Neuroanatomy of Communication Disorders

Course Code
5103
ECTS Credits
6
Semester
5th Semester
Course Category

Compulsory

Compulsory

Course Description

PREREQUISITE COURSES: Anatomy of Hearing, Speech and Language (1st or 2nd Semester)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the course, students are expected to be able to:

  • Recognize and describe the neuroanatomy of the brain
  • Explain speech and language pathology through damage to specific anatomical structures
  • Explain how neuroplasticity helps repair damage in the brain
  • Combine the neuroanatomical characteristics of brain regions with specialized functions
  • Know and explain how one anatomical structure is functionally connected to another
GENERAL COMPETENCES
  • Critical data analysis
  • Decision making
  • Demonstration of social, professional and ethical responsibility
  • Efficient search, analysis, and synthesis of data and information using the essential technologies
  • Exercise criticism and self-criticism
  • Promotion of free, creative and inductive thinking
SYLLABUS

The aim of the course is to link communication disorders with specific brain damage and neurological diseases. Thus, upon completion of the course, students will be able to know/describe the neuroanatomy of the brain, to link the neuroanatomical characteristics of brain regions with specialized functions, especially those related to communication disorders, to relate neuroanatomical lesions to the symptomatology of language/speech, to explain how neuroplasticity helps to repair brain damage and to recognize some of the modern methods of intervention for diseases of the nervous system.

The course is structured in 13 lessons. Sections:

  • Introduction to the nervous system and cellular structure
  • Brain neuroplasticity
  • Central nervous system and cerebral cortex
  • Ventricular system of the brain and cerebrospinal fluid
  • Vascularization of the central nervous system
  • Brain stem, cranial nerves and nuclei
  • Cerebellar hemispheres
  • Fasciculi and their role in communication disorders
TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS - EVALUATION
Activity Semester workload
Lectures 

39

Independent personal study

60

Assignment or clinical report

51

Course total 

150 hours. (6 ECTS)

 

STUDENT PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

Midterm exam: 30% of the total grade at the middle of the semester 

Final exam: 40% of the total grade at the end of the semester

The exams will include short answers and/or closed-ended (e.g., multiple-choice) questions.

Personal or group assignment or clinical report (30% of the total grade) 

ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books

  • Seikel J. A., Konstantopoulos, K., & Drumwright, D. G. (2020). Νευροανατομία και νευροφυσιολογία στις επιστήμες ομιλίας και ακοής. Αθήνα: Κωνσταντάρας. Code in Eudoxus [133038456]
  • Hansen, J., Rubin, M., & Safdieh, J. (2023). Netter's Κλινική Ανατομία και Νευροανατομία 3η έκδοση. Αθήνα: Broken Hill Publishers Ltd. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [112690958]
  • Seikel, J. A. (2019). Ανατομία και Φυσιολογία Ομιλίας, Λόγου και Ακοής. Αθήνα: Κωνσταντάρας. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο [1330384]

Indicative bibliography for further study

  • Benarroch, E. E., Cutsforth- Gregory, J. K., & Flemming, K. D. (2022). Mayo Clinic Ιατρικές Νευροεπιστήμες. Πάτρα: Γκότσης. Κωδικός στον Εύδοξο: [112705480]
  • Konstantopoulos, K., & Giakoumettis, D. (2023). Neuroimaging in Neurogenic Communication Disorders. Elsevier. eBook ISBN: 9780128242018

Related scientific journals

  • Brain and Language
  • Neurology
COURSE WEBSITE (URL)

https://eclass.uop.gr/courses/SLT171