SP ED 5530 - Teaching Speech and Listening Using Auditory Verbal Strategies

This course emphasizes the development auditory skills and speech in children who are deaf or hard of hearing with particular attention to the use of Auditory Verbal Strategies. Students will learn to analyze speech samples. They will gain knowledge in various aspects of phonetics and utilize IPA. Students will identify stages of phonetic and phonologic speech development and develop a speech program with appropriate goals and objectives. Students will also evaluate the functional auditory level of children with hearing loss, identify and describe the hierarchy of listening development, and develop an auditory skills program with appropriate goals and objectives. Students will identify and practice teaching strategies in audition and speech development with attention to the use of cochlear implants and the development of spoken communication. Field hours required.