BSC(SHS) DEGREE PROGRAMME

 

This degree programme is the first university-approved professional training programme leading to a BSc Degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences (specializing in Speech & Language Therapy or in Audiology) in Sri Lanka. Successful completion of the programme indicates professional competence to practice as a Speech and Language Therapist or an Audiologist in Sri Lanka. The curriculum includes both theoretical classroom based learning and practical experience in a variety of settings in the health, education and rehabilitation sectors.

The overall aim of the study programme is to train competent Speech and Language Therapists and Audiologists who have the necessary knowledge, attitudes and skills to provide a range of rehabilitation services to people with communication disabilities, and to their families; to raise the level of awareness and knowledge about communication disabilities in the wider community of Sri Lanka; and to contribute to the development of the academic base in the field, through research and their own professional development in practice.

Lecture topics of the BSc SHS Programme:

01Composition of the body

02Resting membrane potential

03Generation and transmission of an action potential

04Synapses and neurotransmitters

05Basic sensory physiology I

06Basic sensory physiology II

07Physiology of hearing I

08Physiology of hearing II

09Skeletal muscle contraction

10Motor system and disorders I

11Motor system and disorders II

12Motor system and disorders III

13Control of balance

14Physiology of speech I

15Physiology of speech II

16Respiratory physiology I

17Respiratory physiology II

18Respiratory physiology III

19Physiology of the upper GIT

 

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Department of Physiology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Kelaniya,
P.O Box 6,
Thalagolla Road,
Ragama,
Sri Lanka

  • Tel :  +94 11 2961150 (Head)

  • Tel :  +94 11 2961128

  • Fax :  +94 11 2958337

  • Email:  phyl@kln.ac.lk

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