Orientation to Communication Disorders. Acquaints students with professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. Provides students with opportunity to complete University Studies Orientation requirement. Introduces information regarding basics of speech and hearing. Discusses disorders of speech and hearing by defining the problem, etiology or theories of cause, classifications and controversies, evaluation techniques and therapies to correct the disorder.
Studies sounds of American speech from the standpoint of linguistic expression.
Use of the International Phonetic Alphabet in transcribing normal and deviant speech. Studies structures and functions involved in respiration, phonation, articulation and resonance. Introduction to Speech Disorders. Examines nature and causes of speech disorders in children and adults, as well as principles of speech assessment and remediation. For non-speech pathology majors, such as audiology, education, psychology and family and consumer sciences majors.