Speech Development and Assessment in LSL Intervention

Listening & Spoken Language

Introductory

Self-Study

10hr 5min

Continuing Education

10.00 AG Bell CEUs
1.00 ASHA CEUs

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Course Outline

Course Overview

It is amazing that most children learn to speak so easily and naturally. With early identification of hearing loss and fitting of appropriate hearing technology, children with hearing loss today can develop spoken language on par with their hearing peers. In fact, many children do not require direct speech intervention at all. Children with hearing loss who do not have access to all the sounds of speech even periodically may exhibit atypical speech development. This is the time when parents and professionals will need a knowledge of speech development and speech acoustics, and the skills to assess specific errors and determine a solution. In this course we will examine the features of speech and how this fundamental human ability develops from babbling to clear articulation. You will understand how inadequate access to all the sounds of speech can disrupt natural speech acquisition and how to examine the features of speech and their auditory and other sensory correlates. All these aspects will be considered when we determine how to facilitate speech both developmentally and remedially for children with hearing loss.

Course Timeline

30 Days

Primary Audience

LSL Professionals

Key Outcomes

Classify segmental and nonsegmental aspects of speech and their acoustic correlates based on phonetics.
Identify the stages of babbling and sequence of development of normal speech production and communication abilities.
Explain the potential impact of inadequate access to speech for children with hearing loss on the development of speech abilities and the relationship to speech acoustics.
Identify the role of sensory strategies for the facilitation of speech both developmentally and remedially.

Course Outline

Basic Phonetics
2h 27m
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Learning Content
1h
- Anatomy and Speech Mechanisms of Speech | 14m 2s
- Introduction & Nonsegmentals | 6m 6s
- Segmentals – Vowels | 12m 31s
- IPA | 3m 31s
- Segmentals – Consonants | 12m 32s
- The Rainbow Audiogram | 6m 30s
- Create a DIY Rainbow Audiogram (Optional) | 1m
- Resources | 1m
Live Session Recording
1h 30m
Normal Speech Development
2h 28m
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Learning Content
1h
- Typical Speech Development | 27m 56s
- Auditory Access – Impact on Speech Development | 25m 40s
- Babbling, Nonsegmentals, and Speech Development | 1m
Live Session Recording
1h 30m
Speech Development - Impact of Hearing Loss
2h 21m
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Learning Content
50m
- Speech Error Patterns Related to Hearing Loss | 48m 28s
- Voice Characteristics | 1m
Live Session Recording
1h 30m
Speech Teaching - Sensory Correlates
2h 44m
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Learning Content
1h
- Speech Teaching Strategies: Introduction | 22m 40s
- Speech Teaching Strategies: Principles of Spoken Language Development | 19m 05s
- Speech Teaching Strategies: Sensory Modalities | 7m 12s
- Speech Teaching: Ling | 18m 34s
Live Session Recording
1h 36m

Featuring

Sylvia Rotfleisch
M.Sc.A, LSLS Cert. AVT.
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Sylvia Rotfleisch is an Auditory-Verbal therapist and audiologist with over thirty years of experience who is currently in private practice in the Los Angeles area. She trained at McGill University with Dr. Daniel Ling and has worked at the Montreal Oral School for the Deaf, the House Ear Institute and has been a consultant for many other schools and programs. Sylvia has taught at the teacher training program at the USC, John Tracy Clinic teacher training program and California Lutheran University.

Financial Disclosures: Sylvia is self employed in her own private practice, Hear To Talk. She also has received compensation from Hearing First to teach this course.

Non-financial Disclosures: She has no non-financial disclosures at this time.

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