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Program Details

OVERVIEW

 

 About the Program:

A specialized field, the focus here is on the diagnosis, treatment, and research of communication disorders, including speech, language, voice, and hearing impairments across all ages. While Audiology focuses on hearing, balance, and related disorders, Speech-Language Pathology addresses disorders in speech, language, and voice production.

Duration Of Program

The course shall be of 4 years including 1 academic year (10 months) of internship. A year consists of two semesters, and each semester shall extend over a minimum period of 16 weeks excluding examination dates. The course should be completed within 6 years from the date of admission

Medium Of Instruction

Medium of instruction shall be English.

Attendance

Each candidate should put in minimum 80% of attendance in theory and 90 % in clinical practicum for appearing university examination.

Condonation of 10% in the attendance once in the entire course period can be granted by the Head of the Institution and the same may be communicated in the university. Condonation is not applicable during internship programme.

SCHEME OF EXAMINATIONS:

 Theory: There shall be University examinations at the end of each semester and supplementary examinations will be conducted along with the regular examinations.

 Clinical Practical:There shall be University examinations for Clinical Practicum at the end of 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th. For even semesters (2nd ,4th ,6th&8th ), the examinations will be conducted jointly by an external examiner and internal examiner

For odd semesters (3rd and 5th) will be conducted by internal examiners. Practical records will be evaluated during Clinical Practicum examination. Supplementary examinations for Clinical Practical will be conducted along with the regular examinations.

Internal Assessment

 Theory: Based on periodical assessment (assignment, class presentation etc.) Regular examination will contribute 25% of the total marks per subject. A minimum of 2 examinations required, with their average accounting for 50% of the internal assessment. The remaining 50% of the internal assessment will be based on day-to-day assessment.

 Clinical Practicum : Assessed by the respective departments based on the clinical skills in assessment, remediation, clinical case presentation and clinical viva. The weightage of internal assessment for clinical practicum shall be 25 % of the total marks. A minimum of 50% must be secured in the internal assessment of each subject to qualify for the university examination. The class average of internal assessment marks in each subject should not exceed 75% (regular examination) and 80%(supplementary examination), both in theory and clinical practicum.

 CRITERIA FOR PASS

For each theory subject a candidate must obtain a separate 50% mark for university examination, 50% for internal assessment and 50% for Practical (wherever applicable). For each clinical practicum, a candidate must obtain a separate 50% mark for university examination and 50% for internal assessment.

Grace marks : A maximum of 5 marks or as per university regulations may be given as grace mark either in a subject alone or distribute it among subjects so as to make the candidate eligible for a pass. No grace mark will be given for clinical practicum examination.

Eligibility

A candidate should have passed in 10+2 examination with minimum of 50% marks with the following subject combinations: Physics, Chemistry & any one of Biology / Mathematics / Computer Science / Statistics / Electronics / Psychology and English as one of the languages of study. The candidate should have completed 17 years of age at the time of admission.

 MODE OF SELECTION TO THE COURSE

The selection of students for the B.ASLP course shall be made strictly based on merit as decided by the competent authority approved by the Government of Kerala/Kerala University of Health Sciences and as per guidelines of the respective council.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION OF B.ASLP

 

NUMBER OF SEATS

40 seats

Syllabus

 

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BASLP Syllabus

PROGRAM STRUCTURE

 

A) Scheme of curriculum for first Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
1.1.1 Communication Sciences Speech Language Pathology 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.1.2 Communication Sciences Audiology 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.1.3 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology related to Speech language and Hearing 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.1.4 Clinical Psychology 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.1.5 Electronics and Acoustics 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
Total             500

 

B) Scheme of curriculum for second Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
1.2.1 Speech Language Pathology-Assessment and Management 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.2.2 Audiological Evaluation 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.2.3 Linguistics and Phonetics 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.2.4 Otolaryngology 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.2.5 Pediatrics and Genetics 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
1.2.6 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology   320 75 - 25 100
1.2.7 Clinical practicum- Audiology     75 - 25 100
Total             700

 

C) Scheme of curriculum for Third Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
2.3.1 Voice and Its Disorders 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.3.2 Speech Sound Disorders 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.3.3 Diagnostic Audiology Behavioural tests 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.3.4 Educational Audiology 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.3.5 Neurology 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
2.3.6 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology 320   75 - 25 100
2.3.7 Clinical practicum- Audiology     75 - 25 100
Total             700

 

D) Scheme of curriculum for fourth Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
2.4.1 Fluency and its disorders 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.4.2 Child language disorders 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.4.3 Diagnostic Audiology- Physiological tests 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.4.4 Rehabilitative Audiology 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
2.4.5 Research methods and Statistics 60 3Hrs 75 - 25 100
2.4.6 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology 320   75 - 25 100
2.4.7 Clinical practicum- Audiology     75 - 25 100
Total             700

 

E) Scheme of curriculum for fifth Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
3.5.1 Motor speech disorders in Children 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.5.2 Maxillofacial Anomalies and Laryngectomy 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.5.3 Amplification Devices 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.5.4 Paediatric audiology 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.5.5 Speech Language Pathology and Audiology in Practice 60 3Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.5.6 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology 320   75 - 25 100
3.5.7 Clinical practicum- Audiology     75 - 25 100
Total             700

 

F) Scheme of curriculum for sixth Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS PRACTICAL IA MARKS TOTAL
3.6.1 Motor speech disorders in Adults and dysphagia 60 2Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.6.2 Language Disorders in Adults 60 2Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.6.3 Environmental audiology 60 2Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.6.4 Implantable Hearing Devices and Hearing aid fitting 60 2Hrs 50 - 25 100
3.6.5 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology 320   75 - 25 100
3.6.6 Clinical practicum- Audiology     75 - 25 100
Total             600

 

G) Scheme of curriculum for seventh &eighth Semester BASLP

 

CODE/ PAPER NO PAPER TITLE TEACHING HOURS(MINIMUM) EXAM DURATION EXAM MARKS IA MARKS TOTAL
4.1 Clinical practicum-Speech language pathology 1400 - 100 - 100
4.2 Clinical practicum- Audiology   - 100 - 100
Total           200
Grand Total           4100
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