PUV01MS26HKI Causes of speech impairment: diseases and disorders (5cr)
Code: PUV0105A19H-3006
General information
- Enrollment
- 07.01.2026 - 03.05.2026
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 01.08.2026 - 31.12.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 5 cr
- Local portion
- 3 cr
- Virtual portion
- 2 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Blended learning
- Unit
- Tulkkaustutkinnot, kielet, viestintä and development of education
- Campus
- Helsinki
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 0 - 50
- Degree programmes
- BA in Humanities, Interpreting in Sign Language and Alternative and Augmentative Communication
- Teachers
- Tiia Oldenburg
- Course
- PUV0105A19H
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Evaluation scale
0-5
Objective
Students will be able to
- identify common diseases and disorders that cause speech impairments
- understand the effects of diseases and disorders on communication
- understand the individuality of clients
- recognise the interpreter’s role and the underpinnings of ethical decision-making in augmentative and alternative communication
- identify different types of living environments of speech-impaired clients
Content
- physical, developmental and brain disorders, developmental language disorders, neurological disorders, trauma-related disorders, autism spectrum, stroke
- expressive language clients, supportive language clients, alternative language clients
- clients’ cognitive skills, touch, eye contact
- assistance, ethical code of conduct
- stakeholders, work environments, rehabilitation, multidisciplinary teams
Qualifications
Opintojen suorittaminen edellyttää laajaa viittomien sanavarastoa ja vahvaa tulkkauksen perusteiden hallintaa. Lisäksi opiskelijan tulee tuntea puhevammaisuuden eri tyypit ja syntymekanismit sekä keskeisimpien eri asiakasryhmien käyttämien kommunikaatiomenetelmien perusteet ennen kelpoisuuskokonaisuuden aloittamista.