Common Assessment Procedures

Question 1

8 common assessment procedures

Answer 1

1. Oral-facial exam
2. Diadochokinetic rates
3. Speech and language sampling
4. Rate of speech
5. Intelligibility
6. Syllable by syllable stimulus phrases
7. Reading passages
8. Charting

Question 2

What do you look for in an oral-facial exam?

Answer 2

• abnormal color of tongue, palate or pharynx
• abnormal height and width of palatal arch
• asymmetry of face/palate
• deviation of tongue or uvula to left or right
• enlarged tonsils
• missing teeth
• mouth breathing
• poor pressure
• prominent rugae
• short lingual frenulum
• weak or absent gag reflex
• weakness of lips, tongue or jaw
• spots possibly cancerous

Question 3

Minimum speech sample

Answer 3

50-100 word minimum

always record