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: COMM-DIS 640 or equivalent.
- Teacher: Nathaniel Whitmal
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.
- Teacher: Monica Locklin
Not available at this time.
- Teacher: Mary Andrianopoulos
ASD Seminar for DOE Training Grant.
- Teacher: Mary Andrianopoulos
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. The course will incorporate a strong translational component and clinical application to real problems affecting humans due to neurodevelopmental and/or acquired neurological breakdowns that affect the Central and Peripheral Nervous systems at different levels and associated systems.
- Teacher: Mary Andrianopoulos
The content of this course serves as an introduction to language structure, processing, and variation in the context of communication disorders. It serves as preparation for the study of language development and disorders throughout the lifespan. Through a series of case studies, students will learn to analyze and describe typical and impaired language abilities, with particular focus on the production of words, sentences, and conversational interactions. We will also study cultural variation in the use of language, including dialectal variation and multilingualism. Throughout the course, we will learn about research tools and methods that are used to study typical and impaired language.
- Teacher: Jennifer Mack
A contemplative and systematic approach to the four theorectical forces in U.S. counseling, history and politics of counseling, the counseling, interviewing, consulting, and case management processes in Communication Disorders.
- Teacher: Michael Starr
Practical writing in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology, including diagnostic report and research paper formats. Emphasis on revision and peer editing. Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement.
- Teacher: Mark Schilling
Practical writing in the fields of audiology and speech-language pathology, including diagnostic report and research paper formats. Emphasis on revision and peer editing. Satisfies Junior Year Writing requirement.
- Teacher: Camila Mugnani Hallet
Underlying neuropathology, theory, clinical characteristics, concomitant conditions, diagnostic measures, prognosis, treatment approaches, and evidence of treatment efficacy related to asphasia in adults. Prerequisite: COMM-DIS 580 or equivalent.
- Teacher: Jacquie Kurland