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Readings, lectures, and discussion focus on the acoustics, physiology, and aerodynamics of speech production and perception. Students are introduced to appropriate laboratory equipment for measurement of speech production and perception. Emphasis also is on how the speech pathologist can apply this information to the diagnosis and treatment of communication disorders. I Acquaints the student with the theoretical and diagnostic implications of the basic audiological evaluation, including discussion of pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry, immittance testing, and masking. Science A comprehensive investigation of auditory phenomenology as expressed in modern auditory theory that acquaints the student with recent research findings concerning physiological, anatomical, and psychophysical aspects of audition.