interpretation of hearing findings in connection with symptoms of audiogenically induced speech and language disorders
- Following an anamnesis interview taking into account the special communication situation with hearing-impaired patients
- Selection of adequate examination procedures for further diagnostics with reference to previous findings and anamnesis interview
- Execution of examination procedures for patients with hearing impairment (including documentation)
- Creation of a therapy plan with reference to anamnesis and examination results: Determination of the therapy goals (in cooperation with the patient), selection of suitable therapeutic measures
- Implementation of the therapy plan taking into account the individual needs of the patient
- Evaluation of the course of therapy and the interventions made for quality assurance: if necessary derivation of necessary changes
- Professional (parent) counselling: Intervention and rehabilitation measures outside of the SLP field of activity (e.g. recommendations regarding additional therapies, advice on ENT medical and audiometric monitoring, special childcare facilities and schools, hearing and speech therapy)early intervention, ...);
- introduction to the Austrian culture of the deaf, Austrian sign language, the international finger alphabet and the sign which accompanies sound;
Final exam
Oral theoretical-practical final examination
Presenting, elaborating;
German
Classification, cause, symptoms, therapy of dysglossia;
classification, diagnostics and therapy of resonance disorders;
diagnostics and therapy of velum dysfunction;
clefts - origin, classification, terminology, Syndromes in association with lip-jaw-palate clefts, consequences of the cleft formation, diagnostics in Lip-jaw-palate clefts;
infant treatment and therapy in lip-jaw-palate clefts
Final exam
Final inspection
Presenting, explorative
German
- Hypothesis-guided aphasia diagnostics: Execution, evaluation and interpretation of selected disorder-specific screenings, questionnaires and standardized test procedures for diagnostics and differential diagnostics
- Classification of different types of aphasia
- Therapy planning and therapy modules in aphasia rehabilitation
- Presentation and application of concepts, methods and analog and digital materials for the treatment of aphasia
- Concepts, methods and materials for the treatment of non-aphasic speech disorders
- Development of the phase-oriented neurologopedic process for aphasia rehabilitation using case studies and role-playing
- Discussion of inclusive approaches and ethical considerations for living with aphasia
- Current national and international guidelines/guidelines for aphasia rehabilitation across phases
Module exam
Mainly elaborating teaching methods such as group work, mind-mapping, case studies, presentations, supplementary teaching methods
German
- Aetiology and pathomechanisms of the different main types of dysarthria/dysarthrophonia/dysarthropneumophonia
- Symptomatology and syndrome characterization of the types of dysarthria/dysarthritis
- Associated concomitant disorders
- Diagnostics, differential diagnosis and additional clinical, instrumental examinations
- Descriptive and standardized test procedures
- Therapy planning under consideration of the patient's needs
- Concepts and methods for stimulative, disorder-specific and consolidating therapy
- Choice and use of aids and electronic communication aids
- Ethical and including considerations about living with an-/dysarthria
- Current national and international guidelines for the rehabilitation of dysarthria and speech apraxia across phases
Module exam
Mainly elaborating teaching methods such as group work, mind-mapping, case studies, presentations, supplementary teaching methods
German
Epidemiology, terminology, phenomenology, symptomatology, theories, effects of speech flow disorders (stuttering and rumbling)
SLP diagnosis/differential diagnosis of stuttering and rumbling
Therapy concepts: Stuttering modification and fluency shaping with practical exercises, therapy according to Van Riper, Wendlandt, Breitenbach, Sandrieser- Schneider, Katz-Bernstein, Zückner etc.
Therapy planning for affected children and adults, counselling and self-experience
Continuous assessment
Cooperation, written part performance, implementation of the practical exercises
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
- Specific terminology
- abnormalities of interuterine development in neurogenic developmental disorders
- Connection of hand and mouth sensitivity in developmental disorders
- abnormalities of orofacial functions, food intake, speech and language in children with cerebral palsy, selected syndromes and premature births and their detection using current methods, test procedures (Communication Function Classification System (CFCS), observation criteria for persistent early childhood reflexes ....)
- Special features in the diagnosis and therapy of childhood dysarthrias
- Tried and tested therapy concepts in the field of SLP based on B. Padovan and J. Brondo
- Exercises on the connection of hand and mouth sensitivity in theory and practice
Final exam
Theoretical-practical final test
presenting, explorative
German
Terminology, aetiology, symptoms of disorders of pragmatic-communicative skills
Common features of communication skills in selected syndromes (e.g. Down's syndrome), mutism, profound developmental disorders, hyperkinetic disorders and childhood dysarthria of various causes.
Special features of diagnostics and differential diagnostics
Therapeutic concepts to promote communication skills
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Assisted communication and assistive technologies
Target groups for support and communication
Forms of communication
Fields of application of AAC with special regard to its use in the logopaedic process
Learn about counselling centres
Testing of different communication and assistive technologies
Continuous assessment
Written partial performance, elaborations
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
- Introduction to the SLP project
- Planning the implementation of the project
- Project implementation including reflection
- Analysis of results derived from the project
Continuous assessment
Implementation and evaluation of a SLP project
presenting, elaborating, explorative
German
- Neuronal representation of language
- Connections of movement, action, thought and language conception
- Neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric epiphenomena and syndromes with an effect on the ability to communicate
- Symptom complexes in neurology
- Basic definitions of language-conceptual disorders:
Aphasia, agraphia, alexia, acalculia
- Basic explanations of speech motor disorders:
Dysarthria, speech apraxia (cerebral nerve paralysis)
- Neuromuscular and neurodegenerative diseases
- Symptom characterization and classification possibilities
- Differentiation of agnosia, akinesia, anarthria, apraxia and apallic syndrome
- Examples of different models of speech processing and communication
- Physiological changes in speech during the aging process
Module exam
Presenting, elaborating
German
- Causes of infantile hearing disorders, clinical pictures and diagnoses
- Test procedures in paedaudiology for the determination of hearing thresholds, screening procedures (e.g. newborn hearing screening)
- The hearing impaired child: special features of audiometric diagnostics and the supply of hearing systems or hearing improvement implants; the importance of parental counselling and cooperation with the child's caregivers
- Prerequisites, tests for the indication and necessary tests for follow-up control within the framework of the fitting of hearing systems or hearing-improving implants
- Structure, function and use of hearing systems, hearing-improving implants and technical accessories
- Consultation with hearing impairment: sequence of the first fitting and fitting process of hearing systems or hearing improving implants, as well as possible successes and limits in the improvement of hearing ability
- Professional consultation regarding further diagnostics and follow-up
Final exam
Oral theoretical final examination
Presenting, elaborating
German
Introduction to the independent implementation of the SLP process under guidance and supervision optionally in the core areas of communication, speech, speaking, voice, hearing, swallowing.
Module exam
German
Evaluation of the achievement of personal goals from previous internship reflections
Reflection of the SLP-methodical and social-communicative competence development
Personal SWOT analysis
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
- Procedure and planning of an empirical study
- Qualitative research methods and approaches
- Quantitative research methods and approaches
- Triangulative research and method mix
- Basics of statistics
Continuous assessment
Written work orders and statistics test
Presenting, elaborating
German
- Developing and formulating a research question
- Formulating a working hypotheses
- Reporting guidelines, check lists
- Text structure of scientific papers
- Literature management tools
Continuous assessment
Writing a seminar paper
Developing
German
Process module Evaluation:
Evaluation of SLP-methodical approach
Analysis of therapy documentation from theSLP departments on the basis of selected criteria regarding diagnostic findings, formulation of therapy goals, therapy planning, methodical approach.
Interpretation with regard to transparency, conclusiveness and causality.
Evaluation of the selected methods in the context of professional and scientific theory.
Determination of process-oriented, continuative measures.
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
- Fundamentals of scientific knowledge gain
- Fundamental ethical considerations for research
- Central scientific methodological approaches
- Evidence hierarchy
Final exam
Written final inspection
Presenting
German
Concepts of psychotherapy, helper syndrome, co-dependence, dealing with psychopathologies in everyday professional life.
Module exam
Presenting, explorative
German
- Formal criteria for the bachelor thesis: text structure, structure, directories
- Content criteria for the bachelor thesis: presentation of results, hypotheses
- Methodological criteria: Data collection, data evaluation
- Organisational criteria: Sequences in the writing process, Structuring of the work steps
Continuous assessment
Active participation in the seminar
Explorative, elaborating
German
Profession, interprofessionalism and multiprofessionalism in an international context
Paradigms of the different professional groups (in the health care sector) in an international comparison
Interprofessional cooperation - opportunities and challenges in an international comparison
International view of challenging situations in the therapeutic field of action
Selected methods for coping with challenging situations
Analysis and processing of selected challenging situations from everyday therapeutic life in interprofessional and international teams
Final exam
Group presentations and reflection
Presenting, elaborating and exploring
English
- Learn essential SLP specific terms in English
- Editing of English articles and posters
- Presentations of short contents in English
- Formulating questions and answers in English
Continuous assessment
Text analyses, case studies, role plays
Developing
English
- Appreciative, open and cooperative communication as well as constructive criticism in groups
- Solution-and resource-oriented work as an inner attitude in the context of consulting
- The practical relevance of communication models for systematics in the consulting process
- The practical relevance of communication models for systematic approaches and techniques in the counselling process
- Consulting in the SLP context- Counseling
- Consulting
- questions of jointly developing and guiding therapist's internal behaviour in the SLP counselling context
- SLP-related coun selling services systemic approach
- methodical aspects of systemic counselling such as joining, impartiality, problem description, counselling
- contract work and transaction analysis in the counselling context- cooperative basic attitudes in the conversation
- Resource- and solution-oriented questioning techniques
- Targeted information transfer
- Information and advice in the context of consultation talks with- information talks
- Consultation talks
- Disclosure talks
- meetings
- Collegial consultations
- Inter-professional cooperation
- above mentioned selected questions
Continuous assessment
Oral
Practical
Service recording in partial services
Successful participation!
Presenting and elaborating and exploring
German
- Analysis of medical and SLP findings and documentation
- Collection of medical history and clinical-instrumental SLP diagnostics, SLP findings, definition of objectives, therapy planning and implementation as well as evaluation and documentation
- Case preparation
- Positioning, handling and transfer as a starting point for the treatment of neurological patients with or without tracheal cannula
- Recognition and implementation of inter- and multi-professional measures to support the SLP therapy of neurological patients with or without tracheal cannula
- Self-reflection as a basis for partner work and teamwork
Final exam
Module examination
Developing
German
-Social, biological and physiological aspects of ageing; ICF
-neurobiology, neurology and psychology of ageing
-physiological changes in cognition, communication and sensorimotor functions in the elderly
-differentiation of the elderly, primary and secondary changes and pathologies during the process of ageing
-geriatric leading syndromes/chronicity and multimorbidity; basics of care and handling
-handling in gerontology: Basics and special features of the SLP process in swallowing, speech, language, speaking, voice and hearing disorders in old age (e.g. oro-pharyngo-esophageal choking and food management, logopaedics in dementia and speech decay (incl. cognitive impairment, cognitive aphasia, progressive aphasia, speech therapy and multimorbidity)
-Geriatric assessment
-diagnostics of cognition and communication in older people
-Diagnostics of swallowing and voice function and speech motor skills in older people
-Therapy for cognitive and communicative disorders (e.g.(e.g. biographical work, validation)
-therapy of sensorimotor disorders
-SLP process in the context of acute geriatrics and palliative care
- palliative SLP therapy
-care requirements and preventive measures
Final exam
theoretical-practical final examination
Presenting and elaborating, case work
German
-Basics and organization of intensive care medicine (ICU vs. IMC)
-Intensive care, early rehabilitation and its basic medical principles
-Theory and practice of monitoring
-Theory and practice of ventilation (ventilation modes)
-Basics of pharmacotherapy (interpretation of laboratory parameters, vigilance-impairing medication)
-Resuscitation guidelines for children and adults, emergency management (incl. for cannula)
-selected assessment procedures and bedside -suitable SLP examination procedures for the evaluation of primary and secondary functions
-evaluation of the defence mechanisms
-cough evaluation, secretclearance and endotracheal/therapeutic suction
-tracheal cannula management, decannula
-Weaning process for ventilation and exploratory
-communication and interaction with intensive care patients and handling of intensive care patients
-Planning and adaptation of the SLP process for the treatment of primary and secondary functions to the intensive care environment
-Importance of intradisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration, documentation
Final exam
Theoretical and practical final test
Presenting and activating methods, practising on the model (simulation)
German
Specialist terminology
Characteristics of babies of different gestational age with regard to food intake
General observation criteria and SLP diagnostics
Step-by-step concept of oral intake, pillars of therapy incl. parent counselling
Handling of premature and newborn babies on a model
Final exam
theoretical and practical final test
Presenting, explorative
German
- Support in methodical-scientific aspects for the preparation of the bachelor thesis
- Possibilities and limits in the choice of methods
- Tips and suggestions for the empirical-scientific writing process
Continuous assessment
Upload the methodological concept to moodle
German
Application of the SLP process under guidance and supervision, optionally in the core areas of communication, speech, speaking, voice, hearing, swallowing, taking into account the role of the logopaedist as an expert in speech therapy.as a professional, as a communicator, as a health promoter or advocate
evaluation of professional competence in selected areas:
Implementation of the basics of evidence-based SLP therapy in practice
Problem oriented procedure in the SLP process
Synopsis of SLP relevant basics and measures
Module exam
Guided and supervised internship
German
Evaluation of the achievement of personal goals from previous internship reflections
SWOT-analysis regarding the role as expert, professional, communicator, team worker, manager and
health promoter/spokesperson
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
- Common vocabulary and phrases in scientific texts
- Editing of different text materials
- Presentations in English
- Writing short text passages in English
Continuous assessment
Oral and written work orders
Developing and presenting
English
Process module Evaluation:
Evaluation of social-communicative competence
Analysis of observations/experiences from the internship on the topic of narrative reasoning in the SLP process and identification of good practice.
Evaluation of one's own social-communicative competence and derivation of lessons learned to optimize cooperative communication and conversation in the SLP field of action.
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
The course serves as preparation for the extended roles of the SLP as a "professional" and as a "learner/teacher" with regard to the required individual further education management due to the legal obligation for further education and training in the health care professions.
Final exam
The students have to prove the required 0.5 ECTS from a pool of current continuing education courses or relevant courses by the end of the 6th semester. The workload can be covered either by attending congresses, further education courses or external seminars.
Examples of courses: (the list can be extended and must be updated according to the respective offers)
Logopaedic congresses; logopaedic symposia; logopaedic further training courses; workshops; public courses relevant to logopaedics from universities and universities of applied sciences
The nature and extent of the courses must be approved in advance by the course director (or the department coordinator*).
The individual knowledge gained by each student must be made available to the colleagues in written form for knowledge multiplication.
German
Exploratory, exploratory
German
- Discussion, presentation and reflection of one's own research process
- Presentation of the results
- Reconsiderations on future research approaches
- Written completion of the Bachelor thesis
Final exam
Assessment of the Bachelor thesis
Explorative, elaborating
German
German
Updating of professional duties with special consideration of data protection and ethical obligations
Professional law issues arising from the ASVG, or Social insurance institutions
Forms of professional activity: intramural area; extramural area: (possibilities of contractual situation with the SV institutions); possibility as an employer; other possibilities of exercising the profession (primary health care centres...) etc.
Canmed Roles - Relation to future activities
Institutions of the Austrian health care system - Health policy in Austria vs. international; health professions in international comparison
Future challenges for the health care sector (demography; climate change...)
Continuous assessment
service recording in partial services
Presenting
Developing
Online Teaching
German
Basics of business administration
Specifics of service marketing - especially in health care facilities
Tools and information on the preparation of a business plan
Basics of organizing a practice (steps to self-employment, registration...)
Final exam
Written test, case study,
Predominantly presenting, supplementing.
German
Definitions, basic terms and concepts of ethics
Relationship between ethics and morals
Ethics in Health Care Organizations
Ethical reasoning - approach to ethical problem areas and ethical decision-making in speech therapy
Professional ethical aspects (ethics committee; code of ethics...)
Diversity in the health care professions; basics of inter- and transcultural competence and diversity - focus on intercultural communication
Diversity management in the health care system
Selected SLP relevant issues
Continuous assessment
performance evaluation in partial performances
Presenting, Developing;
Online Teaching ,Online Tutorials
German
Salutogenesis
Prevention and health promotion (as distinct from curative medicine)
Health Literacy,
Models and concepts for prevention and health promotion
Selected aspects of preventionprevention and health promotion, such as educational or social science prevention research
SLP prevention work and possible fields of activity
Final exam
viva voce
Presenting, elaborating, exploring
German
Definition -Health (WHO, Ottawa Charter,...) and economy
Historical and legal development;(introduction of social security; establishment of the welfare state of Austria...)
Health - Disease - Influencing factors; models, social inequality of health
Basics of epidemiology
Goals and tasks of the health care system (Österr. Framework Health Goals; Publications; Health Reform; §15a)
The Austrian health care system (structure, financing, health care, .......)
Structure and actors in the Austrian health care system
Millenium Goals of the UNO - Sustainable Development Goals...
Health promotion (at a glance - reference to teaching: Health Promotion and Prevention)
Principal Agent Theory
Primary Care in Austria
Challenges for the Austrian Health Care System
Final exam
Written final inspection
Presenting, elaborating
German
Application of the SLP process under supervision optionally in the core areas of communication, speech, speaking, voice, hearing, swallowing, taking into account the role of the SLP as an expert in the field of speech and language therapy as a professional, as communicator and team worker, as health promoter and advocate
evaluation of professional competence in selected areas:
Implementation of the basics of evidence-based SLP therapy in practice
Problem oriented procedure in the lSLP process
Synopsis of SLP relevant basics and measures
Module exam
German
Evaluation of the SWOT analysis with regard to the role of expert, professional, communicator, team worker, manager and
health promoter
lifelong learning
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
Basic concepts of legal doctrine
Basics of civil and criminal lawBasics of fundamental
rights and freedoms with regard to patients' rights
Data protection in the health care system - basic data protection regulation
Sanitary law (establishment of authorities, occupational groups in the health care system, MTD Act, Medicines and Medical Devices Act)
Social insurance law; basic principles of labour law
Special legal provisions - exemplary: Liability law, consent, informed consent; confidentiality;
legal regulations for documentation in the health care system;
discussion of professional legal aspects and questions related to everyday life
Final exam
Written examination
Predominantly presenting, supplementing.
German
Documentation process module
Creation of SLP reports based on therapy documentation from various areas of SLP, taking into account the legal documentation obligation and data protection.
Module exam
Exploratory, exploratory
German
-discourse and reflection of acquired knowledge, skills and abilities from the areas of special clinical context, health promotion and prevention and interprofessional context against the background of current national and international trends and developments in health care
-problem identification and needs analysis in the context of the development
-solutions and ideas for specific professional fields using the steps of the creative process
Continuous assessment
In writing
working out
German
- In connection with the innovation seminar, ideas from the fields of "special clinical context", "health promotion", "health care and health care policy", which have been externalized to solve the problem, will be discussed.preventive context", as well as "interprofessional context", development approaches and product proposals for the SLP care field are generated.
The drafts are backed up with a corresponding set of arguments and communicated to specific target groups according to methodical criteria.
Continuous assessment
verbally
Exploratory, exploratory
German
Presentation, analysis and discussion of selected cases and problems in different clinical contexts
-case work, therapeutic decision-making, goal management and process planning in special clinical contexts
-selected interventions and methods in the context of the SLP treatment of severely affected patients
-SLP action in complex cases and multifactorial problems
-Identification and analysis of individual needs and diversity aspects of patients for the derivation of need- and patient-centered interventions within the framework of ICF-based therapy planning of the clinical care process
-Current Issues in current clinical contexts
-The contents of this course can be acquired in a broader context as free ECTS from elective courses
.
Continuous assessment
orally or in writing
performing and elaborating
German
-Health-promoting and preventive SLP
-task fields of speech therapy in the field of prevention and health promotion in the context of the health framework goals
-Preventive and health-promoting SLP in the context of the core areas of communication, speech, speaking, voice, swallowing and hearing
-Deduction and identification of needs from SLP, voice therapy and audiotherapy diagnostics and analytics
-Development of SLP, voice therapy and audiotherapy ICF-oriented consulting services in the context of setting, consulting and training
-creation of preventive and health-promoting, SLP, voice therapy and audiotherapy, ICF-oriented measures
-conceptual work in the SLP prevention and health promotion process against the background of target group specificityt
-individual feedback for the extension of SLP competence in the context of prevention and health promotion
The contents of this course can be acquired in the extended context as free ECTS from elective courses
.
Continuous assessment
in writing
performing and elaborating
German
Treatment methods in an interprofessional context:
- Possibilities and limits of interprofessional and interdisciplinary cooperation
- Interprofessional teamwork in health care
- Discussion of holistic treatment methods as well as functional and complementary treatment methods in an interprofessional treatment context (e.g. Bobath, PNF, FoTT, NAP, manual therapeutic approaches)
Interfaces in the logopaedic context:
- Complex interprofessional tasks in the intra- and extramural area, taking into account the logopaedic process and the context in the health care system
- Optional intervention possibilities in the interface area, in cooperation with selected actors from other health care professions and the health care system
- Familiarisation with relevant occupational groups, occupational profiles, occupational fields
- Familiarisation with interfaces and the demarcation from the occupational profile of logopaedicsd*in as well as working out the occupation-specific aspect
- conducting a case management process in the context of relevant occupational groups
- realistic assessment of one's own abilities with regard to technical, organisational, coordinating andadministrative job requirements
- efficient negotiation and responsible representation of own decisions
everyday transfer and everyday management in an inter-professionalcontext:
- Everyday transfer of therapeutic contents: ICF-based promotion of communicative deficits and resources in the everyday life of those affected, therapeutic homework, home therapy planning
- everyday management: Change training, strategy training as well as adaptive measures to secure communication and cope with everyday life
- Structured counselling for relatives, forms of counselling/accompaniment
- Care and communication in an interprofessional team within the framework of patient-centred everyday care
The contents of this course can be acquired in a broader context as free ECTS from elective courses
Continuous assessment
in writing
performing and elaborating
German
Semester dates
Winter semester 2020/21: 30th August 2021 to 30th January 2022
Summer semester 2022: 14th February to 17th July 2022
Number of teaching weeks 18 per semester, including 28 weeks of work experience
Times
Mon. to Fri. 8.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m.
In order to enable all students to gain the necessary practical experience and thus to complete their studies within the regular period of study, there may be practical learning phases during the summer months if required. Four vacation weeks in July or August are planned in any case.
As a graduate of this program, a wide range of professional fields and career opportunities are open to you. Find out where your path can lead you.
As a speech therapist, you will cover a wide spectrum in the areas of language, speech, voice, swallowing, and hearing: from counseling to diagnostics, from therapy to evaluation and prevention. You can readily recognize speech, voice and hearing disorders in children and adults. In addition you will help patients in their rehabilitation after surgeries, accidents and illnesses such as a stroke. In this broad field you will treat dysphagia, counsel family members about communication problems and help patients to reintegrate into their school, work and social environments. As a speech therapist you will be active in health, social and education institutions. In the meantime, more and more speech therapists are now also active in clinical research and in basic research. As a trainer, you go to companies where you train the voice and diction of employees so that they learn to use them effectively and gently. You will work as a staff member or in a private practice, alone or in an interdisciplinary team. Only with this degree is it possible to practice the profession of speech therapist. The MTD Act is the basis for this degree program.
You will work in the fields of counseling, diagnosis, therapy or prevention:
We work closely with the Vienna Healthcare Group, universities like the Medical University of Vienna, the professional association logopädieaustria and other health care facilities. This guarantees you strong contacts for internships, employment or participation in research and development activities. You will complete the extensive internships at, among others, the hospitals of the Vienna Healthcare Group. You can find information about our cooperation activities and much more at Campusnetzwerk. It's well worth visiting the site as it may direct you to a new job or interesting event held by our cooperation partners!
Speech and Language Therapist, Head of Section
+43 1 606 68 77-4501
martin.maasz@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Favoritenstraße 226, D.2.27
1100 Vienna
+43 1 606 68 77-4500
+43 1 606 68 77-4509
logopaedie@fh-campuswien.ac.at
Office hours during the semester
Mon to Fri, 8.00 a.m.-12.00 p.m.
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff
Speech and Language Therapist, Academic Staff