Diagnostics (Ch. 20)

Question 1

An independent analysis that relies on the presence or absence of phonemes in a selected sample of speech production

Answer 1

Phonetic Inventory

Question 2

The degree to which a speaker’s utterance(s) can be understood by a listener

Answer 2

Intelligibility

Question 3

Listening strategies that include an awareness of sensitivity to speech sounds and the ability to manipulate the sound structures in words

Answer 3

Phonological Awareness

Question 4

Phonological awareness can be assessed through what type of tasks?

Answer 4

Rhyming
Alliteration
Blending (combining sounds to form words)
Segmenting (dissecting words)

Question 5

The process of selecting the most likely diagnostic label from a set of possible labels after considering the evidence collected during an assessment

Answer 5

Differential Diagnosis

Question 6

What are the core components of a diagnostic assessment?

Answer 6

Child History 
Standard Assessment 
Dynamic Assessment
Connected Speech Sample 
Structural-Functional Examination 
Phonological Awareness Screening 
Hearing Screening

Question 7

How does a diagnostic assessment differ from other forms of assessment?

Answer 7

It includes many measures
It is used to determine whether or not a disorder is present

(Other assessments are used during treatment to assess progress and efficacy of therapy)

Question 8

What is the difference between a standard assessment and a dynamic assessment?

Answer 8

Standard=exact; generates standard score; normative

Dynamic=adjusted based on responses & child’s skill level; no normative score is generated

Question 9

What is the primary benefit to collecting a connected speech sample?

Answer 9

Greater ecological validity

collected in natural environment

Question 10

What are 3 types of intelligibility measures?

Answer 10

Percentage estimates from glossed conversations
Single-word naming tasks
Rating Scales

Question 11

Why is it necessary to conduct a structural-functional exam, hearing screening and phonological screening when these assessments do not measure speech sound production?

Answer 11

Articulation and phonological disorders may be related to structural/functional deficits, hearing loss, or difficulties with phonological awareness, which can all affect production abilities.

Question 12

What are some examples of Language assessments?

Answer 12

Preschool Language Scales 5 PLS-5

Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test 4 (PPVT-4)

Question 13

What are some examples of speech assessments?

Answer 13

Hodson Assessment of Phonological Patterns (HAPP-3)

Glaspey Dynamic Assessment of Phonology (GDAP)

Question 14

What do whole word measures provide that we can’t get from standardized articulation testing?

Answer 14

1. Some children may seem intelligible, when they may be speaking with simple words. Others may seem to make more errors because they are using more complex words. Whole word measures provide this information.
2. Whole word measures tell us what the child CAN do.

Question 15

What additional information can be obtained from a connected speech sample that other assessments do not provide?

Answer 15

Shows child’s production at the word and sentence level.
Prosodic skills can be better observed and assessed.
Relationships between semantics and phonology can be obtained.
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