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Higher education institutions for logopedics
Higher education institutions for logopedics (Akademien für den logopädisch-phoniatrisch-audiologischen Dienst) provide vocational education and training and entitle their graduates to work as qualified speech therapists and logopedics (Logopädin/Logopäde) (completion: diploma thesis and diploma examination). After the secondary school leaving examination (Reifeprüfung), the programme takes three years and is offered at several sites in Austria.
> Access
• physical fitness
• good character and standing
• a school-leaving certificate (Reifeprüfungszeugnis) issued by an academic secondary school, a vocational secondary school, a nursery teacher training college or a foreign higher education entry certificate or a diploma in nursing (Diplom im gehobenen Dienst für Gesundheits- und Krankenpflege) or a university entrance examination (Studienberechtigungsprüfung) for medical studies
• aptitude test
• a board decides on admission
> Programme
Theoretical instruction/subjects: first aid and wound dressing; anatomy; physiology; hygiene and environmental protection; pathology; otolaryngology; dentistry; logopedics; phoniatrics; general and paediatric audiology, including audiometry and hearing aids; respiratory, voice and speech training; logopedic methodology; pedagogy and special needs education; neurology and psychiatry; paediatrics; neuropsychiatry of children and adolescents; linguistics and phonetics; basic kinesiology; nature and ethics of the profession; psychology; basic health, labour and social security legislation; introduction to operational management in hospitals; IT, medical informatics; statistics and documentation; medical English; theoretical and practical introduction to nursing.
Practical training: nursing; logopedics; logopedic methodology; phoniatrics; general and paediatric audiology, including audiometry and hearing aids.
> Job description / field of activities
Autonomous logopedic assessment and treatment of language, speech, voice and hearing disorders as well as audiometric examinations on a doctor’s orders.
> Career
Logopedics may work as self-employed persons or may be employed by hospitals, other establishments under medical management or supervision that specialise in the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of diseases or in the nursing of persons needing care, or by medical practitioners.
> Mögliche Weiterqualifizierungen
Following the basic programme for logopedics, some hihger education institutions offer specialised courses for special, teaching, lecturing and managerial tasks.
Furthermore, there are the following opportunities for qualified logopedics:
• university courses
• university studies (e.g. medicine)
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