Chapter 3

Question 1

speech science

Answer 1

a study of speech, its anatomical and physiological bases, the formation and production of speech sounds and the perception and understanding of speech.

Question 2

language science

Answer 2

the study of the larger, more abstract, and organized system of verbal or nonverbal means of communication.

Question 3

hearing science

Answer 3

the study of hearing, its anatomy and physiology, its perception and understanding and its relation to communication.

Question 4

Twin professions in communicative disorders include

Answer 4

speech language pathology and audiology

Question 5

speech language pathology

Answer 5

is the scientific profession concerned with the disorders of human verbal and nonverbal communication, their assessment, and their treatment

Question 6

speech language pathologist

Answer 6

is a specialist in the study of speech and language disorders of speech and language and the assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders

Question 7

Certificate of Clinical competence in speech language pathology

Answer 7

issued by the American Speech Language Hearing Association

Question 8

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act

Answer 8

These laws require that children with disabilities, including infants and toddlers and their families receive appropriate special educational services.

Question 9

Americans with Disabilities Act

Answer 9

mandates reasonable access to public buildings ad restrooms and assistance to deaf people with interpreters and special telecommunication devices.

Question 10

Individualized Education Program includes

Answer 10

child’s current communicative behaviors
target behaviors to be established
treatment procedures to be used
tentative duration in which this will be accomplished
specify how the effects of the treatment program will be evaluated

Question 11

aphasia

Answer 11

a sudden loss of language due to recent brain damage

Question 12

audiology

Answer 12

is the profession concerned with disorders of hearing and the rehabilitation of individuals with hearing impairment

Question 13

audiologist

Answer 13

is a specialist in the study of hearing and hearing disorders, the assessment of hearing loss, and the rehabilitation of people with hearing impairment.

Question 14

lipreading

Answer 14

understanding speech by watching the movement of the mouth