Whether you're building on your existing study in health or seeking specialised skills for the next stage of your career, La Trobe's Master of Clinical Audiology is your springboard to a rewarding career as an audiologist.

With class sizes that ensure you'll receive personal support, we'll equip you with knowledge and skills in advanced audiology. You'll develop a fundamental understanding of the nature of sound, as well as speech and auditory perception.

Your teachers will be leading academics and industry professionals with current knowledge of audiology best practice. They'll guide you through pre-clinical and clinical study so you understand the practical aspects of audiology.

What's more, you'll undertake extensive professional clinical placements with local and interstate clinical placement partners – so you build the confidence to practice upon graduation.

Be ready to change lives. Start building the skills now to make a difference well into the future.

You'll learn:

• Diagnostics
  • Learn the foundational clinical assessment procedures used in the audiological evaluation of adult and child patients, including otoscopy, tympanometry, audiometry, otoacoustic emissions and electrophysiological assessments.
• Acoustics
  • Understand the nature of sound (acoustics) and auditory perception (psychoacoustics), then apply your knowledge to practical areas of audiology.
• Hearing loss and rehabilitation
  • Learn how to select an appropriate hearing aid and/or assistive listening device. Understand the impact of hearing loss and how to manage and rehabilitate complex clients, and explore hearing loss prevention.
• Paediatric audiology
  • Learn about causes of hearing loss in children, auditory processing disorders and the impact of childhood hearing impairment.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognised in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 9 - Masters Degree.

Sample course structure

Please note, the following course structure is indicative and subject to change depending on your course location, offer year or how you tailor your course with specialisations, majors, minors and electives. Structures for the following year are not normally finalised until October, so the sample provided is based on the most recently approved structure. For more information, please refer to the La Trobe University Handbook.