Communications Sciences and Disorders (CSD)

Prerequisites: Admission into program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 7113 A course designed to familiarize CSD undergraduate students with a portion of the large body of terms used in various Allied Health disciplines, in particular, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

Prerequisites: Permission. Language is analyzed in terms of interacting systems of sound, syntax and meaning. Students investigate developments of each of these systems in children.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 5113 Lecture and supervised exercises in the analysis, categorization and transcription of the sounds of speech.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 5153 Considers specific mechanisms directly related to generation of speech signals as well as current theories of voice production.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 7423 Considers the specific anatomical and physiological mechanisms directly related to the reception of acoustic signals as well as the current theories of hearing.

Prerequisities: Permission. Basic principles of assessment and management of articulation, fluency voice, and hearing problems in children and adults.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 5173 & 7443 This course will examine the developmental milestones of speech, language, and cognition. In addition, the theories for speech/language development and learning will be studied.

Prerequisites: Permission. Multi-Level Course: CSD 5323 Nature and causes of articulation disorders; diagnosis and management.

Prerequisites: CSD 3422 or permission. Multi-Level Course: CSD 5183 & 7463 Presents concepts and rationale underlying the measurement of hearing with special reference to pure tone air and bone conduction tests, speech audiometry and impedance measures.

Prerequisites: CSD 3313 or permission. Multi-Level Course: CSD 5193 An introduction to the assessment and remediation of language disorders in exceptional children.

Prerequisites: Admissions to the Honors Program. May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 6 hours. Honors reading will consist of topics designated by the instructor in keeping with the student's major program. The topics will cover materials not usually presented in the regular courses.

May be repeated; maximum credit 6 hours. The projects covered in this course will vary. The content will deal with concepts not usually presented in regular coursework. maximum credit six hours.

Will provide an opportunity for the gifted honors candidate to work a special project in the student's field. May be repeated; maximum credit six hours.

An interdepartmental course involving two or more instructors from different departments developed and approved by the honors program director and listed in each departmental honors program. Students are required to enroll in the colloquium under their major departmental number.

Prerequisites: None This course will develop an understanding of the concepts, strategies, techniques, and issues that are unique to the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). Hands-on experience with various methods and devices will illustrate best-practice AAC assessment and intervention for individuals with developmental/acquired disabilities.

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter. Maximum credit twelve hours. Selected communication disorders topics are addressed and may include: cued speech, various sign language systems, and augmentative communication devices.

Introduction to neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as they relate to speech and language production and processing. Approved for graduate credit (CSD 5363).

Prerequisites: Permission. Factors affecting speech fluency, theory of stuttering behavior, developmental factors, and traditional and recent developments in diagnostic and remedial procedures.

Prerequisites: Admission into BS-CSD program; Permission of instructor This course introduces students to basic concepts in disordered communication in adults as a result of neurologic disease or injury. Foundational information in human brain anatomy will be followed by principles of evaluation and intervention that focus on disorders of speech, language and cognitive communication.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 5443 & 7413 Introduction to the physical principles underlying the production and reception of speech and language. Approved for graduate credit (Course ID 110126 CSD 5443).

Prerequisites: Admission into program. May be repeated; maximum credit 4 hours. Each student will read and present an article, chosen by faculty, in the disciplines of Audiology or Speech-Language Pathology, to the class. An open discussion of the article will be facilitated by the student and a faculty member.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 4433 Introduction to the methods and techniques of evaluation, instruction by objectives, and instructional planning for disorders in speech, hearing and language. Extensive observation and some practicum.

Prerequisites:None Multi-Level Course: CSD 7453 Didactic and observation in speech pathology and audiology. A portfolio of microthemes concerning the observations will be kept. (Spring)

May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 4 hours. Provides opportunity for independent study through review of the literature in a particular area of interest under a selected professor.

This course will examine the definition of speech and language disorders, the concepts underlying differential diagnosis, and rehabilitation of articulation/phonology, fluency, voice/resonance, and language disorders.

To introduce a nonverbal communication system to hearing students. The materials presented will be a combination of signed exact English (s.e.e.), signed English and American sign language (asl). Approved for graduate and professional credit (Course ID 110128 CSD 5583 and Course ID 110129 CSD 9153).

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter; multiple enrollment within same term, maximum credit twelve hours. Provides opportunity for independent study in a particular area of interest under a selected professor.

Prerequisites: CSD 3463. Multi-Level Course: CSD7493 & 5273 This course will examine the diagnostic and treatment of disorders of hearing and introduct the nonmedical rehabilitation options for treatment of these disorders.

Prerequisites: None This course provides an overview of counseling principles, theories, and techniques. Students will develop basic understanding of counseling theories and the rationale for using them in clinical practice and they will practice using interviewing techniques for information giving and gathering with a spectrum of clients. (SP IV)

Prerequisites: CSD 4483 Sign Language I The course enables CSD students to continue expanding their signed vocabulary and to enhance the skills acquired in the Sign Language I course. Material presented will be a combination of Signed Exact English and American Sign Language. Emphasis will be placed on practiced communication, while continuing to build signed vocabulary.

Prerequisites: None This course provides a summative learning experience for students in the Bachelor of Science Degree Program in Communication Sciences and Disorders (BS-CSD). It provides instruction in scientific writing and it promotes development of skills in leadership and advocacy for individuals with disabilities and their families.

May be repeated; maximum credit 8 hours. For the teacher of the deaf blind, multi-handicapped children and will cover: neurological, sensory, psychological, motoric and educational development and evaluation; education and therapeutic intervention; documentation, material development, and practicum work with deaf/blind children in area programs. May be repeated; maximum credit eight hours.

Prerequisites: Permissions. Review of basic learning processes, including closely related behavioral phenomena, and an introduction to the principles of behavior modification with specific attention to speech and language behavior.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 3333 Lecture and supervised exercises in the analysis, categorization and transcription of the sound of speech.

Prerequisites: Permission. Ethical, logical, practical and methodological considerations associated with research in speech/language pathology and audiology; basic concepts in data management; critical evaluation of research publications. Approved for professional credit (Course ID 110136 CSD 9333).

Prerequisites: None This course covers the knowledge and skills needed to provide effective assessments and evidence-based treatments for communication impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Topics covered include ASD characteristics and etiologies, functional communication systems, structured teaching principles, and positive environmental supports for effective learning. (Fall)

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-level Course: CSD 3413 Considers specific mechanisms directly related to generation of speech signals as well as current theories of voice production.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 3443 & 7443 This course will examine the developmental milestones of speech, language, and cognition in addition, the theories for speech/language development and learning will be studied.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Courses: CSD 3463 & 7463 Presents concepts and rationale underlying the measurement of hearing with special reference to pure tone air and bone conduction tests, speech audiometry and impedance measures.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 3473 An introduction to the assessment and remediation of language disorders in exceptional children.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated with change of subject matter. maximum credit twelve hours. Selected communication disorders topics are addressed and may include: cued speech, various sign language systems, and augmentative communication devices. Approved for undergraduates and professional credit (Course ID 110130 CSD 4270 and Course ID 110131 CSD 8270).

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Courses: CSD 4493 & 7493 This course will examine the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of hearing and introduce the nonmedical rehabilitation options for treatment o these disorders.

Organization and delivery of parent-oriented programs appropriate to the speech, language, and development needs of the high-risk youngsters from birth to three years of age and aimed at counteracting the educational and language retardation otherwise associated with high risk infants.

Prerequisites: CSD 3313. Criterion-referenced, informal assessment measures of language, language sampling, discourse analysis, oral storytelling analysis, play-based assessment, analyzing the linguistic demands of the classroom.

The evaluation and management of phonological disorders stressing problems that are functional in origin.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 3453 Nature and causes of articulation disorders: diagnosis and management.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited university and admission into the SLP MA program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 4433 Introduction to the methods and techniques of evaluation, instruction by objectives, and instructional planning for disorders in speech, language, and hearing. Extensive observation and some clinical.

Introduction to neuroanatomy and neurophysiology as they relate to speech and language production and processing. Approved for Graduate credit.

Prerequisites: CSD 3413 or Permission. Communication problems of individuals with cleft lip and palate condition; evaluation and management is stressed. (Summer)

Prerequisites: CSD 3413 or Permission. Methods employed in the scientific study of speech and voice.

Prerequisites: CSD 4343 or Permission. The evaluation and management of certain neuropathologies which affect normal speech production.

Prerequisites: CSD 3413, CSD 5412 or Permission. The nature, causes, identification, and clinical management of disorders of voice in children and adults.

Prerequisites: None Multi-Level Course: CSD 4413 & 7413 Introduction to the physical principles underlying the production and reception of speech and language. Approved for graduate credit.

Prerequisites: CSD 4343 or Permission. Instruction in the evaluation and management of adult neurolinguistic disorders.

Prerequisites: Permission. Factors affecting speech fluency, theory of stuttering behavior developmental factors, and traditional and recent developments in diagnostic and remedial procedures.

Prerequisites: CSD 3313, CSD 4343 or Permission. The rationale, methods, and procedures for the assessment and modification of language disorders in school-age and adolescent children.

Prerequisites: CSD 3313, CSD 4343 or Permission. The rationale, methods, and procedures for the modification of language disorders in preschool children.

Prerequisites: CSD 5413, CSD 5863 or Permission. Consideration of the theories and research findings related to the perception of normal speech and language.

Prerequisites: Nine (9) hours in area of communication disorders or Permission. May be repeated; maximum credit 15 hours. Practice under supervision with children and adults with wide variety of communication disorders. Practicum experience may include: practicum in speech pathology; or practicum in audiology; or practicum in education of the deaf; or any combination of these.

Prerequisites: Permission. The tests, methods, and procedures involved in the evaluation of speech and language disorders.

Prerequisites: CSD 4433, CSD 4343 or Permission. Introduction to the scientific method, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, and transdisciplinary approaches to assessment, psychometrics, formal Vs informal testing, obtaining a clinical history, differential diagnosis, report writing, formulating basic and specific intervention goals, treatment efficacy, developing clinical skills, working with families, working within the professional community, multicultural issues.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated with change of subject matter; multiple enrollment within same term, maximum credit twelve hours. Study in depth of various aspects of communication disorders of particular interest to students.

Prerequisites: CSD 3113 or Permission. Augmentative/alternative communication is designed specifically to assist students in the field of communication sciences and disorders in the integration of knowledge of human communication with the principles behind augmentative and alternative modes of communication and the technology available to implement these modes.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum credit twelve hours. Discussion of specific areas of communication science, topics selected to meet needs and interests of students.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated with a change in subject matter; maximum credit twelve hours. The study of selected professional issues of interest to students.

Prerequisites: CSD 5453 or Permission. Functional neuroanatomy, connectionistic symptom/lesion principles, cognitive and linguistic symptomatologies, etiologies, prognostic factors, recovery profiles, differential diagnosis, concomitant disorders, report writing, rehabilitation goal task analyses, treatment principles and procedures, progress notes, treatment efficacy, ethical issues, interdisciplinary case management, case analyses.

Ventilator-dependent patients. Speech pathology graduate students study how to provide clinically for the speech rehabilitation of individuals in two groups: alaryngeal and ventilator-dependent. Standard and experimental rehabilitation methods are studied in detail. Both the relevant literature and selected clinical case studies are reviewed.

Prerequisites: CSD 3413, CSD 4343. Anatomic, physiologic, and developmental influences on swallowing and respiration, etiologies and components of the abnormal swallow, and dysphagia diagnosis and treatment. (Spring)

To introduce a nonverbal communication system to hearing students. The materials presented will be a combination of signed exact English (s.e.e.), signed English and American Sign Language (ASL).

Prerequisites: CSD 3463, CSD 5813 or Permission. Study of the manifestations and implications of acquired hearing impairment on human communication; topics include auditory processing, social and psychological adjustment to hearing loss, impact of the aging process, rehabilitation protocols, assistive devices, and evaluation techniques.

Prerequisites: Permission. Air-conduction and bone-conduction pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, masking, and immittance audiometry.

Prerequisites: CSD 5813 or Permission. Physical characteristics of hearing aids, hearing aid standards, ear-mold acoustics, selection of hearing aids, group amplification systems, alternative communication aids for the hearing impaired.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated; maximum credit 6 hours. Electronic instruments and electroacoustic devices used in the communication disorders clinic or laboratory. May be repeated up to six hours with a change in content.

Prerequisites: CSD 5823. In depth study of theories and philosophies governing the candidacy for amplification, hearing aid fitting strategies, and modifications of hearing aids and earmolds. New circuit technology (adaptive compression, wide-dynamic-range-compression, programmable) will also be reviewed and examined.

Prerequisites: CSD 5813. The history, rationale, methodology, and interpretation of behavioral auditory tests intended to aid in the determination of the site of lesion within the auditory system. Included are tests for functional (non-organic) loss, sensory Vs neural loss, and localization of lesions within the central auditory pathways.

The focus of the course is on peripheral physiologic assessment of the auditory mechanism and will include discussion of the physical basis, instrumentation, and diagnostic use of immittance audiometry, Electrony-stagmography, electrocochleography, and otoacoustic emissions across the age span.

Prerequisites: Permission. Course content will include an in-dept review of: vibration, period, frequency, phase, wave equation, amplitude, RMS, pressure, intensity, decibels, complex sounds, fundamental frequency, audibility thresholds, temporal integration, simultaneous and temporal masking, critical bandwidth, binaural hearing, difference limens.

Anatomy and applied neurophysiology of the vestibular system. Technique of recording nystagmus. The gaze, succade, tracking, optokinetic, positional, hallpike and bithermal caloric tests. Interpretation of test battery.

Prerequisites: CSD 5813 or Permission. Study of the development of human auditory behavior; high risk registries; identification audiometry; the rationale and conduct of behavioral as well as physiological techniques of assessing the auditory function of young children; selection of hearing aids; and appropriate referral resources.

May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 4 hours. Provides opportunity for independent study through review of the literature in a particular area of interest under a selected professor. Approved for undergraduate and professional credit (Course ID 110132 CSD 5960 and Course ID 110133 CSD 8460).

May be repeated; maximum credit 99 hours. Master's Thesis credit hours vary.

Prerequisite: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter; multiple enrollment within same term, maximum credit twelve hours. Provides opportunity for independent study in a particular area of interest under a selected professor. Approved for undergraduate and professional credit (Course ID 110134 CSD 4490 and Course ID 110135 CSD 8490).

Prerequisites: CSD 4343 or the equivalent or permission of instructor. Extension of topics and issues covered in introductory courses on neural bases of human communication; in-depth treatment of all functional systems, with direct application to communication processes and behaviors; rules of neural organization and details of developmental and acquired neural dysfunction's as they relate to communication disorders.

Prerequisites: CSD 6413 or the equivalent or permission of instructor. Overview of this new specialty designation; survey of techniques for assessing the three target areas-behavior, peripheral physics, and physiology, central anatomy and physiology (including brain imaging); review of principles for experimental design emphasizing coordinated test batteries; new approaches to models of human brain development and function.

Prerequisites: CSD 5433 or Permission. Advanced training in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of voice disorders.

Prerequisites: CSD 5313 or Permission. In-depth review of research related to speech articulation, intended primarily for doctoral level students.

Prerequisites: Permission of Instructors. Survey core concepts in formal and applied linguistics, providing historical and current perspectives on social, psychological, and neurobiological aspects of language. Approved for professional credit (Course ID 110137 CSD 8433).

Prerequisites: CSD 5413 or Permission. Concepts pertinent to the laboratory investigation of speech and voice. Emphasizes review of research literature selected to illustrate a variety of research methods. Primarily for the doctoral level student.

Prerequisites: CSD 5413 or Permission. Laboratory instruction and experience basic to the effective use of speech research equipment. Intended primarily for doctoral level students.

Prerequisites: Permission. May be repeated with change of subject matter; maximum nine hours. Consideration of experimental design, concepts, and procedures. Topics are drawn from many areas including auditory, speech, and language disorders, psychoacoustics, experimental phonetics, speech perception.

Prerequisites: BSE 5163 or Permission or equivalent. Introduce the student to the evolution of psychophsical measurement techniques and the application of those techniques to research and clinical measurement.

Prerequisites: CSD 5463 or Permission. Comprehensive survey of research and experimental techniques in speech fluency and stuttering; discussion of special clinical problems and procedures.

Prerequisites: CSD 5832 or Permission. Basic electrical and electronic principles and terminology, electronic measuring instruments and principles of measurement, signal generation, conditioning, control and transduction, and the design of viable instrumentation schemes for audiological research. doctoral level course.

Prerequisites: CSD 6813 or Concurrent enrollment. Demonstration and practical hands-on experience in implementing the principles elucidated in 6813.

Prerequisites: CSD 5813 or Permission. Physical measurement of noise, study of the spectral analysis techniques; auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on man damage risk criteria; and hearing conservation programs in industry.

Prerequisites: Permission. Detailed examination of current topics in psychoacoustics based on reading of both classical and recent literature. Intended primarily for doctoral level students.

Prerequisites: Physiology Measures I. Lectures and laboratory experience with a variety of methods for assessing human physiology related to speech and hearing, including otoacoustic emissions, evoked potentials and quantitative electroencephalography.

May be repeated; maximum credit 99 hours. Credit hours vary.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level: CSD 3113 A course designed to familiarize CSD undergraduate students with a portion of the large body of terms used in various Allied Health disciplines, in particular, Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 4413 & 5543 Introduction to the physical principles underlying the production and reception of speech and language. Approved for graduate credit CSD 5443.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 3423 Considers the specific anatomical and physiological mechanisms directly related to the reception of acoustic signals as well as the current theories of hearing.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level: CSD 3443 & 5173 This course will examine the developmental milestones of speech, language, and cognition. In addition, the theories for speech/language development and learning will be studied.

Prerequisites: Earned Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the audiology program. Multi-level Course: CSD 4443 Didactic and observation in speech pathology and audiology. A portfolio of microthemes concerning the observations will be kept. (Spring)

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level: CSD 3463 & 5183 Presents concepts and rationale underlying the measurement of hearing with special reference to pure tone air and bone conduction tests, speech audiometry and impedance measures.

Prerequisites: Earned bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and admission into the Audiology program. Multi-Level Course: CSD 4493 & 5273 This course will examine the diagnostic and treatment of disorders of hearing and introduce the nonmedical rehabilitation options for treatment of these disorders.

Air-conduction and bone-conduction pure-tone audiometry, speech audiometry, masking, and immittance audiometry.

May be repeated; maximum credit 6 hours. Electronic instruments and electroacoustic devices used in the communication disorders clinic or laboratory. May be repeated up to six hours with a change in content. This course is cross listed with CSD 5830.

Electronic instruments and electroacoustic devices used in the communication disorders clinic or laboratory. May be repeated up to six hours with a change in content.

To provide in-depth knowledge pertaining to the anatomy and physiology of the auditory and vestibular system. Course will utilize a combination of didactic lectures with exercises.

Lectures and laboratory experience with a variety of methods for assessing human physiology related to speech and hearing, including otoacoustic emissions, evoked potentials and quantitative electroencephalography.

Physical characteristics of hearing aids, hearing aids standards, ear-mold acoustics, selection of hearing aids, group amplification systems, alternative communication aids for the hearing impaired.

The history, rationale, methodology, and interpretation of behavioral auditory tests intended to aid in the determination of the site of lesion within the auditory system. Included are tests for functional (non-organic) loss, sensory vs neural loss, and localization of lesions within the central auditory pathways.

The focus of the course is on peripheral physiologic assessment of the auditory mechanism and will include discussion of the physical basis, instrumentation, and diagnostic use of immittance audiometry. Electrony-stagmography, electrocochleography, and otoacoustic emissions across the age span.

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter, maximum credit twelve hours. Selected communication disorders topics are addressed and may include: cued speech, various sign language systems, and augmentative communication devices.

Study of pathologies of the auditory system which may adversely affect auditory and vestibular function.

Physical measurement of noise, study of the spectral analysis techniques, auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on man damage risk criteria, and hearing conservation programs in industry.

Study of the development of human auditory behavior, high risk registries, identification audiometry, the rationale and conduct of behavioral as well as physiological techniques of assessing the auditory function of young children, selection of hearing aids, and appropriate referral resources.

In depth study of theories and philosophies governing the candidacy for amplification, hearing aid fitting strategies, and modifications of hearing aids and earmolds. New circuit technology (adaptive compression, wide-dynamic-range-compression, programmable) will also be reviewed and examined.

Course will present counseling theory, counseling strategies and intervention techniques for audiologists.

May be repeated; maximum credit 15 hours. Practice under supervision with children and adults with wide variety of communication disorders. Practicum experience may include practicum in speech pathology, or practicum in audiology, or practicum in education of the deaf, or any combination of these.

Survey core concepts in formal and applied linguistics, providing historical and current perspectives on social, psychological, and neurobiological aspects of language.

May be repeated with change of content; maximum credit 4 hours. Provides opportunity for independent study through review of the literature in a particular area of interest under a selected professor.

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter; multiple enrollment within same term, maximum credit twelve hours. Provides opportunity for independent study in a particular area of interest under a selected professor.

Course content will include an indepth review of vibration, period, frequency, phase, wave equation, amplitude, RMS, pressure, intensity, decibels, complex sounds, fundamental frequency, audibility thresholds, temporal integration, simultaneous and temporal masking, critical bandwidth, biaural hearing, diffence limens.

Course is designed to provide basic information concerning development of language, speech, and auditory skills in children who are hard of hearing or deaf. Communicaiton and educational options will be presented. Techniques for fitting amplification assistive devices, and criteria for selection of cochlear implants for children will be included.

Prerequisites: CSD 8133, CSD 8233, CSD 8420 (Sections I, II, & III) This course presents concepts regarding the underlying epidemiology, potential mechanisms, and management of individuals with tinnitus, sound sensitivities and related disorders. (Fall) II & III

To provide an in-depth knowledge pertaining to the physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutic measures associated with balance disorders.

Prerequisites: None The course introduces audiology students to the basic principles of pharmacology and ototoxicity. Topics will include medications and chemicals that may cause damage to the ear, basic mechanisms of toxicity relevant to the auditory system, audiologic monitoring and management, and emerging research regarding otoprotective agents. (Fall) II & III

To introduce a nonverbal communiation system to hearing students. the materials presented will be a combination of signed exact english (s.e.e.), signed english and american sign language (asl).

Course will include a study of normal central auditory processing and related disorders. An examination of various auditory tests for central processing, including strengths and weaknesses of the tests will be covered. Assessment and management techniques will be reviewed.

Couse will familiarize students with the design, construction, and operating characteristics of advanced amplification systems. Emphasis will be placed on developing assessment and fitting skills that allow students to appropriately select, program, fit and verify the function of advanced amplification systems.

Prerequisites: None Course will provide basic knowledge in the medical management of individuals with hearing and balance problems essential for cooperative and effective cross professional collaboration and communication. Approved for graduate credit. (Spring)

Course will provide the knowledge and skills needed to develop and manage an autonomous practice in audiology Emphasis will be placed on professional ethics, human resources management, quality control, business and marketing principles and use of computer technology in administrative audiology services.

Study of the manifestations of acquired hearing impairment on human communication, topics include auditory processing, social and psychological adjustment to hearing loss, impact of the aging process, rehabilitation protocols, assistive devices and evaluation techniques.

Ethical, logical, practical and methodological considerations associated with research in speech/language pathology and audiology; basic concepts in data management; critical evaluation of research publicaions.