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This seminar course is designed to provide audiology graduate students with the theoretical background and practical approaches to clinical counseling. Topics include counseling theories and approaches, health literacy, populations with special needs (parent, adolescents, adults, groups), and compassion fatigue.

Independent study in special subjects. Repetition requires consent.

Independent study in special subjects. Repetition requires consent.

Anatomical, physiological, and neural basis of hearing at the levels of the outer, middle, and inner ear, the auditory nerve, and the central auditory system; clinical correlates of auditory neuroscience pertinent to the practice of audiology.

Nature and types of amplifying systems employed with the hearing-impaired. Electroacoustic characteristics including gain, power, acoustic response, distortion, etc. Principles and methods of selection and usage of hearing aids. Prerequisite: SLHS 640 or equivalent.

Assessment and application of techniques of speech reading and auditory training, and total case management of hearing impaired adults. Prerequisite: SLHS 313 or equivalent.

Theories, methodologies, and procedures for special diagnostic testing; laboratory approaches. Prerequisites: SLHS 311 and 313 or equivalents.

The study of theories of language and cognitive development as a framework for understanding and describing language behavior resulting from neurological, sensory, cognitive-intellectual and psycho-emotional deficits. Prerequisite: SLHS 401 or equivalent.