Current acoustic, psychophysiological, physical, anatomical, psychological and clinical aspects of audition, and the theories of hearing developed to explain them. Prerequisites: SLHS 211, 311, and 313 or equivalents.
Assessment and intervention strategies for language disordered children; emphasis on language behavior relative to neurological, sensory, cognitive-intellectual, and psycho-emotional deficits. Prerequisite: SLHS 631.
Theory and research related to underlying neuropathology, and clinical modeling for differential diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders among child and adult populations. New motor learning theory applied to rehabilitation of motor speech disorders.
Diagnosis and rehabilitation of cognitive-communicative disorders caused by traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere stroke, and progressive neuropathologies. Prerequisite: SLHS 613.
Theories and research of voice science, voice physiology and production, clinical symptomatology, principles and techniques of therapy and differential diagnosis. Prerequisites: SLHS 210 and 211 or equivalents.
Introduction to neurological and cognitive processes of language comprehension and formulation. Information relevant to the diagnosis of dysfunction in aphasia and other language disorders of adulthood.