Aims

To supplement the the first level practical exercises by tackling less frequent pathologies and by presenting detailed analysis of individual cases.

Main themes

Oro-facial sphere
- orthodontics and dyslalias
- tubal reeducation
- rhinophonia

Disorders of language development
- delayed development of speech
- delayed development of language
- dysphasias
- child stuttering
- stutterings - clutterings
- theoretical frames for orthophonic therapies

Content and teaching methods

Presentation of less frequent oral language pathologies and/or pathologies with a complex diagnosis.
Presentation of detailed individual cases, including the developmental history of the case, the language anamnesis, the language examination, the steps of diagnosis, how to formulate a therapeutical hypothesis, the choice of the intervention method and the assessment of the intervention efficacy .
A part of the course will also be devoted to the analysis of spontaneous productions and to the use of theses analyses in diagnostic and therapeutical aims.
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Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Tests of oral language - oro-facial anatomy
Anatomy of the ear
Psycholinguistics
Presentation of cases and discussions with related bibliographical references.

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