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Swallowing and Voice (AUDI90028)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
Overview
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This unit adopts a socio-cultural framework, to explore the physiology, assessment, diagnosis and management of voice and swallowing problems across the lifespan. Across the lifespan, individuals may experience problems with ingesting food and liquid and with voice production. Individuals with these problems often present to speech pathology. This subject will provide a broad overview of the systems that underpin voice production and swallowing. This will focus on the anatomy and physiology (to compliment material taught in Year 1, Semester 1) of vocal mechanism and the swallowing mechanism, where breakdown occurs and evidence based intervention strategies. This unit places the patient at the centre of the discipline with a focus on vocal function, voice disorders and treatments, swallowing function, disorders and treatments and the psychosocial components of both.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject students should show:
- understanding of the structure and function of the following human body systems: respiration, larynx/voice production, and swallowing;
- understanding of the range and type of swallowing and voice disorders;
- understanding of the range of treatment options, and be able to plan and implement treatment options for swallowing and voice disorders;
- understanding in assessment tools e.g., voice, video and digital recordings; and
- understanding referral pathways to professionals with additional expertise.
Generic skills
On completion of this subject students should show:
- an ability to evaluate and synthesise information in a flexible manner
- a capacity to articulate their knowledge in both oral and written formats
Last updated: 3 November 2022