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SPA 7306: Audiologic Assessment in a Medical Setting (5)
Prereq: open only to students in the distance learning Au.D.
program. Audiologic and medically related aspects of hearing
disorders.
SPA 7318: Clinical Auditory Electrophysiology (5) Prereq: open
only to students in the distance learning Au.D. program.
Understanding clinical auditory physiological measures, including
auditory-evoked and event-related potentials, otoacoustic emissions,
and common clinical protocols applied to auditory disorders.
SPA 7319: Balance Disorders: Evaluation and Treatment (5)
Prereq: open only to students in the distance learning Au.D.
program. Understanding how humans maintain balance, the
contribution of the inner ear to balance, disorders of balance, and
approaches to rehabilitation of these disorders.
SPA 7325: Audiologic Rehabilitation (5) Prereq: open to
students in the distance learning Au.D. program. State-of-the-art
information on current philosophies and practice patterns for
audiologic habilitation and rehabilitation.
SPA 7343: Cochlear Implants and Assistive Devices (5) Prereq:
open only to students in the distance learning Au.D. program.
Fitting practices and future directions.
SPA 7348: Principles of Amplification (5) Prereq: open only to
students in the distance learning Au.D. program. Recent information
regarding amplification systems.
SPA 7353: Environmental Hearing Conservation (5) Prereq:
open only to students in the distance learning Au.D. program.
Recent information regarding the causes of hearing loss, prevention
strategies, and basic mechanisms underlying noise-induced hearing
loss.
SPA 7354: Seminar in Audiology: Hearing Conservation and
Noise Control (3)
SPA 7391: Business and Professional Issues in Audiology (5)
Prereq: open only to students in the distance learning Au.D.
program. Overview of the healthcare system, the place of audiology
in the system, current issues facing the profession, ethics of
audiologic practice, providing reimbursement for services, and
personnel management.
SPA 7415: Neurolinguistics of Adult Language Disorders (3)
Prereq: SPA 6410, LIN 6932, or consent of the instructor. Psychoand
neurolinguistic research on acquired language disorders.
Theoretical models of language representation and implications for
treatment.
SPA 7500: Public School Practicum (1-3; max: 10) Prereq:
majority of preprofessional courses. Experience in partial fulfillment
of department's clinical requirements.
SPA 7523: Practicum in Speech Pathology in a Medical/Dental
Setting (1-6; max: 6) Prereq: SPA 6521, 6524, and consent of
department.
SPA 7540: Diagnosis and Treatment of Language and
Language-Based Literacy Disorders (3) Prereq: graduate-level
reading course. Clinical aspects of intervention for children and