Admission Requirements and Fees
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Student success in college requires well developed learning skills and attitudes (such as being able to work independently,
participate in a team, be well-organised, develop good work habits, and show initiative). These skills are as important as prior academic
achievement. Applicants should have thoroughly developed these skills and attitudes before beginning their college programs.
List of Courses
OUR PROGRAM
The Hearing Instrument
Specialist program at George Brown College provides students with an opportunity to study and develop clinical skills that will enable them
to test hearing, select appropriate hearing instruments and dispense these aids to people in need. All clients must have a prescription from a physician
or an audiologist prior to being fitted with a hearing aid. Students will learn theory and skills related to testing hearing, and hearing aid technology
and pathology. Most courses will involve laboratory experiences. Health promotion strategies will be integrated with business management, interviewing
and counselling techniques.
Students will learn to work within an interprofessional learning environment fostering interprofessional skills.
YOUR CAREER
Graduates of the program may be employed by a variety of hearing aid vendors, such as Manufacturing, Audiologists, Hearing Instrument
Specialists or other large dispensaries.
Graduates must complete 1,000 hours of internship before they are eligible to be registered as an Authorizer with the Assistive Devices
program of the Ministry of Health. If a graduate has the ambition to open their own clinic, then an additional 2,000 hours of a vendorship
must be completed.
Effective July 2007, clinicians wishing to recommend hearing aids in the province of Ontario must write an ILE exam to be an HIS member
of AHIP.
AHIP, the Association of Hearing Instrument Practitioners (www.ahip.ca), is the self-governing body for non-audiologist hearing health
practitioners of Ontario.
COURSES
SEMESTER 1
ANAT1014 Functional Anatomy and Physiology
GSSC1058 Introduction to
Psychology
HEAR1001 Clinical Acoustics
HEAR1003 Introduction to Hearing Instrument Technology
HUMN1001 Ethics/Professional Management
GNED General Education
Elective
SEMESTER 2
HEAR1010 Hearing Testing I
HEAR1002 Audiometry and Hearing Disorders
HEAR1009 Hearing Instrument Technology
I
HEAR1011 Psychology of Hearing Loss
HLTH1023 Health: Living the Connections
COMM1007 College English
COMP1082 Computer Skills and Applications
SEMESTER 3
HEAR2009 Hearing Instrument Technology II
HEAR2010 Hearing Testing II
HEAR2012 Interview and Counselling
HEAR2013 Manufacturers’ Software
GNED General Education
Elective
SEMESTER 4
HEAR2019 Hearing Instrument Technology III
HEAR2021 Hearing Testing III
HEAR2011 Health Promotion and Rehabilitation
HEAR2014 Business Management
SEMESTER 5
HEAR3001 Clinical Practice and Case Presentations
HEAR3012 Advanced Counselling
HEAR3014 Professional Business Management
GNED General Education
Elective*
SEMESTER 6
HEAR3091 Clinical Practice II
*To accommodate students without the required General Education electives.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Call the George Brown School of Health Services Management at 416-415-5000, ext. 4543.
E-mail
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For updated information and course descriptions, call 416-415-2000 (TTY 1-877-515-5559) or long distance 1-800-265-2002.
George Brown College is continually striving to improve its programs and their delivery. The information contained in
this calendar is subject to change without notice. It should not be viewed as a representation, offer or warranty. Students are responsible for verifying
George Brown College admission, graduation, and fee requirements as well as any requirements of outside institutions, industry associations, or other
bodies that may award additional designations concurrently with, or after completions of, a George Brown College program.
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Revised:
August 24, 2009
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