82500
Language in Aging and Dementia - 3 Credits

COURSE OFFERING
Fall 2007
Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduate Center  of The City University of New York

82500 Language in Aging and Dementia
Thu 2:00-4:00pm

Instructor: Loraine K. Obler
Loraine.Obler@gmail.com
Office: 7400.08
212-817-8809 (GC)

This class introduces the student to the literature on language in healthy aging, the elderly aphasic and dementia. Topics include: lexicon, laterality, comprehension and discourse, the relationship between language and cognition and the neuropsychological non-language examine the relevant national initiatives. Issues include those supported by current research in applied and basic communication sciences, child development and developmental psychology, as well as current professional issues which impact on the pediatric audiologist.

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