SLHS 4704 - Audiological Evaluation
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Fall 2021
Studies basic principles and techniques of hearing evaluation, including pure-tone, speech, immittance, and advanced audiometry; hearing conservation in hospital, school, and industrial settings; and identification and evaluation of auditory pathologies. Required projects in screening and pure-tone audiometry.
SLHS 6554 - Auditory Processes: Child Assessment
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Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Spring 2025
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 prerequisite: undergraduate background in SLHS.
SLHS 6650 - Counseling and Multicultural Issues in SLHS
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Spring 2024
Explores counseling theories and techniques following the diagnosis of a communication disorder across the life span. Considers issues related to grieving and mourning, parenting, disability, cultural customs, attachment, and relationships. Covers professional ethics and ethical responsibilities.
SLHS 7450 - Audiology Capstone Project
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Spring 2025
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.
SLHS 7530 - Auditory Processes: Theory and Application in the School Environment
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Fall 2023 / Fall 2025
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.
SLHS 7640 - Communication Processes and Hearing Loss: Birth through Six
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2024
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.
