Permission of instructor Phonetic is the study of the perception and production of speech sounds. Informational phonetics includes skills needed to assess and plan treatment for persons with communicative disorders. Perceptual phonetics includes training in the skill of perceptual discriminations. This course provides lecture and laboratory experiences for the purpose of training the student to become competent in clinical phonetics.
Students acquire discrimination skills in scoring response, and linguistic complexity.
PHYS 121 Study of principal concepts and procedures appropriate to the study of physiologic and acoustic aspects of voice and speech. Permission of instructor Provides a structured transition from the first observations of speech, language and hearing disorders to the initial clinical practicum. Video-taped observations covering evaluation and treatment of the basic disorder areas of language, phonology, articulation, voice, fluency, and hearing across the life span are used. A preliminary examination of the mechanisms underlying normal speech production and reception. Course introduces students to professional responsibilities including licensure, certification, clinical training requirements and academic requirements expected of the ethical, qualified service provider.