exam one Flashcards
Where do the majority of speech - language pathologists work?
Schools
Speech-language pathology assistants and audiology assistants can perform all of the same duties as certified speech-language pathologists and audiologists in the care of patients and clients
False
Mary is deaf and requires the use of a teletypewriter ( TTY) device. This technology is available to her in public places due to which federal law
Americans with disabilities act
Individuals with communication impairments are _____ to experience preventable adverse events than individuals without communication impairments
More likely
Bob was able to communicate typically for his entire life until he suffered a stroke at age 60. he now has a communication impairment due to aphasia related to his stroke. His aphasia diagnosis would be considered a ______ communication disorder
Acquired and Organic
Jim and Susan are engaged in conversation. Susan listens to Jims information periodically nodding her head, making eye contact and smiling. Susan is providing Jim with what kind of non verbal communication
Body language
List three members of the Interdisciplinary team that speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists may work with when providing services to individuals with various communication disorders
- Nurses
- Occupational therapist
- Primary care physician
True or False: Jim and Susan are engaged in a conversation. Susan listens to Jim’s verbal information, periodically nodding her head, making eye contact, and smiling. In this scenario, Jim is decoding the information and Susan is encoding the information
False
List one strategy or technique that speech-language pathologist and/ pr audiologist should utilize when using an interpreter to provide services to clients.
Clear communication
What best describes a standardized speech pathology assessment
Increased time to administer, assess specific skills requires more extensive training, expensive to administer
Cathy is a senior in high school and is applying to college. she takes the SAT test and her scores place her at the 60th percentile. This means
60% of students taking the SAT achieved her same score or lower
60% of students taking the SAT achieved a better score than her
True or False: A screaming tool typically provides only a pass-or-fail outcome
true
Evidence base practice involves the integration of which of the following?
client/ patient/ caregiver perspectives
using existing research/ evidence to support clinical decision-making.
Using clinical judgment, expertise
ASHA Identifies which clinical duty as a primary responsibility of the SLP and audiology professions?
Prevention
Which of the following is true about speech
it involves movements of the lips, tongue, vocal folds, and soft palate.
it is a neuromuscular process of transmitting language through sound.
What is the movable articulators?
Soft Palate (velum)
Mandible ( Jaw)
Pharynx
What is the difference between the production of the phonemes “f” and “s” is
Place of production
what is the position of the ____ is the primary determiner of different vowel production
Tongue
Which numbered area of the brain is responsible for controlling the body’s movements, coordination, balance, and motor skills.
Cerebellum (5)
Which area of the brain would contain Wernicke’s area?
Occipital lobe (6)
Kevin was involved in a car accident and had a traumatic brain injury. He now has difficulties controlling his anger often swearing at inappropriate times and places, making food decisions for daily problems and organizing himself for the completion of school activities. Based on this information, Kevin most likely had damage to which area of his brain?
Frontal lobe ( 2)
Elmer is 90 years old and recently had to have all of his teeth pulled. While he is waiting to receive his dentures, his family notices that his speech is less clear and precise than it used to be. His lack of teeth has negatively impacted one of the 4 components of the motor speech system?
Articulation
Semantics relates to which domain of language skill development?
Content
In typical language development, children begin to use 2 word phrases at approximately what age
2 years old
How many morphemes are in the following message: Big doggies walking faster mommy
8 Morphemes
A letter or letters that represents a sound in a word is a
Grapheme
True or False: A typically developing child born in Portugal will begin to babble at an earlier age than a typically developing child in America
False
Fatima is learning English as a second language. What type of error is present in her message: She is a girl very nice”
Syntactic
In a typically developing child use of “mama”, dada comprehension of the word no and speaking of their first word typically occurs around what age
12 Months
Johnny is 5 years old and frequently says certain words incorrectly. For example, he says ‘tan’ for fan pink for the sink and dumps for the jump. based on the evaluation the SLP concludes that Johnny has difficulties with learning the rules for when to appropriately use fricatives in words and instead is consistently substituting stop consonants. Given these data, Johnny has
A phonological processing disorder
List 1 task/ activity that would be considered as part of a standard speech assessment?
Case history
Mary is an SLP who is working with a child client who has a phonological processing disorder. She would like to implement a minimal pairs/minimal opposition treatment approach. Which set of words would be considered an appropriate minimal pair
tea/key
Susie is unable to produce the ‘th’ sound because she has ankyloglossua (aka tongue tie’. this error occurs in all words that contains the ‘th’ sound and is the only speech error she has. Her SLP concludes that Susie has
An articulation disorder
True or False: A typically developing child should achieve mastery of the phonemes in the English language by approximately age 8
True
List one piece of information that an SLP would want to gather as part of a case history interview when conducting a language evaluation.
of a parent has a speech problem
True or False: To be considered a bilingual speaker, an individual must be able to speak the 2 ( or more) language with the same degree of skill and proficiency
False
Eric is an SLP who is conducting a language evaluation with 4 year old, Kevin. Eric engages Kevin in conversation by playing with various toys and asking him questions. Afterward, Eric determines that Kevin has a 2.5 mean length of utterance with syntax errors. What language evaluation tasks best describe what Eric did?
Language sampling
Bobby’s mother has been trained by the SLP to talk about what bobby does in order to model language. When bobby is playing with blocks, building a castle, his mother says “ You’re building a big castle.” “ Uh-oh, it fell down.” This is an example of bobby’s mother using what therapy technique
Parallel Talk
what statement is true about stuttering
Boys are more likely than girls to develop a fluency disorder
girls tend to have an earlier age of onset for stuttering than boys
occurs in all languages around the world
William has a significant fluency disorder. he always stutters when introducing himself to others using his legal name therefore, he always introduces himself by his nickname Billy. this is an example of what kind of fluency behavior
avoidance behavior
True or Flase: One feature that distinguishes cluttering from stuttering is that people who are diagnosed with cluttering are aware of their speech errors and anxious about speaking
False
Jack has been trained by his SLP to use the following techniques to improve his fluency skills when speaking: continuous phonation, reducing his rate of speech and using east onset when speaking. These are all examples of fluency treatment approaches
fluency shaping treatment
list 1 factor that can increase the risk of a child being born with a cleft lip and/ or palate
Mothers poor health (diet)
Smoking
Alcohol
which profession would not be considered as part of a cleft lip and palate management team
Neurologist
Children with that type of cleft typically have issues with hypernasality and nasal emission.
Bilateral cleft lip and palate
Cleft palate
True or False: the majority of children will continue to present with a communication disorder following cleft repair, thus speech treatment is frequently necessary
False
Which of the following is NOT a primary area of concern for children with cleft lips and/ or palates?
Intellectual development
what fluency disorder is this “ it’s its its ( silent pause) time to go home now
repetition and blocking
