Communication Disorders
Department of Communication Sciences



Communication Disorders

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Speech Language Pathology

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Speech and Hearing Clinic

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Graduate Course Offerings

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CDIS 300 Investigation of Special Topics Credits by arrangement
  This course is one of the independent study in which periodic conferences with the instructor are required.
CDIS 319 Practicum Research Credits by arrangement
   
CDIS 335 Stuttering: Theory and Research 3 credits
   
CDIS 336 Clinical Practicum in Speech Disorders 3 credits
   
CDIS 337 Clinical Practicum in Hearing 3 credits
   
CDIS 342 Aphasia 3 credits
  The differential diagnosis of acquired neurogenic communication disorders as well as research, theory, and efficacy of language interventions for aphasia in adults.
CDIS 343 Cognitive-Communicative Disorders 3 credits
  Cognitive-communicative disorders in adults secondary to right hemisphere damage, traumatic brain injury, and dementia. Emphasis on differential diagnosis and theories and research pertaining to clinical management including efficacy of interventions.
CDIS 344 Pediatric Rehabilitative Audiology 3 credits
  Auditory-based components of managing hearing loss in children; the role of the family and cultural environment in service delivery.
CDIS 345 Motor Speech Disorders 3 credits
  The effects of acquired and developmental neuropathology on speech. Emphasis on differential diagnosis and clinical management.
CDIS 346 Dysphagia 3 credits
  Dysphagia secondary to neurologic impairments, cancer, and degenerative disease. Anatomy and physiology of normal and disordered swallowing, evaluation including instrumental assessment techniques, and multidisciplinary management.
CDIS 348 Language Assessment 3 credits
  The nature and assessment of delayed and deviant language behavior in children.
CDIS 349 Language Management 3 credits
  The management of language disordered children.
CDIS 351 Amplification of Residual Hearing I 3 credits
  Introduction to hearing aids and assessment of the personal amplification needs of hearing-impaired individuals.
CDIS 353 Articulation Disorders 3 credits
   
CDIS 354 Physiological and Psychological Acoustics 3 credits
  Detailed analysis of auditory phenomena and their underlying physiological and psychological mechanism.
CDIS 356 Audiological Assessment 3 credits
  Advanced audiological diagnostic procedures, including theory and tests for recruitment, retrocochlear lesions, and tests and signs of functional hearing loss. Practice in specialized tests is required.
CDIS 357 Organic Disorders of Communication 3 credits
  Research and theory pertaining to speech and language disorders resulting from congenital structural anomalies.
CDIS 358 Diagnostic Principles in Speech Pathology 3 credits
 

 

CDIS 359 Voice Disorders 3 credits
 

 

CDIS 360 Laboratory Instrumentation 3 credits
 

Presentation of basic concepts necessary for the application of electronic instrumentation to the study of speech and hearing. Description, analysis, and application of electronic and electro-acoustical instrumentation employed in communication science research.

CDIS 361 Advanced Speech Science I 3 credits
 

Generation, transmission, detection, and analysis of the speech signal. Special attention is given the myology of speech production and the physiological correlates of the acoustic output. Theoretical models of speech production are examined in light of recent empirical findings. Biomedical and other research techniques are employed in the laboratory setting to investigate the speech communication processes.

CDIS 362 Advanced Speech Science II 3 credits
 

A continuation of Communication Sciences 361.

CDIS 363 Seminar in Speech Pathology Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 364 Seminar in Audiology Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 365 Seminar in Speech Science Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 366 Seminar in Hearing Science Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 367 Topics in Hearing and Speech Science Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 368 Topics in Speech Pathology Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 369 Topics in Audiology Credits by arrangement
 

 

CDIS 370 Seminar in Psycholinguistics 3 credits
 

Reports and discussion of current research on a selected topic each semester.

CDIS 372 Central Auditory Disorders 3 credits
 

Assessment of auditory processing in adults and children. Effects of processing problems on communication and a discussion of management techniques. Electrophysiological measurement techniques are stressed.

CDIS 373 Pediatric Audiology 3 credits
 

Physiological and perceptual maturation of the auditory system from gestation through two years of age. Assessment of children's hearing, including difficult to test children, public school and neonatal screening.

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