Study of the bases for normal and disordered phonological development from birth through age twelve. Study of procedures for assessment and treatment of children with phonological disorders including the development of individualized remediation plans for expediting intelligibility gains. Course will include information regarding second language acquisition and oral and written language as these relate to phonological systems. Admission to the Communication Disorders graduate program or the Rehabilitation Sciences Ph.D. program or consent of the instructor. Primary emphasis is given to the acquired disorders of aphasia, traumatic brain injury, dementia, and right hemisphere dysfunction.
Primary emphasis is given to dysarthria, apraxia of speech, and dysphagia.
The course includes aphasia, as well as adult communication disorders associated with dementia, agnosia, right hemisphere injury, traumatic brain injury, and schizophrenia. Assessment and management of speech deficits attributable to developmental neuromuscular disorders. Admission to the Communication Disorders graduate program or the Rehabilitation Sciences Ph.D. program or consent of the instructor. May be repeated to a maximum of 12 credits.