Chapter 9- SSD's in Children

Question 0

What is the largest group of children on a SLP’s caseload?

Answer 0

Children with SSD

Question 1

What is a speech sound disorder?

Answer 1

An impairment of an individual’s sound system that results in a significant problem with speech sound production

Question 2

T/F Speech sound disorders affect slightly more boys than girls

Answer 2

True

Question 3

40% of SSD cases are associated with what?

Answer 3

Recurrent middle-ear infections/developmental motor speech disorders/other development disorders

Question 4

Racial and ethnic minorities will increase to ?% of the total population of the US by 2015?

Answer 4

30%

Question 5

Clinicians need knowledge of what three aspects of speech variations?

Answer 5

1. The nature of dialects and foreign accents
2. The speech characteristics of dialects and foreign accents
3. The standards in a child’s speech community

Question 6

What is a resource that could help an SLP with a child who speaks another language with a SSD?

Answer 6

A cultural informant or broker

Question 7

What are two variations of one phoneme called?

Answer 7

Allophones

Question 8

To be considered a phoneme a speech sound must able to do what?

Answer 8

Signal a contrast in meaning between two words of a language

Question 9

What is an example of a phoneme?

Answer 9

/p/ or /b/

Question 10

What is coarticulation?

Answer 10

The way sounds overlap during articulation

Question 11

Assimilation is?

Answer 11

the way the features of one sound take on the features of neighboring sounds

Question 12

Place of production refers to what?

Answer 12

WHERE in the vocal tract the sound is produced

Question 13

Which sounds are produced with both lips?

Answer 13

Bilabial

Question 14

Which sounds are produced with the upper teeth and lower lip?

Answer 14

Labiodental

Question 15

Which sounds are produced with the tongue between the teeth?

Answer 15

Linguadental

Question 16

Which sounds are produced with tounge-tip elevation at the alveolar ridge?

Answer 16

Alveolar

Question 17

Which sounds are produced in the region of the hard palate?

Answer 17

Palatal

Question 18

Which sounds are produced in the region of the soft palate?

Answer 18

Velar

Question 19

Which sounds are produced at the level of the glottis?

Answer 19

Glottal

Question 20

What does manner of production describe?

Answer 20

HOW a sound is produced

Question 21

What is a stop?

Answer 21

A sound that is produced with a complete obstruction of the vocal

Question 22

What is a fricative?

Answer 22

A sound that is produced with constriction or partial constriction of the vocal tract

Question 23

What is an affricate?

Answer 23

A sound that is produced with a brief obstruction of the vocal tract

Question 24

What is a nasal sound?

Answer 24

One that is produced with the velopharyngeal port open which allows for nasal resonance

Question 25

What is a liquid sound?

Answer 25

one that is produced with a relatively open vocal tract that is only somewhat more restricted than for vowel production

Question 26

What is a glide?

Answer 26

A sound that is produced with a gliding movement of the tongue

Question 27

Voiceless sounds are produced with or without vocal fold vibration?

Answer 27

WITHOUT

Question 28

Voiced sounds are produced with or without vocal fold vibration?

Answer 28

WITH

Question 29

Vowels are characterized by what 4 articulatory features?

Answer 29

1. Tongue height 2. Tongue advancement 3. Roundness 4. Tension

Question 30

What are the two categories of functional SSDs?

Answer 30

Articulatory and phonological

Question 31

What is a quick and easy way to identify whether a child has a speech delay that will need a more in-depth assessment?

Answer 31

Screening

Question 32

What is a comprehensive assessment of a child's speech?

Answer 32

Diagnostic Speech Assessment

Question 33

What is the small fold of the mucous membrane under the tongue that anchors it to the floor of the mouth?

Answer 33

Lingual frenum

Question 34

What describes the sounds and syllable structures a sound produces regardless of accuracy relative to the adult target?

Answer 34

Independent analysis

Question 35

What are phonotactic patterns?

Answer 35

The syllable structure and distribution of sounds in the child's language