A study of general phonetics principles; articulatory, acoustic and linguistic aspects of the sound systems of standard and nonstandard dialects of American English; introduction to the application of phonetics to disordered sound systems.

Study of physics of sound, anatomy and physiology of the ear, and measurement of perception of sound. Brief survey of causes of hearing impairment and habilitation procedures.

Study of speech and language development in relation to normal learning and growth processes; brief introduction to second language acquisition.

Prerequisite: Completion of the lower-division writing requirement. Study of oral language development in children and the bases for speech and language problems. Provides lay person awareness of the various dimensions of speech and language development; the milestones observable within the normal developmental sequence; and the identification, consequences and management of speech and language disorders. (Not open to Communicative Disorders majors.) (Available for General Education, Applied Arts and Sciences.)

Structure and function of neuromuscular systems used in respiration, phonation, resonation, and articulation; fundamentals of sound production and transmission applied to speech.

Prerequisite: RN degree and candidacy for the Health Service Credential (School Nurse). Anatomy and physiology of the auditory system. Disorders of hearing in children. Use of hearing test equipment and calibration procedures. Theory and practice in hearing measurement, both screening and threshold. Theory and practice in tympanometry. Design of a school hearing conservation. Indications for medical and audiological referral. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisite: CD 345. Study of basic battery of audiologic tests, including equipment calibration procedures, pure tone and speech audiometry, clinical masking, and the study of school and industrial identification audiometry and hearing conservation. Familiarization with basic audiologic equipment, calibration, and test procedures.

Prerequisite: CD 345. Theory and methods of habilitation of hearing-impaired adults and children, including assessment of hearing handicap, habilitation management, speech-reading, and amplification with individual and group hearing aids.

Prerequisites: CD 360, 442. Study of the etiology, characteristics, clinic assessment, and therapeutic management of voice and fluency disorders in children and adults. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisites: CD 340, 360, and 442. Examination of theories of normal and disordered acquisition of phonology and articulatory production as well as basic phonologic assessment methods and treatment planning. Both functional and structural disorders are emphasized, including cleft lip and palate and related craniofacial syndromes. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisites: CD 360. Examination of the nature of language disorders; methods of assessment of all aspects of language; current theories and practices in language intervention. Lower division writing requirement and regular written assignments required.

Prerequisites: CD 340, 345, 360, 442, 451, 462, 469A and 469O. Supervised clinical experience in the diagnosis of and therapy for speech and hearing handicapped children, academic study of specific speech problems. Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisites: Admission to Clinical Privileges (Clinical Phase). Basic concepts of standardized and nonstandardized evaluation procedures for children and adults with mild to moderate communicative disorders. Theory and application of clinical writing including the case history and the assessment report.

Prerequisites: CD496A, 4690. Practicum in the evaluation of individuals with communicative disorders. Three hours of laboratory per week.

Observation of the evaluation and management of speech, language and hearing disorders. 25 hours of pre-therapy observation. Instruction in case management fundamentals. To be taken concurrently with 469A. Three hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisites: CD 340 and 360. A review of issues in education; methods and techniques employed by the public school Language, Speech and Hearing Specialist; the role of the Specialist; study of the State Codes pertaining to the speech and hearing-handicapped child; review of the organization of national and state professional groups in terms of their functions, goals, codes of ethics, and certification requirements.

Prerequisite: CD 445. Study of auditory tests for lesions in the peripheral and central auditory system, including impedance audiometry and test batteries using pure tone and speech stimuli; and tests for pseudohypoacusis.

Prerequisites: CD 445, 446, 496A and 469O. Application of audiometric theory in the audiological laboratory, giving the student experience in the clinic routine of assessing auditory function and preparing and implementing a program of rehabilitation. Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisite: CD 465. This course provides the advanced communicative disorders student with behavioral data, current concepts, and effective diagnostic and therapeutic procedures utilized in the rehabilitative process for the severe oral-language handicapped/aphasic child in the classroom.

Prerequisites: CD 340, 360, 462. Advanced study of speech and language disorders, assessment procedures, and intervention management of developmentally-delayed children from birth to five years.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into Clinical Phase of Department. Study of basic computer concepts and applications of microcomputers in the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, including diagnostic and rehabilitative procedures, statistical and research applications, recordkeeping, and word processing. Review of contemporary microcomputer hardware and software. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisite: One year of appropriate courses in Communicative Disorders. Experimental courses in Communicative Disorders with course content to be determined.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. Advanced study of interviewing and counseling strategies and techniques associated with diagnostic and therapeutic practice in speech-language pathology and audiology. Professional responsibilities for ethical practices. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Study of applied research methods and instrumentation in the field of communication disorders, including literature search techniques, research design, statistical tests, laboratory instrumentation and calibration, and report preparation. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and CD 360, 462. Survey of current psycholinguistic research developments and their relation to specific areas of communication disorders.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course is concerned with the structural components and organization of the central and peripheral nervous systems and their conduction pathways and functions, with specific emphasis on those structures that subserve normal speech, language and hearing processes. Regular writing assignments will be required.

Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisite: Graduate status. Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisite: CD 475. Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisite: Graduate status. Six hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CD 558. This course examines the neurobehavioral correlates of the acquired disorders of aphasia and related cortical disturbances, apraxias, dysarthria, right brain lesions, and introduces the student to assessment instruments and treatment approaches. Special neuromotor impairment in the child with cerebral palsy are also considered as these relate to communication diagnosis and management. Regular writing assignments will be required.

Prerequisites: CDS 450 or equivalent and graduate standing or permission of instructor. This course examines advanced theoretical, diagnostic and treatment issues in hyperfunctional/organic/psychogenic voice disorders, typical/atypical stuttering, and phonoligical/articulation disorders. In addition, multicultural issues including dialect differences will be presented. Regular written assignments will be required.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing within the Department of Communicative Disorders or consent of instructor and CD 552. Advanced study of research relating to normal language development and to language disorders. Investigation of psychological and sociological influences on language.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing, CD 558, CD659, CD660. This course examines the diagnosis and treatment of acquired dysphagia in adult neurogenic populations. In addition, the course examines neurobehavioral correlates, diagnosis and treatment in traumatically brain-injured, right-hemisphere damaged and dementia populations. Characteristics of speech, language, cognitive and swallowing changes associated with normal aging are also examined.

Prerequisites: Graduate standing and CDS 465, 566, 567, 469B or equivalent, 552, 558, 659, and 661. Advanced diagnosis and evaluation of children and adults with complex disorders of speech and/or language and/or cognition. Clinical experience in taking a history, constructing a test battery, administering norm-referenced tests, performing informal assessment procedures, interpreting formal and informal results, making a differential diagnosis, writing reports and conducting feedback sessions with clients, parents, and/or caregivers.

Prerequisite: Graduate standing and CD 471, 558 (may be concurrent with CD 558). Advanced study of the measurement and interpretation of electrophysiology of the peripheral and central audio-vestibular system and related sensory functions, including electrocochleography, brainstem evoked response audiometry, electroencephalography, brain-mapping, posture platformography, electronystagmography, acoustic immittance audiometry, and other tests. Note: 670A must be taken before 670B.

Prerequisites: CD 445, 446. Study of hearing aids for children and adults, including electronic components, electroacoustic assessment procedures, coupling methods and acoustics, evaluation and fitting procedures, acoustic environmental effects, counseling, and dispensing policies and regulations.

Prerequisites: CD 465, 566 and 567. Supervised clinical experience in diagnostic and therapeutic procedures with speech and hearing handicapped children and adults in hospitals and community health service centers. Staff conferences with medical and allied health personnel in relation to speech and language pathologies. For Credit/No Credit Only.

Prerequisites: CD 445, 446. Advanced study of the causation, assessment, and management of auditory disorders in infants and children.

Prerequisite: CD 445. The study of etiology, incidence, clinical signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and medical and audiologic management of diseases and disorders affecting the peripheral and central audio-vestibular system.

Prerequisite: Completion of all courses required in the program.

Prerequisites for the following courses: Available to persons holding graduate degrees in Communicative Disorders or closely related fields with the consent of the instructor. Also available to classified graduate students in the Communicative Disorders Master of Science program at CSUN with the consent of the instructor. These courses may not be applied to the Master of Science program.

Advanced study of clinical and instrumental assessment of structural and neurogenic craniofacial speech and hearing disorders; audio and videotape speech analyses; reading and evaluating scientific and professional literature.

Advanced study of the theories and practices underlying behavioral and instrumental remediation of craniofacial communicative disorders; reading and evaluating scientific and professional literature.

This course covers research, advanced instrumentation, and interpretation of evoked potentials and other electro-physiologic techniques used in the assessment of neural mechanisms involved in speech, language and hearing processes.