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CMSD 4003 Voice and Resonance Disorders

This is an introductory-level course on voice disorders. The content includes an overview of the anatomy and physiology of voice production, theory on vocal function assessment, different vocal pathologies, and procedures for the prevention and intervention of voice problems.

Registration Name

Voice and Resonance Disorders

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

CMSD 2001, CMSD 2002, CMSD 3003

Offered

TBA

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Describe respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation as related to the modulation of the voice.

  2. Describe life span changes, including pediatric development of the vocal mechanism and aging influences on respiration, phonation, resonance, and articulation.

  3. Identify etiologies and describe characteristics of vocal pathologies (e.g., organic, functional, neurological).

  4. Identify high-risk populations (e.g., professionals such as teachers, singers, actors, lawyers, persons with hearing loss) and their specialized evaluation and treatment needs.

  5. Recognize the needs of specific and culturally diverse populations and their assessment and treatment options (e.g., transgender, transsexual, mutational falsetto).

  6. Outline a complete evaluation protocol and clinically appropriate assessment tools.

  7. Identify techniques for preventing voice disorders and promoting vocal wellness (e.g., vocal hygiene, avoiding phonotrauma) in varied clinical, educational, and corporate settings.

  8. Identify evidence-based treatment approaches and outcomes to voice disorders: behavioral, medical (including pharmacological), surgical, and combination strategies.

  9. Outline the anatomical and physiological changes in patients with tracheostomies, and identify procedures for assessing communication needs and speaking value selection.

  10. Outline a clinically appropriate alaryngeal voice assessment protocol, including stimulability, insufflation testing, prosthesis fitting, and modality selection.

  11. Describe evidence-based treatment approaches and supportive outcomes to alaryngeal speech production: behavioral, medical (including pharmacological), surgical, and combination strategies.