COMM-DIS 100 Study Set #1 (Basics)

Question 1

What is Communication?

Answer 1

= imparting/exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or some other form

• Interactive
• Complex

Question 2

What is a Communication Disorder?

Answer 2

impairs the ability to both send and receive sounds + process verbal, nonverbal, and graphic information

Question 3

What can a Communication Disorder Affect?

Answer 3

• Speech
• Language
• Hearing

Question 4

What does Speech consist of?

Answer 4

how we say the sounds/words

Question 5

What is Language?

Answer 5

the words we use

Question 6

What do Speech Disorders consist of?

Answer 6

• atypical speech production
• an interruption in the flow of speaking
• absence of voice

Question 7

What is Language Disorders?

Answer 7

impairment in comprehension, use of spoken, written, or symbols

Question 8

What is a Hearing Disorder?

Answer 8

impaired sensitivity of the auditory system

Question 9

What is a Congenital Disorder?

Answer 9

impairment from the time of birth

Question 10

What is an Audiologist?

Answer 10

specialist for hearing

Question 11

What do Audiologists do?

Answer 11

• Identify disorders of hearing and balance
• AuD, CCC-A (4 Years of Grad School and 1 year of Fellowship)
• Diagnose Cochlear Implants

Question 12

What do Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) do?

Answer 12

• Help with speech and language disorders
• Swallowing/Feeding
• MS, CCC-SLP ( 2 years of Grad School and 1 year of Fellowship)

Question 13

What do Researchers do?

Answer 13

• Research
• PhD

Question 14

What are members of a language community?

Answer 14

• Share a language
• Just because we share a language doesn’t mean the communication will be perfect and works

Question 15

What are the factors that may affect communication?

Answer 15

• Age
• Background
• Who you’re talking to

Question 16

What rules make up a language?

Answer 16

= Socially shared code to represent concepts

• rule-governed (grammar/ certain rules to construct a word)
• Generative (You can create an infinite amount of words, sentences, and utterances)
• Dynamic (Language always changes. Change is natural and expected to continue evolving)

Question 17

What rules make up a speech?

Answer 17

= How we say the sounds; process of producing acoustic representations of language

• Articulation
• Fluency
• Voice

Question 18

What do Speech Disorders affect?

Answer 18

= Affects production (articulation) Ex. May not be able to make the sound “tuh”

• Interruption of speech flow (fluency) ex. Stuttering
• Absence of voice quality (voice) ex. Complications with the voice

Question 19

What do language disorders affect?

Answer 19

affects comprehension and use (a native speaker having trouble speaking their 1st language)

Question 20

What do hearing disorders affect?

Answer 20

Affects the auditory system (hearing-related or ear related)