Department of Communication
Disorders and Sciences
CD 485 Computer Applications in Communication Disorders
SUMER 2010
(On Campus Section)
Instructor:
Edward Hall, Ph.D.
Office:
Monterey
Hall, Room 331
Address:
Department
of Communication Disorders & Sciences
18111
Nordhoff Street
Northridge,
CA 91330-8279
Telephone: 818.677.2823
Email: ehall@csun.edu
Office
Hours: Wednesday
: 12:30 to 3:15 p.m.
Monday
& Wednesday, 4:00 PM to 8:30 PM, Monterey Hall, Room 341; for 3 units.
I.
Course
Description: This course provides an overview of computers from the perspective
of how they interrelate and function to meet the needs of the Speech
Pathologist/Audiologist engaged in the rehabilitation of individuals with
communication handicaps. Special attention will be given to computer search
strategies for Library Access and Research; to a description of the Modalities
of Augmentative and Alternative communication for severely dysarthric, apraxic,
aphasic, autistic, hearing impaired, and cognitively impaired clients; and to
the rudiments of computer program development to facilitate teaching and
therapy. This includes discussions, demonstrations and research into the use of
general computers as well as those that are dedicated to performing a
particular communicative function.
Knowledge
and Skills Analysis (KASA) for Department Majors
For
majors in speech-language pathology, this course contributes to:
Standard
III-C. The Nature of Disorders:
( Social Aspects of Communication (Etiologies and
Characteristics)
(Communication Modalities (Etiologies and
Characteristics)
Standard III-D. Prevention, Assessment and
Treatment Methodology:
(Social Aspects of Communication (Prevention)
( Communication Modalities: Assessment and
Intervention)
For
majors in Audiology, this course contributes to:
Standard
IV-E. Treatment of Individuals with auditory, balance and related communication
Disorders:
(E8.Recommend, dispense and service prosthetic
and assistive devices
II. Student
Learning Outcomes (SLO); and Sources:
A. To be able to use a
computer for library research.
1. ACCESSING
THE LIBRARY DATABASE ONLINE
2. IDENTIFYING
THE APPROPRIATE DATABASES FOR BOOKS
3. IDENTIFYING
THE APPROPRIATE DATABASES SUCH AS JOURNAL ARTICLES THROUGH EBSCOHOST &
OTHERS
B. To be able to name
and describe a range of different types of augmentative and/or assistive
communication devices; and the modalities and issues involved in their use.
1. Recognizing the role of AAC
and Communication
2. Describing the role of AAC
and Modalities
3. Giving a brief Introduction
to AAC Devices
4. Describing the role of Assistive
Technology in Communication
5. Listing and describing the Issues in AAC
Device Selection
6. Listing and describing the Issues in AAC
Device Implementation
7. Describing Non
Computer AAC Devices ææand their role in Communication
8. Describing Personal
Computers as AAC Devices ææand their role in Communication
9. Listing and describing AAC
Device Accessories
10. Listing and describing AAC
Device Software
11. Listing and describing Issues and use
of AAC
Dedicated Devices
12. Listing AAC
Device Resources
C. To be able to
analyze the effectiveness of commercial rehabilitative programs in speech
and/or language rehabilitation.
1. Evaluating
a Computer Teaching Program
D. To be able to develop
a rehabilitative program for speech and/or language therapy.
1. Developing
a Computer Teaching Program
E. To be able to
describe the concepts behind Interactive Video for speech/language
rehabilitation.
1. Incorporating Interactive
Video Êin the development of therapy programs
F. To be able to describe and to run a voice
input program designed for speech/language rehabilitation.
1. Incorporating Voice
Input Systems Êin the development of therapy programs
III. Course Requirements and; Grading Bases
A. Term Paper
on augmentative/assistive communication devices (approximately ten pages or
3000 words). The topic can be as general or as specific as you
prefer. It can focus on or include considerations of non technical
strategies (like PECS) and/or high tech devices like computers. THE PAPER MUST
HAVE AT
LEAST ONE REFERNCE IN APA FORMAT AT THE END. THIS REFERENCE MUST HAVE AT
LEAST ONE ARTICLE OR BOOK REFERENCE WHICH IS NOT BE AN INTERNET SITE. Full Text
Articles or books obtained from the internet are, however, permissible. The paper is to be included as part of
the Class Notebook [item 7] described below) -- 25% of grade. Please note that a hard copy
printout of the paper is not necessary, as it will be submitted in electronic format along
with the Class Notebook.
B. Class Notebook
(an Electronic Portfolio) -- 50% of grade. This will be submitted
electronically on a CD or DVD. It should include the following sections (files):
1. A computer
generated ID picture with first and last name. You can use a digital camera or a
scanner. If you have access to
neither tell the instructor and he will make arrangements. This picture may include besides yourself
spouses, friends, pets, and family members, but please be sure to label
yourself because family members (and in our house, pets) often resemble each
other. Some students have included
an array of individual body parts (only those acceptable in church please) as a
sample test or exercise of visual closure. But in such cases it is necessary to
remember to include the blended answer (i.e., the total picture) somewhere in
the portfolio.
2. TWO computer
programs developed through Power Point or Hyper Studio . Both will have a three card minimum.
The first Program will be designed to teach a cognitive, language, speech, or
pragmatic concept. This program should have pictures, interactive links,
feedback, and sound. The second
Program will be a Speech Generating Device (SGD). It will also have a minimum of three cards, pictures, links
and Speech Sounds.
3. A one to two page
report on Steven Hawking describing his communication problem and the solutions
that were applied. Please note that a report on any professional conference
(eg., the AAC Technologies, including handouts etc.) can be substituted for
this assignment.
4. A Library Search
report (i.e., a computer generated bibliography) on the topic of
Augmentative and/or Assistive Devices for Communicatively Handicapped individuals.
This list will include the following references:
a. Please obtain FOUR (4)
references for Books
on the Topic of Augmentative/Alternative Devices (or similar subject
headings)...one from each of the sources listed below. The format of the references
should be APA (American Psychology Association).
b. Please obtain TEN (10)
references from journals on the Topic of AAC...selected from the list of databases
provided below. The references should be in APA (American Psychology
Association) format.
c. ONE of the Ten
references in (b) above should be a FULL TEXT article. Please include this article
in its entirety in your electronic portfolio.
You might want to
keep in mind that one of your other Herculean tasks, mentioned above, is to
write a paper on Augmentative and/or Alternative and/or Assistive Devices for
the communicatively disabled individual. Hence, you might find some useful
references here that you could use for that project too. I should tell you that the list of journals
provided below could BE MODIFIED as we progress into the semester. If
you have already started or completed the work, however, the old list will
still be valid-- STAY TUNED!
DATABASES FOR
REFERENCESEARCH
a. FOUR (4) Book references...one from each
those listed below:
1. CSUN ONLINE
CATALOG
2. CSU CATALOG
3. WorldCat
4. GOOGLE BOOK
SEARCH
b. TEN (10) journal article references in APA format to be selected from
those listed below. One must be a FULL TEXT article and should be included in
its entirety in the electronic portfolio:
1. PubMed
2. Eric (CSA)
3. CINAHL Plus with
full Text (EBSCO)
4. Linguistics and
Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA)
5. PsycINFO (EBSCO)
6. Academic Search
Elite (EBSCO)
7. Wilson OmniFile
Full Text Mega
8. INSPEC (Engineering
Village)
9. Cochrane Library
(Wiley)
10. Health Reference
Center (Gale)
11. ScienceDirect
(Elsevier)
12. MEDLINE (ISI)
13. Communication &
Mass Media (EBSCO)
14. Wiley Interscience
15. Education Full Text
(Wilson)
16. Communication
Disorders Multi Search
(In your report, please be sure to include
for each reference, the name of the database above that you used to find the
Journal and the article.)
5. Review, analysis
& report on ONE commercial computer rehabilitative program. This program does not have to be directly
linked with Communication Disorders.
Any computer program that TEACHES something will do. There is a check-off list for this
evaluation provided under the link for this goal above.
6.TWENTY-QUESTIONS Twice and Then
Some: The first 20 multiple choice questions will be generated from
the Class
Electronic Textbook: TWO will be made up from the Introduction, and SIX from each of
the three Sections of the Class Text. The questions will all be in a multiple
choice format with five options (a thru e), with the one intended answer
indicated by an * or some other means.
And the second 20 multiple choice questions
will be generated from the Class Lectures—TWO QUESTIONS FOR EACH LECTURE starting with
the first lecture. It may be noted
here that there are around 14 classes in the semester, which if anyone computes
using a Chinese abacus comes out to be 28 questions. But Dr. Hall does not know how to use an abacus so he will
look for 20 questions for this second 20 Question assignment. Hence, it may be possible to include
only ONE question for some classes.
Be sure, however, that all the classes covered with at least one
question.
The Then Some part involves a written statement of
ONE FACT that was presented in each class section. This is the one assignment that will be submitted in hard
copy (i.e., it will not be included in the electronic Portfolio) AT THE END OF
EACH CLASS (i.e. not halfway through).
Be sure to include along with the one fact, your name and the date.
7. Four Electronic
Tests on the Electronic Class Textbook.
A Completion Certificate verifying successful completion of the 4
Tests, one each at the end of the Introduction and each of the three Sections
of the Class Text. (These certificates will be generated by the
electronic Text after the successful completion of each Test and can be printed
by using the Print Screen Key on a PC or the Grab Program on a MAC. and copied
to a Word Processor file which can be included in the electronic Portfolio.
8. Term Paper of approximately
ten pages (3000 words) on augmentative/assistive communication devices as
described above. (see
"A" above)
C. CLASS
ATTENDANCE (for the ENTIRE (!!!) class period) is a BIG issue in
this class. Although some sessions will be painfully boring because I am
teaching them, there is some important background information that ASHA wants
you to have learned. In addition, ON THOSE DAYS THAT WE HAVE GUEST SPEAKERS IT
IS EVEN A BIGGER ISSUE!!! Many of these speakers have come from a far distance
after a full days work (viz., San Diego or Lancaster etc.) and it is a pathetic
if not catastrophic reflection on us, if by the end of our class, the only
people left are me, (the instructor), the presenter(s) and two or three
(A-Level) students!!! Any student, however, male or female, who just happens to
be pregnant and has been in labor for an hour or more will be excused for the last half of the class. Please keep in mind that more than
three absences without a valid excuse will rule out the possibility of
receiving a final course grade of A regardless of the other grading
factors. Five absences will rule
out the possibility of receiving a final course grade of B.
D. Final Exam
(online): This Final Exam is not so final since it can be taken
whenever you want. You can even retake it as often as you have the
patience to do. I will keep your highest score so you have nothing to
lose but the quality of life and your sanity. You can even look at
the exam as often as you wish simply by going to the URL and then using the
Back Arrow on the Browser to leave the test. You can even Print out the Exam right at the start and use
it as a study guide. You can even
discuss the Test and possible answers with your fellow student. In this class this is called COLABORATIVE
LEARNING. But be forewarned that
in every other lass in Communication Disorders it is called CHEATING. So be
aware of whose class you are in.
The following is the URL for the Final Exam:
CD 485
Final Exam (can be taken again,
and again and again etc.)
V. Class Text
A. Required: The Class
Text--WHEN THE TALKING STOPS--IT'S TIME FOR ACTION - Assistive
Communication Technology: Issues, Options and Needs, Nordhoff Orange Press:
CSUN, 2007--Price $150 for the limited Hard Copy edition (with an autographed picture of the author on
each page) available through Dr. Hall.
B. Required: A Text Tutorial
on Developing Therapy Programs Using Power Point --THE POINT OF POWER THERAPY : A
--Price $70 (No pictures of the Author Available).
C. SPECIAL PACKAGE
DEAL for CSUN CD 485: Students in this class only may Purchase both Texts
together for a single Price of only $269.00
D. (Warning this
Addendum may self erase after you read it)...for those very few students who feel they
can function without these Texts with hard covers and the autographed picture
of the author and his family on each page, both Texts are available in electronic
format to be copied for FREE from Dr. Hall. Just bring two CD's or a memory
stick before or during class. As a consolation for not being able to get
the autographed hard cover Text with the authors photo on each page, there is
in this free electronic version of the Text (if you can find it) a complete 20 picture history
taken from the TV Series, You Call this a Life, portraying Dr. Hall’s life from childhood to
senescence (i.e., Senior Professor), describing through vivid and somewhat
candid photos how he became what he is today. Be forewarned, however, that some of these pictures may be
graphic and can result in nausea and intestinal discomfort).
VI. Class
Schedule CD 485, Spring 2010 (This will be modified as the semester progresses
due to the changing schedules of AAC Vendors and other Guest Speakers)
May 26th -- Introduction to Computer
Applications in Communication Disorders & Sciences--an Overview of the
Course and Class Projects, plus an overview of the SLP in the Public School System.
Speaking Permitted
June 2nd -- Dynavox
with Maggie Mahoney (Company Representative and Rick Hohn (Company spokesman
and Dynavox user) Speaking
Permitted during presentation only.
June 7th -- Library Research
(Overview with Marcia Henry, CD Research Librarian). THE CLASS WILL BE HELD
AGAIN IN THE Oviatt
Library, Computer Lab C from 4 until 5:pm.
Then the class will resume in Monterey Hall from 6 to 8:30 to discuss
The Modalities of Communication. Computer Program Evaluation, and Program
Development using Power Point & Board Maker No Speaking Permitted after the Library session
June 9th -- Issues in AAC Library Research via
Computer Access to books and articles (Marcia Henry, CD Research Librarian).
THE CLASS WILL BE HELD IN THE Oviatt Library, Computer Lab C from 4 to 8 p.m. Speaking Permitted
June 14th -- AAC:
Communication via the Modalities continued. NO Speaking Permitted
June 16th -- Prentke Romich AAC
with Julie Packer Rep. Speaking
Permitted during presentation only
June 21st -- Lingraphica AAC
for Aphasia, and Discussions on AAC NO Speaking Permitted after the
presentation
June 23rd – Class Lecture. NO Speaking
Permitted
June 28th -- Class Lecture. NO Speaking
Permitted
June 30th – Words +
and Dynamic Therapy Solutions. Speaking Permitted during presentation only.
June 31st -- Dr. Hall will
demonstrate, while blind folded, the technique of re-assembling (in the time it
takes the elevator to descend from the third to the first floor in Monterey
Hall!) a PC or MAC laptop computer (volunteered by a CD 485 student) after it
is dropped down an elevator shaft by a theoretically disoriented and/or crazed
Professor on furlough. The demonstration will be held in Monterey Hall on the
floor of the Elevator
Shaft (Please use the stairs during this demonstration.) Speaking
Permitted
(Please note that circumstances both
within and beyond human and/or cyber control may and hopefully will result in
variations in the above schedule.)
Special
Needs
Requests
for accommodation in test taking or other special needs must be made to the
instructor by the second class meeting (or during the first week of the
session, for on-line students). Students who are authorized the assistance of
sign language interpretation or who are receiving real time captioning, are
permitted preferential seating in class (if this becomes applicable).
Academic
Honesty
Every
member of the academic community at California State University Northridge
is expected to act with honesty and trustworthiness. In this course and all
other, acts of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation, or other forms of
dishonesty are not tolerated. Student academic dishonesty will result in
penalties ranging from a failing grade on an assignment or examination, to a
failing grade in the course, to referral to the Office of Student Affairs for a
determination of suspension or dismissal from the University, as described in
the University Catalog. Of course
in this class you can forget about most of this since I want you all to work
together. Plagiarism, of course,
will be frowned upon
The URL for this Class Outline is:
http://www.csun.edu/~vcoao0el/cd485outln.html
Computer
Update for Jewish Students
A company
in Israel has developed a kosher computer, called a DELLSHALOM.
If you or a friend are considering a kosher computer, you should
know that there were some important upgrades and changes from what you may be
used to, such as:
* The cursor moves from right to left.
* It comes with two hard drives, one for
fleyshedik business software and one for milchedik games.
* Instead of getting a "General
Protection Fault" error, your PC now gets "Ferklempt."
* The Chanukah screen savers include
"Flying Dreidels".
* The PC also shuts down automatically at
sundown on Friday evenings.
* After the computer dies, you have to
dispose of it within 24 hours.
* The "Start" button has been
replaced with a "Let's go! I'm not getting any younger!" button.
* When disconnecting external devices from
the back of your PC, you are instructed to "Remove the cable from the PC
'stuchus".
* The multimedia player has been renamed to
"Nu, so play my music already!"
* Internet Explorer has a spinning
"Star of David" in the upper right corner.
* You hear "Hava Nagila" during
startup.
* Microsoft Office now includes "A
little byte of this, and a little byte of that."
* When running "scandisk," it
prompts with a "You want I should fix this?" message.
* When your PC is working too hard, you
occasionally hear a loud "Oy Gevalt!"
* There is a
"monitor cleaning solution "from Manischewitz that advertises that it
gets rid of the "schmutz unddrek" on your monitor.
* After 20 minutes of no activity, my PC
goes "Schloffen."
* Computer viruses can now be cured with
some matzoball chicken soup.
* The Y2K problem has been replaced by
"Year5760-5761" issues.
* If you decide not
to shut down the computer in the prescribed manner the following message
appears "You should be ashamed of yourself"
* When Spellcheck finds and error it prompts
"Is this the best you can do?"
And so it goes...
Computer
Update for NON Jewish Students
From
a Dr.Seuss Computer Manual
Here's an easy game
to play.
Here's an easy
thing to say.
If a packet hits a
pocket on a socket on a port
And the bus is
interrupted as a very last resort,
And the address of
the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
Then the socket
pocket has an error to report!
If your cursor
finds a menu item followed by a dash,
And the
double-clicking icons puts your window in the trash,
And your data is
corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash
Then your
situation's hopeless, and your system's gonna crash!
You can't say this?
What a shame sir!
We'll find you
Another game sir.
If the label on the
cable on the table at your house,
Says the network is
connected to the button on your mouse,
But your packets
want to tunnel on another protocol,
That's repeatedly
rejected by the printer down the hall,
And your screen is
all distorted by the side effects of gauss
So your icons in
the window are as wavy as a sosuse,
Then you may as
well reboot and go out with a bang,
'Cause as sure as
I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!
When the copy of
your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
And the microcode
instructions cause unnecessary risk,
Then you have to
flash your memory and you'll want to RAM your ROM,
Quickly turn the
computer off and be sure to tell your mom!
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Thank you for your patience
and have a nice Semester, or in the case of most CD Students, at least try to
survive it!!!