Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Course Redesign for Increased Student Engagement

The course is an introductory course in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and provides an overview of the anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism, including how the respiratory system, vocal folds, and orofacial structures interact to produce speech. The course redesign will ideally provide students with foundational problem-solving and critical thinking skills to apply scientific knowledge to determine how breakdowns in the speech mechanism will lead to predictable speech difficulties. The redesign is focused on using leveraging technologies and pedagogical strategies to increase student engagement and greater class time for applied, real-world case studies and problems through the use of clickers, flipping the classroom, and supplemental instruction.