Courses: Communication Disorders

CMD 160
Introduction to Human Communication Disorders
3 credits
CMD 160 surveys identifying characteristics, causes, diagnosis and treatment of hearing disorders and speech-language problems, including stuttering, voice disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, child language disorders, and neurogenic disorders.

CMD 260
Introduction to Phonetics
2 credits
CMD 260 introduces characteristics of American English speech sounds and the International Phonetic Alphabet symbols used to represent them. Normal phonological development is also covered.

CMD 265
Physiological and Biological Acoustics
2 credits
Pre-requisite: College level reading and math skills
CMD 265 introduces the physics of sound as it relates to speech and hearing including the acoustic and physiologic information underlying the chain of events between speakers and listeners. This course includes linguistic organization, the physics of sound, speech production, sound measurement, acoustic characteristics of speech, and speech perception.

CMD 266
Normal Language Development
3 credits
CMD 266 discusses the study of normal speech and language development and their relationship to other aspects of child development and childhood disabilities.

CMD 267
3 credits
Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech and Hearing Mechanism
Prerequisite: CMD 160
CMD 267 is designed to introduce the student to the systems, anatomical and functional, that enable us to speak and hear. This includes the respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, and hearing systems. Within each functional system the nervous, muscular (including ligament and cartilage) and skeletal involvement are discussed.

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