Objectives of Programme's Learning Outcomes

• Understand the theoretical and methodological fundamentals in psychology, educational sciences and language sciences to analyse a particular situation involving speech therapy
• Identify and explain the concepts, principles, and models of basic theoretical approaches in psychology, educational sciences and language sciences and their applications
• Identify and describe the biological, medical and socio-cultural foundations of human behaviour
• Explain and illustrate, with examples, human functioning, particularly in its pathological dimensions
• Describe the main methodological approaches (goals, methods, techniques and tools) to understand and explain the functioning of individuals and groups
• Grow personally and professionally
• Develop their scientific curiosity and open-mindedness
• Understand the various means available for documentation, to promote self-learning and lifelong learning

Learning Outcomes of UE

This course is extremely important for the future professional in logopedics, working as vocologist/speech therapist:
A perfect knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of phonation and swallowing processes of the normal subject is a pre-requisite, in  order to understand the pathological conditions and to develop correct  strategies of logopedic treatments

UE Content: description and pedagogical relevance

This course describes and explains

1 The anatomy of the different organs, structures and systems allowing phonation and swallowing process: anatomy of the larynx, the pharynx, the oral cavity, and the respiratory system, aswell as anatomy of the neurological control.
2 Physiology of phonation: physiology of the laryngeal vibration, of the resonantial process, and respiratory adaptation to vocal emission
3 Specificities of speaking voice and of singing voice
4 Vocal evolution with age
5 methods of laryngeal examination and vocal evaluation
6 physiology of swallowing 

Prior Experience

Notions of biology, mathematics and physics are necessary