Note: Students must provide their own transportation in those courses
requiring off-campus clinical instruction or observation and defray any
resulting personal expense. Students involved with clinical practice must
carry professional liability insurance and meet departmental health requirements.
50. Introduction to Speech Correction (3) (Same as A Ed 150)
Problems of speech correction in education; classification of speech defects,
common types, causes and therapeutic procedures; development of normal speech
in the child; speech correction in public schools; role of classroom teacher
in speech correction program.
151. Phonetics of American English (3)
Perceptual and physiological characteristics of speech sounds of American
English; application of phonetics to the study of normal and aberrant speech
patterns and to American regional dialects. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
152. Evaluation of Speech and Hearing Disorders (3)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 150, 151. Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures applicable
to a broad spectrum of speech and hearing problems; tests and methodologies
utilized in speech correction. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
153. Stuttering (3)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 150, 152 or permission of instructor. Theories and
therapies; psychological and educational concepts of stuttering; parent-child
relationships. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
154. Speech Pathology (3)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 152. Causation and therapy procedures for organic
speech disorders, including cleft palate, cerebral palsy, aphasia, voice
disorders.
155. Clinical Practice in Speech and Hearing Therapy (2; max total
6)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 152, permission of instructor. Supervised clinical
practice in speech and hearing therapy with a variety of speech and hearing
problems; diagnosis of speech deficiencies, procedures of referral to other
agencies, parent counseling; case records. (6 hours arranged)
156. Voice Science (2)
Prerequisite: Sp Corr 150. Anatomical structures utilized in speech sound
production; acoustical properties of sound with respect to pitch, loudness,
duration and quality; processes of respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation,
including structures involved in each and acoustical modifications that
may be effected.
160. Audiometry and Hearing Conservation (3) (Same as H Ed 160)
Fundamentals of acoustics; methods of testing auditory acuity; educational
aspects of deafness; medical aspects and remedial follow-up for acoustically
handicapped children. (3 lecture-lab and arranged hours)
161. Lip Reading and Auditory Training (2) (Same as Ed 161)
Basic principles of establishing communication by observation of visible
aspects of speech; methods of teaching lip reading to the acoustically handicapped;
recognition and discrimination of speech sounds and speech skills.
200 series. Graduate courses are listed under Speech.