Neurology RHS-344

This course is planned for advanced undergraduate students in the Speech Language Pathology/Audiology program.  Course content serves as an introduction to neuroscience as it relates to speech, language, and hearing.  The focus of this course is on the role of the central nervous system in different aspects of human communication. The study of brain anatomy and physiology is approached from the perspective of how neurological systems support speech, language, and hearing and how breakdowns in these systems disrupt aspects of communication.

Learning Goals

• Students will identify and describe how the human brain is structured from the cellular to systems levels.
• Students will identify and describe how regions of the brain support different communication functions.
• Students will describe how communication can be differentially disrupted with damage or abnormal development of the related brain systems.