Communication Disorders

Question 1

Diminished speech prosody

Answer 1

problems in producing normal prosody and recognizing prosody in others, slow rate, reduced emphatic stress, reduced pitch variability (almost monopitch sounding)

Question 2

Anomalous content/poor organization of connected speech

Answer 2

confabulatory, inappropriate, poor topic maintenance, excessive details, diminished informational content (p. 409)

Question 3

Impaired comprehension of narratives

Answer 3

have trouble understanding implied meanings, take figurative language literally, difficulty following the whole context of a conversation
The meaning will be lost
Take things more literally
May have trouble appreciating humor, possibly due to poor content integration
Premature assumptions and inferences, inability to revise them once proven incorrect

Question 4

Pragmatic impairments

Answer 4

awkward turn taking in conversation, poor eye contact, problems understanding the listener’s needs (e.g., topic introduction and change, breakdown repairs), can be egocentric in conversation, and impulsive.
They wont check for understanding to see if repair is needed
No breaks for conversational maintenance