CMDS 561 - Acquired Motor Spec Disorders

Credit(s): 3
3 hours lecture, 3 hours contact
Prerequisite(s): CMDS 510.
This course provides study and review of the neuromotor systems subserving speech production and the disorders that affect it. Diagnosis and treatment of motor speech disorders, with primary emphasis on dysarthria and apraxia are presented. The use of augmentative systems for persons with severe motor speech dysfunction will be included. Several multicultural issues that relate to treatment of clients with motor speech disorders will be explored. Offered spring semester only