HEARING AND AUDITORY REHABILITATION FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY PRACTICE

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Declared in Communication Sciences & Disorders MS Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Summer 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how sound is produced and define properties of sound Audience: Graduate 2. Name and describe internal and external structures and functions of the ear. Audience: Graduate 3. Define the types of hearing loss and their effects across the lifespan. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain audiologist’s reports and create reports for audiologists to share the patient’s advancement in auditory and linguistic skills. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of contemporary styles of hearing aids as well as cochlear implants. Audience: Graduate 6. Compare and contrast communication modes and approaches for facilitating oral language development in deaf children. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe Assistive Listening Devices Audience: Graduate 8. Design auditory, speech, and language lesson plans for children with hearing loss based on data gathered from assessments. Audience: Graduate 9. Develop active listening and counseling skills when treating families of children with hearing loss. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe how sound is produced and define properties of sound Audience: Graduate 2. Name and describe internal and external structures and functions of the ear. Audience: Graduate 3. Define the types of hearing loss and their effects across the lifespan. Audience: Graduate 4. Explain audiologist’s reports and create reports for audiologists to share the patient’s advancement in auditory and linguistic skills. Audience: Graduate 5. Explain characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of contemporary styles of hearing aids as well as cochlear implants. Audience: Graduate 6. Compare and contrast communication modes and approaches for facilitating oral language development in deaf children. Audience: Graduate 7. Describe Assistive Listening Devices Audience: Graduate 8. Design auditory, speech, and language lesson plans for children with hearing loss based on data gathered from assessments. Audience: Graduate 9. Develop active listening and counseling skills when treating families of children with hearing loss. Audience: Graduate