SLP 5345 - Motor Speech and Cognitive-Communication Disorders

Hours: 3

The first half of this course examines motor speech disorders with a focus on etiology, characteristics, differential diagnosis, and intervention. The second half focuses on cognitive-communication disorders across the lifespan, including traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere syndrome, and dementia. There is an emphasis on the neural bases, etiology, characteristics, prognosis, recovery, differential diagnosis, and treatment of these disorders. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SLP 5220, SLP 5230, SLP 5235, SLP 5222