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INTRODUCTION
The
Head of Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, Faculty of Education
Dr.
Lena Wong
Ph.D. (Queensland)
The
Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences was established in the Faculty
of Education in July 1988. It was set up by the University principally
to provide locally-educated speech therapists who are Cantonese speakers
and so give Hong Kong improved speech and language therapy services.
(Until the first graduates completed their course in 1992, speech therapists
practising in Hong Kong qualified overseas.) Although the medium of
teaching is English (as throughout the University), the Division has
devoted considerable efforts to developing assessment and remediation
materials for Cantonese speakers.
With
an annual intake of 40-plus undergraduates, the Division of Speech
and
Hearing Sciences teaches a four year Bachelor of Science degree with
Honours in Speech and Hearing Sciences which affords an internationally
recognized professional qualification. The Royal College of Speech
and
Language Therapists (U.K.) accredited the course in 1992 and course
was reaccredited in 2006. To supplement external placement opportunities
in undergraduates' speech therapy practicum, members of the Division
run speech, language and audiology clinics. Students obtain substantial
practical experience working with children and with adults. The
Division
implemented an innovative problem-based learning curriculum in the
BSc programme in September 1998. Internationally, this programme
is one
of the first of its type for speech therapists and has been met with
enthusiasm from students, faculty and outside educators and speech
therapy
professionals.
In
September 1996, the Division instituted an MSc in Audiology, which
is
a two year program to produce professionals to serve the hearing-impaired
population of Hong Kong. We have a state-of-the-art Audiology facility
in the Division, via a generous donation from Standard Chartered
Community Foundation,
for clinical services and research. Research degrees of M.Phil. and
Ph.D. are offered in speech, language and hearing related areas. We
have approximately 20 research post graduate students in the Division.
As
can be seen from the entries for individual members of staff below,
the Division is engaged in a wide range of funded research projects.
We are committed to collaborative research, both within and outside
the Division.
The
Division has nine full time supporting technical, secretarial or clerical
staff and is well provided with basic and specialized equipment and
excellent library resources. It is located in the Prince Philip Dental
Hospital, where the Dental Faculty is housed, at a short distance from
the main university campus. Accommodation includes clinical rooms, students'
computer room, sound booths and workshop.
Mission
statement
General
objectives:
- to
provide the highest quality relevant undergraduate and postgraduate
degree programmes in Speech and Hearing Sciences;
- to
conduct and supervise research in Speech and Hearing Sciences concentrating
most vigorously on the opportunities and needs present in Hong Kong;
- to
raise the profile of the professions of speech therapy and audiology
in Hong Kong and China;
to actively collaborate with other agencies and services which, like
the Division, are contributing to improving the quality of speech
therapy and audiology services in Hong Kong;
- to
continue to contribute to the provision of in-service and continuing
professional education;
- to
inform the community what the Division does and offers to the public
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