Linguistics and Acoustics in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Catalog description

This is an introductory course on basic assumptions, methods and concepts of studying linguistics and acoustics, both as applied sciences to communication disorders. In the linguistics component the nature, structure and use of language will be examined, as well as the application of linguistic theories to speech and language clinical intervention. The acoustics component examines the relationship of sound to the human hearing, as well as, to speech production, including the and the acoustic consequences of articulatory movements. The course addresses perceptual phenomena of normal hearing supported by reviews of methods and principles of psychophysical measurement of hearing theory. The acoustic and linguistic characteristics of several Spanish language di alects, as well as, of American English, are discussed. This is a hybrid course.