Chapter 7: Resonance Disorders & VPD

Question 1

Pressure-sensitive phonemes

Answer 1

Plosives, fricatives and affricates

Question 2

Resonance

Answer 2

Modification of phonated sound through selective enhancement of certain formant frequencies as opposed to others

Question 3

Glottis

Answer 3

Space between vocal folds

Question 4

Types of resonance disorders

Answer 4

Hypernasality
Hyponasality
Cul-de-Sac Resonance
Mixed Resonance

Question 5

What is the most common treatment needed for resonance disorders?

Answer 5

Medical or surgical intervention (caused by structural anomalies)

Question 6

Obligatory distortions

Answer 6

Articulation placement is normal but the abnormality of the structure or physiology causes distortion of speech

Question 7

Compensatory errors

Answer 7

Misarticulations that occur in response to abnormal structure

Question 8

Dysphonia

Answer 8

Breathiness, hoarseness, low intensity and/or glottal fry during phonation

Question 9

VPD

Answer 9

VP valve does not close consistently and completely during the production of oral sounds

Question 10

Causes of VPD

Answer 10

history of cleft palate
submucous cleft
deep pharynx
adenoid atrophy 
irregular adenoids
hypertrophic tonsils
adenoidectomy
tonsillectomy
maxillary advancement