Master of Clinical Audiology

All applicants:

Successful completion of an Australian bachelor degree (or equivalent).

Specialisation - compulsory: Social, physical, biological or health sciences.

WAM - Weighted Average Mark (WAM) 70%

Applicants who wish to use postgraduate study for entry will be considered if the postgraduate study is in a related field such as social, physical, biological or health sciences, and the applicant has completed a minimum of 1 year's full-time study at postgraduate level, awarded within the last 10 years.

Inherent requirements

Behavioural and relational skills

Core requirement

Students must be able to manage their own responses and behaviour to work effectively in a range of learning environments with diverse people and tasks. This includes the capacity to be receptive and respond appropriately to constructive feedback. Students should also be able to work with others in a team or group environment and make and maintain effective relationships with a wide range of individuals in order to complete tasks or for professional practice.

See also: Student Behaviours Policy

Course-specific requirement

Students must be able to demonstrate professional regulatory requirements and standards which dictates the scope of clinical audiology practice

Cognition

Students must be able to locate, acquire, retain and apply knowledge as part of their learning and for assessment. They must have the ability to sustain their attention over a designated period, maintain their focus in a variety of learning environments and remember information long enough to complete tasks in a reasonable and safe timeframe.

Safe and effective delivery of clinical audiological management is based on comprehensive knowledge that must be sourced, understood and applied appropriately. Students must be able to demonstrate: capacity to locate appropriate and relevant information, the ability to process information relevant to practice, and the ability to integrate and implement knowledge into practice in a timely manner.

Sensory (visual, auditory, tactile, olfaction)

Students should possess the ability to interact with visual, auditory or tactile inputs sufficiently to manage their learning environment and to meet professional performance needs.

Auditory and visual assessments of patients is fundamental to safe and effective clinical audiological practice. Students must demonstrate enough visual and aural function to undertake required range of skills, tasks and assessments to maintain consistent, accurate and safe care to self and others.

Strength and mobility

Fine motor skills

Students should possess the manual dexterity and fine motor skills sufficient to manage their learning environment and ultimately professional performance needs.

Audiology students are required to undertake tasks that involve being able to grasp, press, push, turn, squeeze and manipulate various objects. Students must be able to demonstrate and perform these tasks consistently and safely to reduce the risk of harm to self and others.

International students:

English language requirements

7.0 IELTS (Academic) with no individual band less than 7.0.

Please refer to our Language requirements page for details of other accepted English proficiency tests and additional recognised English language proficiency measures, such as English as the language of instruction.

IELTS, TOEFL and PTE are the only English Proficiency tests accepted for entry into this course.

After graduation, you could work in major hospitals, private audiology clinics and research facilities.

Possible roles include:

• Clinical audiologist (private practice)
  • Provide diagnostic and/or rehabilitative hearing services to private clients. Perform diagnostic hearing assessments and, where appropriate, develop and implement individualised aural rehabilitation programs.
• Clinical audiologist (institutional)
  • Perform a range of diagnostic hearing and balance tests for paediatric and adult patients in hospital and other large institutions. Work in multidisciplinary teams and participate in clinical research.
• Research audiologist
  • Conduct clinical research to support the manufacturing of medical and surgical equipment. Evaluate novel sound-coding strategies, develop new cochlear implant designs and create pre-processing algorithms.