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Neurological control of communication. Normal expressive processes: The role of respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation and suprasegmental features in speech production; speech production models and phenomena. Normal receptive processes: Anatomy and physiology of the auditory system, reception and processing of sound and speech. Principles of normal development: Description of prenatal development to child development; feeding, listening, cognitive, motor, socio-emotional development, attachment, caregiving patterns and the relevance to communication development. Normal communication development from childhood to adulthood: Speech, language and hearing development; the influence of ageing on the communication process and hearing; communication variation in a multilingual and multicultural society. |
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