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HOMEPAGE FOR MOTOR SPEECH DISORDERS 
CODI 555
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Motor Speech Disorders is a graduate level course involving the study of speech disorders resulting from central and/or peripheral nervous system damage.  The focus of the course is on the acquired disorders of dysarthria and apraxia of speech.  Students should have a thorough understanding of the neurological substrates of speech prior to enrolling in this course (CODI 419 or the equivilent).  Students completing the course will be able to identify the pathologic neuromuscular conditions associated with the various motor speech disorders as well as the associated speech symptoms and design a treatment program that addresses the specific deficits of an individual patient or patient group. 

This course is considered an elective course for students in the Master's program and is recommended for students with a primary interest in working with adult populations.  There is some overlap in basic information with the course in developmental motor speech disorders but the focus of this course is on working with patients with acquired rather than developmental speech disorders.

The objectives for the course are not limited to but do include the following student outcomes. At the end of the learning experience, the student should be able to:

  1. discuss the mechanisms for central and peripheral control of the muscles associated with speech production
  2. discriminate among various types of motor speech disorders and relate each site of lesion within the hierarchy of motor organization
  3.  identify various pathologic neuromuscular conditions associated with dysarthria
  4. discuss appropriate diagnostic procedures for determining presence and severity of motor speech involvement in the communicatively disordered client.
  5. develop competency in administering selected standardized and nonstandardized protocols for the evaluation of motor speech disorders
  6. develop competency in the use of physiological and acoustic instrumentation in the diagnosis and management of motor speech disorders
  7. describe and evaluate various treatment options for the management of motor speech disorders.
Using the links to the left, students may obtain a copy of the syllabus and topic outline for the course,  Lecture notes and class assignments will  be posted on the blackboard site for this class.    Links are also provided to selected internet sites of interest.



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