The half-recital consists of a public performance of 20-25 minutes of memorized music from representative styles and periods. Repertoire shall be art songs and arias in three representative style periods and languages, including but not limited to Italian, French, English, and German.

The half-recital consists of a public performance of 20-25 minutes of memorized music from representative styles and periods. Repertoire piano music of contrasting styles and different periods and composers.

Sometimes we are not aware of what we are doing or how we are doing it. This course explores the work begun by F.M. Alexander called the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique is a powerful method for bringing about physical and psychological change by teaching how to be more conscious, and how to pause and reconsider before acting. it empowers people to change mental and physical habits and become more authentic as performers, athletes, and communicators. This course gives students the opportunity to study AT privately; it can be taken for variable credit. Restricted to students with junior standing or higher. May be repeated for credit.

This course will provide an overview of children with hearing loss though the education process from birth through age 21 (IDEA Part C - IDEA Part B). Basic introduction to hearing loss, auditory prosthetic devices, hearing assistive technologies (HATS), and classroom acoustics will be provided. An emphasis is placed on educating diverse learners with hearing loss through interprofessional collaboration, parent collaboration, IEP meetings, classroom management, individual or group speech-language pathology therapy, and desired language modality options/outcomes. Prerequisite: 638.

This course will provide an overview of the speech-language pathologists role in counseling patients/clients, students, family members and caregivers. Knowledge competencies in effective information-sharing, and social/multicultural counseling adjustments will be satisfied. Clinical skills competencies in appropriate SLP counseling techniques specific to behavior management, aural habilitation, swallowing, communication and cognitive disorders will be addressed and practiced with clinical simulation exercises.

This course provides opportunities to apply and learn appropriate professional and clinical skills, critical thinking, and clinical decision-making skills while engaged in prevention, identification, evaluation, diagnosis, planning, implementation and/or intervention of communication disorders in medical or private practice settings. Speech-language diagnostic sessions and individual or group therapy sessions will be arranged and supervised by an ASHA certified SLP employed by the off-campus practicum site. These sessions may be provided in person or via telehealth as state or federal regulations allow. This course is designed to meet the requirements of ASHA and CAA skills competencies across the lifespan and total clinical hours requirements. This course is offered every fall, spring, and summer term. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisites: 512, 513, 514.

This course will provide an overview of feeding and swallowing problems that can occur in neonates and infants, including a discussion of risk factors and underlying etiologies. Hands-on simulation practice will be provided in the Viterbo Clinical Simulation Learning Center. Students will learn to identify growth and communication development in premature infants.

This course presents an introduction to the conventional procedures used to perform otoscopy, pure-tone hearing screening, and screening of middle ear function for children and adults. The criteria for initiating medical referrals to primary care, audiology, and/or otology will be provided. Hands-on computer simulation practice along with introduction to the use of actual screening audiometers and tympanometers will be provided. Use of hearing protection devices will be introduced. Issues involving ethics and scope of practice will be addressed.

This course examines stuttering and other disorders of fluency across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on evaluation, intervention, and prevention. Prerequisites: 513, 514, 523.

This course covers the anatomy, physiology, and embryology of the head and neck involved in the onset, development, and maintenance of disorders of the voice as well as structural malformations of the palate and velopharynx in children and adults. Assessment procedures for voice, resonance, and velopharyngeal dysfunction are illustrated with case studies, and no-tech, low-tech, and high-tech approaches. Treatment procedures for voice and resonance disorders are covered in detail. Laryngectomee rehabilitation and surgical voice restoration will be reviewed.