Voice Disorders/Head and Neck Anomalies

Catalog description

In this course, you will review the laryngeal and respiratory anatomy and physiology necessary for normal voice production. The course will further introduce you to the etiology of different voice disorders of structural, neurological, and psychogenic origin, including phonotraumatic behaviors. We will discuss the assessment and differential diagnosis of these voice disorders and you will have an opportunity to synthesize this knowledge by researching treatment protocols that adequately meet the needs of clients with different voice disorders. Restricted to: C DS,C D majors. By the time of graduation, all SPHS courses need to be passed with a B or better. May be repeated up to 6 credits.