EEX3120 Chapter 2: Typical and Disordered Communication

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This may take many forms and can involve any or a combination of our senses (sight, hearing, smell, touch). It can include both verbal and nonverbal (spoken word, gesture, or sign). Name this

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Means of Communication

Question 1

Name the term that describes an exchange of ideas between a sender and a receiver that involves a message transmission and response or feedback

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Communication

Question 2

All human language consists of three similar ingredients. Name the three

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Form, content & use

Question 3

This is the acoustic representation of language (articulation, fluency and voice). Name this

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Speech

Question 4

This is the listeners perception of how high or low a sound is measured in frequency or cycles per second-Hertz. May be higher in woman than men. Name this

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Pitch

Question 5

Name two etiological causes that may be used to classify a communication problem. These disorders may be due to

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Traumatic brain injury & hearing impairment

Question 6

This disorder is present at birth

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Congenital

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This disorder is the result of an illness, accident, or an environmental circumstance anytime later in life

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Acquired

Question 8

Name a disorder of fluency that consists of repetitions and prolongations

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Stuttering

Question 9

ASHA describes this as a disorder that may result from an impaired auditory sensitivity of the physiological auditory system. Name this disorder

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Hearing Disorder

Question 10

What do the letters in the acrostic ASHA stand for

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American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Question 11

Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) may have normal hearing, but difficulty understanding speech. These difficulties may be traced to tumors, disease, and brain injury, BUT often the cause is

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Unknown