Critical issues related to the preparation, implementation, documentation, and follow up of the speech-language evaluation process, including: ethics; testing; the law; health insurance; differential diagnosis; prognosis; diversity; self-evaluation.

Underlying neuropathology, theory, clinical characteristics, concomitant conditions, diagnostic measures, prognosis, treatment approaches, and evidence of treatment efficacy related to asphasia in adults. Prerequisite: SL&HS 580 or equivalent.

The first section of the course will introduce you to many aspects of disfluency including: the prevalence/incidence of stuttering, theories of stuttering, core and secondary behaviors, other fluency disorders (cluttering, neurogenic stuttering, and psychogenic stuttering), and assessment and treatment approaches for children and adults. The second section of the course will introduce you to the diagnosis and management of communication impairments associated with cleft palate and other craniofacial disorders across the lifespan.

Theories and nature of phonological development and disorders. Assessment and treatment of phonological disorders.

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This course provides an in depth presentation of the sensorimotor, cognitive-linguistic, auditory, and cerebrovascular neurological networks that facilitate speech, language, cognition, and hearing in humans. Neurological models will be presented for differential diagnosis and localization of function, including neuropathologies and associated symptoms using top-down vs. bottom-up approach.