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Voice Disorders

Students will gain an in depth understanding of voice disorders including normal anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, pathology, etiological correlates, and evaluation and management techniques for a wide range of voice disorders including alaryngeal voice.

Cognitive Communication Disorders

This course will allow students to develop basic biological, social, clinical, and theoretical understandings of acquired cognitive- communication disorders. Normal and non-normal social-cognitive development and aging will introduce the content. This course will cover the role of the speech-language pathologist in the assessment and treatment of patient populations with cognitive-communication disorders while reviewing the neuroanatomy of cognition and communication processes.

Professional Issues In Speech Lang Patho

This course addresses professional issues in speech-language pathology as they relate to various employment settings including public school, healthcare, and private practice. Topics will include professional ethics, cultural competence, professional practice documents, service delivery models, billing and coding, job exploration, resumes, interviews, credentialing, legal considerations, and professional advocacy. Content will be in accordance with the American Speech- Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Scope of Practice, Code of Ethics and guidelines for credentialing.

Adult Swallowing Disorders

Designed to prepare graduate students in speech-language pathology to analyze, identify, and manage adult disorders of swallowing. This course includes a review of the anatomy and physiology of normal swallowing; the nature and characteristics of swallowing disorders; methods of evaluation and management/ treatment of swallowing disorders in adults. Consideration is given to medical conditions such as aspiration pneumonia, tracheostomy, and other complicating factors associated with swallowing disorders.

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