Exam 1: Ch.4

Question 1

Traditionally, auditory training has been used to improve…

Answer 1

a person’s ability to communicate

Question 2

What are the 5 parts of the communication model?

Answer 2

1. Speaker/Source
2. Message
3. Feedback (of speech)
4. Environment
5. Listener/receiver

Question 3

Failure/disruption of any component of the communication model will result in….

Answer 3

failure of communication

Question 4

Auditory perception is…

Answer 4

Awareness, recognition, and interpretation of auditory stimuli received in the brain. (Getting auditory info to the brain)

Question 5

Vowels give you _____ and consonants give you ______

Answer 5

Awareness; intelligibility

Question 6

What are the suprasegmentals?

Answer 6

a. Intonation
b. Stress
c. Pitch
d. Rhythm

Question 7

____ have a longer duration than ____

Answer 7

Vowels; consonants

Question 8

Define speech perception

Answer 8

The awareness, recognition and interpretation of speech signals received in the brain

Question 9

___ is only the 1st step in speech perception.

Answer 9

Auditory perception

Question 10

What are the 7 components of speech perception?

Answer 10

1. Detection
2. Discrimination
3. Identification
4. Attention
5. Memory
6. Closure
7. Comprehension

Question 11

Successful speech processing depends on…

Answer 11

Physical properties and

Redundancy & noise

Question 12

What is auditory training?

Answer 12

the process of teaching a person w/ HL (child or adult) to take full advantage of available auditory clues.

Question 13

AT will result in…

Answer 13

1. proficient speech and language skills
2. better educational and vocational skills
3. successful psychosocial adjustment for the patient.

Question 14

2 general rules of AT for adults

Answer 14

1. Learning to maximize the use of residual hearing

2. Adjustment & orientation to hearing aids, CI’s

Question 15

With AT we are trying to improve the patient’s _______ which will improve ________

Answer 15

Listening Skills ; speech perception skills.

Question 16

What are 3 environments where AT should be conducted?

Answer 16

1. Intense background noise
2. Competing speech
3. Telephone listening

Question 17

For AT you want to maximize…

Answer 17

Residual hearing

Question 18

AT is mostly used with…

Answer 18

1. Children who have prelingual (congenital) moderate to profound SNHL
2. CI (cochlear implant) recipients
3. Those (usually adults) with poor WRS and/or s/p SNHL

Question 19

AT evaluation is done to….

Answer 19

1. Determine if AT is needed
2. Obtain baseline for comparison to post training
3. Identify problem areas of auditory perception

Question 20

What are the 4 methods of AT

Answer 20

1. Analytic
2. Synthetic
3. Pragmatic
4. Eclectic

Question 21

Explain the analytic method of AT

Answer 21

 Break speech into really small components
 Start at phoneme level
 Once you master phoneme level you move to syllable level
 Once you master syllable level you move on to word level

Question 22

Explain the synthetic method of AT

Answer 22

Use of syntactic and contextual cues to achieve speech understanding

Question 23

Explain the pragmatic method of AT

Answer 23

Train the listener to control communication variables if they can

Question 24

Explain the eclectic method of AT

Answer 24

A combo of all 3 other methods

Question 25

What does WATCH stand for?

Answer 25

W= watch speaker’s mouth
A= ask specific questions
T= talk about your HL
C= change the situation
H= health care knowledge

Question 26

What are the 3 conversational styles of people with HL

Answer 26

Passive
Aggressive
Assertive