Course Schedule

Below are the courses most frequently taught by Jean Krause.

Fall Courses

SPA 3112: Applied Phonetics in Communication Disorders

This course covers the fundamentals of phonetic analysis of normal and disordered speech, including extensive training in transcription and the International Phonetic Alphabet.

SPA 5506: Math and Physics for Speech and Hearing

This course covers fundamental mathematical and statistical concepts underlying the field of Communication Sciences and Disorders as well as application of these concepts to practical and clinical problems.

SPA 5506: Doctoral seminar

This course provides doctoral students with exposure to research issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to interact as peers with members of the department as well as distinguished researchers from other academic, medical, and corporate institutions. Class discussion prior to each presentation focuses on the substance of the research topic to be presented as well as more general topics in research such as structuring and evaluating research presentations and larger bodies of work.

SPA 7931: Digital Signal Processing for Speech and Hearing

This course, developed for individuals without engineering backgrounds, provides students with the opportunity to learn some of the mathematics of digital signal processing as well as to develop some basic programming skills in Matlab. The focus of the course is primarily on audio signals and the processing of audio signals for speech and hearing applications.

Spring Courses

INT 4490: Introduction to Cued Speech

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This course covers the fundamentals of the Cued Speech system, including an overview of how it is typically used with children who are deaf. General discussion of why Cued Speech was developed and an introduction to other manual communication systems and philosophies is included in the course. However, the main emphasis is on building basic expressive Cued Speech skills. In addition, receptive skills are introduced at a beginning level.

SPA 6930: Cued Speech and Its Clinical Application

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This course covers the fundamentals of the Cued Speech system, including an overview of why Cued Speech was developed and how it is used in comparison to other manual communication systems and philosophies. However, the main focus is applying Cued Speech in clinical settings. Common applications of cueing in various settings and relevant research are discussed.

SPA 6930: Speech Perception & Sensorineural Hearing Loss

This course covers three primary topics: 1) the acoustics of speech and theories of speech perception, 2) speech perception in listeners with normal and impaired hearing, and 3) speech audiometry used in clinical assessment of speech perception abilities and central auditory processing.

SPA 5506: Doctoral seminar

This course provides doctoral students with exposure to research issues in Communication Sciences and Disorders. The course is designed to give students the opportunity to interact as peers with members of the department as well as distinguished researchers from other academic, medical, and corporate institutions. Class discussion prior to each presentation focuses on the substance of the research topic to be presented as well as more general topics in research such as structuring and evaluating research presentations and larger bodies of work.

SPA 7812: Research Foundations in Hearing Science

This course introduces doctoral students to fundamental topics in the area of hearing science. Students learn about the research foundations of the field directly from seminal research articles and other primary sources. In addition, current research topics in the field are periodically presented throughout the semester by via seminars.