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Graduate Catalog: Section 6.6CD 518 Externship in Speech-Language Pathology. One to six hours.Forty hours a week of clinical practice in setting. Application of theory, knowledge and skills in an intense externalpracticum site.CD 520 Special Topics in Communicative Disorders. One to three hours.Graduate students will enroll in special topics one or more times depending upon offerings and student programinterests. Topics will vary annually to reflect students' needs for educational experiences within the professionappropriate at the time.CD 551 Phonological Development, Assessment, and Intervention. Three hours.Advanced study of normal phonological/articulation development. Presentation and discussion of theories, practices,differential diagnosis, and intervention of disorders of articulation/phonology.CD 552 Neurology I. Three hours.Basic neuroanatomy of the normal human cortex and what happens when impacted by disease or trauma.CD 553 Neurology II. Three hours.Advanced study of the nature, assessment, and treatment of language and cognitive disorders associated withacquired brain injury, such as stroke, TBI, and dementia.CD 554 Fluency Disorders. Three hours.The study of the nature, assessment, and treatment of stuttering. Emphasis on understanding the different onset anddevelopmental theories and different approaches to treatment.CD 555 Voice Disorders. Three hours.Advanced study of the physiological, acoustical, and psychological factors underlying voice disorders, methods ofrehabilitation, and problems in research.CD 556 Acquired Motor Speech Disorders: Adults. Three hours.Advanced study of the nature, assessment, and treatment of acquired speech disorders including dysarthria andapraxia.CD 557 Language Diagnosis and Intervention: Special Populations. Three hours.Theories, practices, and methods of differential diagnosis and intervention for language and phonology inmulticultural, behaviorally disordered, severely multi-handicapped, mentally retarded, and learning disabledpopulations.CD 558 Dialect Reduction. One to three hours.Study of diagnostic and therapeutic methods of reduction of dialect in persons where English is not their firstlanguage and where dialect interferes with intelligibility.CD 559 Instrumentation for Speech and Voice Analysis. One to three hours.Theory and practice of speech and voice analysis techniques which may include laryngeal imaging, acoustic analysis,aerodynamics analysis, and interpretation of spectrograms.CD 575 Dysphagia in Children. One to three hours.Advanced study of the nature, assessment, and treatment of swallowing disorders in children. Special populations(tracheostomized, ventilator) will be included.CD 576 Dysphagia in Adults. Three hours.Advanced study of the nature, assessment, and treatment of swallowing disorders in adults. Special populations(tracheostomized, ventilator-dependent) will be included.CD 597 Case Studies in Speech-Language Pathology. One hour.Multidimensional case studies are presented for discussion and case management. Strategies for successfulcompletion of comprehensive and PRAXIS exams are discussed.CD 598 Research Not Related to Thesis. One to six hours.Planning, executing, and evaluating research. For students following Plan II.CD 599 Thesis Research. One to six hours.All aspects of the thesis, from selecting a problem to writing the results and conclusions.THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA GRADUATE CATALOG:: TABLE OF CONTENTSThe Graduate School | UA Catalogs | Graduate Publications | Contact Update: July, 2009http://graduate.ua.edu/catalog/15600.html