1. Definition of a curriculum (minimal training requirements)

Proposal for a curriculum:

3 years of theoretical studies:
25% basic sciences, 25% medical and diagnostic audiology, 25% technical and
environmental audiology, 25% psychosocial audiology and educational issues,
communication repair methods, general skills and specialisation.

1 year of practical studies.

• Basic sciences
   > Mathematics
      - calculations, statistics
   > Physics
      - acoustics (incl. room acoustics)
      - mechanics
      - electronics
   > Communication engineering
      - basic principles of signal processing
      - electronics
      - system theory
   > Medicine
      - general anatomy (basic knowledge)
      - anatomy and physiology related to hearing
      - embryology
      - basic physiology
      - pathophysiology (basic knowledge)
   > Epidemiology
   > Chemistry and Biochemistry
      - chemistry of materials
      - genetics and molecular biology
      - pharmacology
   > Speech and hearing sciences
      - perception of speech (normal and abnormal)
      - phonetics (incl. non-European languages)
      - linguistics
      - psychoacoustics
      - physiological acoustics
   > Developmental psychology and education
   > Research methodology
      - experiment planning
      - literature/information retrieval
      - ethics in research

• Medical audiology:
   > Knowledge of medical conditions associated with hearing and balance (nosological
      classification)
      - pathophysiology of auditory and vestibular systems
      - speech/language acquisition disorders
      - malformations
      - infections/inflammations
      - traumatic hearing disorders
      - degenerative diseases