Child's World of Perception

Question 1

Causes of Mental Retardation

Answer 1

Injury
Disease
Infection
Chromosomal abnormality

Question 2

Causes of Hearing Impairment

Answer 2

Middle Ear Infection
Down’s Syndrom
Chromosomal Abnormalities

Question 3

(Type of Cerebral Palsy)
Involves problems controlling movement and maintaining posture.

Answer 3

Extrapyramidal

Question 4

Causes of blindness

Answer 4

Trauma
Infection
Tumors
Prenatal Viral Infection
Eye malformation

Question 5

A condition that makes a person have an intellectual functioning that is more than two standard deviations below the norm.

Answer 5

Mental Retardation

Question 6

Explain Unilateral Hearing loss

Answer 6

Only involves one of the ears.

Question 7

What other disability is Visual Impairment associated?

Answer 7

Cerebral Palsy or Mental Retardation

Question 8

Refers to various disorders of movement and posture that are due to damage/abnormality of the immature brain.

Answer 8

Cerebral Palsy

Question 9

Diagnosed when a child’s speech, verbal expressions, and understanding of language are significantly less well developed for his age.

Answer 9

Language Problem

Question 10

(Type of hearing loss)
Resulting from damage to external or middle ear.

Answer 10

Conductive

Question 11

(Type of hearing loss)
Results from malfunctioning of the cochlea or auditory nerve.

Answer 11

Sensorineural

Question 12

Thought to be neurochemical disorder that interfere with attention.

Answer 12

Attention Deficit-Disorder or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Question 13

Three types of Hearing Loss

Answer 13

Conductive
Sensorineural
Mixed

Question 14

Broadly defined as a disorder in which children with average or above average cognitive ability demonstrate significantly lowered achievement in reading, spelling, written language, mathematics, and language skills.

Answer 14

Learning Disabilities

Question 15

Does mental retardation have a cure?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Diagnosed when a child’s speech, verbal expressions, and understanding of language are significantly less well-developed for his age.

Answer 16

Language Problem

Question 17

A complex behavioral syndrome that first manifests during early childhood, usually between ages of one and four years old.

Answer 17

Autism

Question 18

Three groups of Cerebral Palsy

Answer 18

Pyramidal or Spastic Cerebral Palsy
Extrapyramidal Cerebral Palsy
Mixed Cerebral Palsy

Question 19

Visual Acquity in both eyes of less than 20/200 or a visual field of less than 20 percent despite best correction with glasses.

Answer 19

Visual Impairment

Question 20

(Type of hearing loss)
Resulting from both sensorineural and conductive problems.

Answer 20

Mixed

Question 21

Seven types of disability

Answer 21

Mental Retardation
Visual Impairment
Hearing Impairment
Cerebral Palsy
Language Problems
Learning disabilities
Attention Deficit Disorder

Question 22

(Type of Cerebral Palsy)
Involves increased muscle tone that interferes with initiating normal movement.

Answer 22

Pyramidal

Question 23

Explain bilateral Hearing Loss

Answer 23

Involves hearing loss in both ears