Provides advanced study in hearing assessment and management of children across the age span. Topics include epidemiological, medical, audiological, developmental, and habilitative aspects of normal and impaired hearing in children. Recommended requisite, undergraduate background in SLHS. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides advanced study in the neural bases of hearing. Includes theoretical foundations and clinical assessment of neurological functioning in auditory systems with both normal and impaired function. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SLHS 6544 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Discusses theoretical and clinical issues regarding the design, fitting, and evaluation of amplification technology for individuals with hearing loss. Includes the use of behavioral, psychological, electroacoustic, and physiological (real ear) measures in the selection and evaluation of digital and analog hearing aid technology. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Theories and processes of the communication of individuals with hearing loss from the school age to adult population. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores counseling theories and techniques followingthe diagnosis of a disability across the life span. Considers issues related to grieving and mourning, parenting, disability, cultural customs, attachment, and relationships. Covers professional ethics and ethical responsibilities. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides an in-depth understanding and first-hand knowledge of different racial, ethnic and religious communities, which is necessary to develop and refine multicultural clinical competence. Incorporates scholarly readings and experiential learning in multicultural settings and fosters participants' qualitative research skills. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides an investigation of the impact of hearing loss on adults. Psycho-social aspects, communication challenges, assessment and intervention for adult hearing disorders including presbycusis, tinnitus, vestiular disorders, auditory central processing disorders and sudden hearing loss. Recommended prereqs., SLHS 7814 and SLHS 7540. Requisites: Requires a prerequisite course of SLHS 6544 (minimum grade D-). Restricted to graduate students only.
Gives an off-campus experience in a clinical or hospital setting that provides in-depth practice in management of communication disorders of children and adults. May be repeated up to 10 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides an off-campus supervised experience providing extended and in-depth practice involving school-age children in a school classroom. May be repeated up to 10 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides students with full time off campus experience in an educational audiology facility offering in-depth and advanced procedures for identification, evaluation and management of hearing loss in adults and children. May be repeated up to 21 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides students with full time off campus experience in a medical audiology facility offering in-depth and advanced procedures for identification, evaluation and management of hearing loss in adults and children. May be repeated up to 21 total credit hours. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Offers an advanced seminar in research designs for human behavior: efficacy, ethnographic, single-subject, quasi-experimental, and experimental designs. Designed to familiarize students with terminologies and research designs frequently used in speech-language-hearing areas. Recommended prereq., basic statistics.
Focuses on the business aspects of managing an audiology practice. Addresses developing a business plan, contracting for services, legal issues, financial reporting, budgeting, pricing, billing and reimbursement, regulatory issues, marketing, personnel management, risk abatement, and business ethics. Recommended requisite, good standing in the SLHS graduate program or instructor consent will be required. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides an individualized project for AUD, completed prior to initiation of final clinical year. May be in the form of research-based investigation, an evidence-based position paper, a clinical protocol based on peer-reviewed literature, a grant proposal, or another format approved by AUD committee. Project requires approved proposal by AUD committee andfocused study supervised by capstone advisor. Requisites: Restricted to Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Discusses current developments in epidemiology, pathogenesis, and symptomatology of hearing loss. Investigates the genetic bases of hearing loss and deafness. Incorporates clinical decision theory in assessment and intervention. Explores cross-disciplinary topics from genetics, radiology, pharmacology, pathology, and otology. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Focuses on application of routine audiological practices such as screening, assessment, rehabilitation, and instrumentation to children in educational settings. Emphasizes federal education regulations and pertinent case law. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Emphasizes current research on physiology of the vestibular system, including both structure and function. Considers the etiology of both peripheraland central pathologies of the vestibular system. Discusses ways to assess function of the vestibular system as well as theoretical and practical considerations of vestibular rehabilitation. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Discusses effects of noise and other damaging agents on the physiology of the auditory system. Highlights principles of hearing conversation programs. Focuses on prevention, identification, and management of occupational hearing loss and current legislation as it pertains to occupational safety and hazards. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Introduces students to the basic concepts of electroacoustic transduction, and demonstrates the application of these concepts to the measurement and calibration of audiometric instrumentation. Students will become familiar with standard measurement equipment including multimeters, oscilloscopes, and sound level meters; and will become familiar with calibration standards for instruments including the audiometer, tympanometer, and electrophysiological amplifiers. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines technological aspects and clinical applications of implantable prostheses such as cochlear implants, brainstem implants, hybrid cochlear implants, Baha devices and middle ear implants. Topics will include: history of implantable devices, anatomy and histopathology of the inner ear, speech processing in implants, mapping devices, candidacy criteria, behavioral and electrophysiologic techniques for assessment and outcomes in implanted children and adults. Recommended requisite, good standing in the SLHS graduate program or instructor consent will be required. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Provides in-depth study of current research literature and its implications for clinical practice regardingdevelopment of communication processes in the firstsix years of life and impact of hearing loss. Investigates development of language, auditory perception, speech production, social-emotional abilities, and cognition. Requisites: Restricted to Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) or Audiology (AUDD) graduate students only.
Discusses advanced issues in the design and fitting of hearing aid technology, including advanced signal processing, outcomes assessment, evidence-based practice and specialized fitting protocols for pediatric and geriatric populations. Current research is integrated with clinical cased studies to guide the development of evidence-based practice in hearing aid fittings. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Reading of interdisciplinary innovative theories and methodologies of cognitive science. Students participate in the ICS Distinguished Speakers series that hosts internationally recognized cognitive scientists who share and discuss their current research. Session discussions include analysis of leading edge and controversial new approaches in cognitive science. Same as LING 7775, CSCI 7772, EDUC 7775, PSYC 7775, and PHIL 7810. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
