Survey identifying characteristics, causes, diagnosis and treatment of speech, language, and hearing disorders. Includes disorders in hearing, stuttering, voice, articulation, child language, adult aphasia, head injury and dementia.
This hands-on exploratory course is designed to introduce students to the nature of sound energy as it relates to musical acoustics and its biophysical impacts on vocal and hearing health.
Characteristics of American English speech sounds and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used to represent them. Typical and atypical phonological processes and the transcription of speech sound errors.
Normal speech and language development and their relationship to other aspects of child development. Should be taken after the English composition LAC requirement is completed.
Structure and function of the speech and auditory/vestibular mechanisms.
The physics of sound as it relates to speech and hearing. Should be taken after the mathematics LAC requirement is completed.
Current information regarding identification, causation, diagnosis and treatment of disorders of articulation and voice disorders.
Analysis of aspects of language as they relate to treatment of language disorders in children.
Methods of eliciting language samples from children and manual and computerized language sampling analyses.
Pathologies and disorders of the auditory vestibular system, pure-tone testing, methods of speech audiometry, interpretation of audiometric data in terms of physical, social and educational effects. An introduction to aural rehabilitation.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
Current information regarding identification, causation, diagnosis and treatment of organically-based communication disorders, including cleft palate, cerebral palsy and aphasia.
Philosophy and implementation of diagnosis, and treatment of communication disorders. Administration, scoring and interpretation of data from observation and tests/inventories. Development of treatment programs, evidence-based practice, ethics, and client-clinician relationships.
Development of basic knowledge and competencies as a speech language pathology assistant through participation in classroom activities, observations and reflections, and collaborative teaching of children with communication disorders. Field experience under professional supervision.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 major GPA are required.
Perform basic audiometric testing: audiometric screening, routine hearing evaluation and impedance audiometry. S/U graded.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 major GPA are required.
A study of basic principles of aural rehabilitation and the use of amplification systems for hearing impaired individuals including personal hearing aids and other specialized assistive listening/alerting devices.
Learn general principles of the clinical process. Provide supervised individual therapy to clients with communication disorders. S/U graded.
Special Notes
25 documented observation hours in the major and a 3.0 GPA in major courses required.
Theory and practice of advanced techniques of audiometric assessment.