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SLP 1021 - Phonetics for Speech-Language Pathologists


Credits: 3

This course involves the study of the science of speech sounds as elements of language including acoustic, articulatory, and physiologic characteristics. A description of the vowels of English in terms of their tongue height, tongue advancement, tenseness, and rounding are discussed. A review of the consonants of English in terms of their place, manner, and voice characteristics occur. Pupils describe common errors and error patterns in phonetic terms using several different approaches and transcribe speech samples with multiple sound errors using the symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet (i.e., broad phonetic transcription).

Prerequisite/Corequisite: SLP 1011  
Additional Info: This course description was updated on 12/7/2023.
Previous SLP* 121