Introduction to hearing aid and cochlear implant components/characteristics, speech reading, the psychosocial effects, communication impairments, and remediation options for hearing loss across the life span.

Covers basic information on the physics of sound, acoustics, basic hearing science, the acoustic analysis of speech, and speech perception. It also introduces the physics, anatomy and physiology of respiration, phonation, and swallowing. Prerequisite: 311.

Provides an introduction to cognitive neuroscience associated with speech and language, including structure and functioning of the central nervous system, research methods in neuroscience, and theories and models of speech-language production, perception, and learning.

Neruo-typical speech and language development across the life span. Prerequisite: 111

Provides a basic understanding of the recognition and production of spoken English sounds with analysis of their formation, phonetic transcription of speech, phonetic aspects of dialect variation. Prerequisite: 111

This course provides study of structure and function of the respiratory, phonatory, auditory, articulatory, and nervous systems and their contribution to speech, language, and hearing. Prerequisite: 111

Students observe and/or job shadow, clinical practice across a variety of communication disorders and ages in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: 111.

Provides a comprehensive introduction to communication sciences and disorders to the introductory-level student. Students gain basic knowledge in the areas of anatomy and physiology of speech and hearing, and an overview of the various disorders that affect voice, fluency, articulation, language, cognition, swallowing, and hearing across the lifespan.

A sustainable servant led culture can be studied, analyzed, and created through the study of artifacts, the stories, and the ritual celebrations of the organization or community. Servant leaders are ritual leaders in their organizations.

Experiential Learning: Internship (12 Credits) Non-classroom experiences in the field of business. Placements are generally off-campus, and may be full-or part-time, and with or without pay. Credit for experiences must be sought prior to occurrence, and learning contracts must be submitted before the end of the first week of the semester. A maximum of 15 credits of 287/487 can be used to meet graduation requirements. See the experiential learning: internship section of this catalog for details. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit. Graded CR/NC.