G. L. Ashley Farris-Timble | Theoretical approaches to phonological treatment

Question 1

What are the two MAJOR categories for speech sound disorders?

Answer 1

Functional and Organic

Question 2

What are the 3 main structures/conceptual categories inside organic speech sound disorders? (hint : MSS)

Answer 2

1. Motor/Neurological
2. Structural
3. Sensory/Perceptual

Question 3

True or false : in phonological processes, stopping occurs BEFORE nasal assimilation

Answer 3

False, nasal assimilation occurs RIGHT before stopping at ~ 3Y

Question 4

Not a phonological disorder : Production errors pertaining to _________, hearing or cognitive impairments.

Answer 4

motor

Question 5

True or false : It is probable to say that a child using phonological processes at inappropriate ages is a phonological disorder.

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Pertaining to language : _____ and _____ are two examples of things that AREN’T phonological disorders.

Answer 6

Accents; dialects

Question 7

True or false : boundaries allow predictabilities in speech systems

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or false : This is an example of a linguistic tendency (X –> Y) : Velar consonants –> affricates

Answer 8

False, velar consonants –> coronal consonants

Question 9

Is it more important for an SLP to treat affricates or clusters of words?

Answer 9

You want to treat the child usually for what is performed earlier in speech and MORE common - in this case, we may see this as affricate (WALK before RUN)

Question 10

What is phonological theory?

Answer 10

Phonological theory is the concept that looks at how language can be predictable because of the fact that we have certain boundaries

Question 11

True or false : phonological disorders and phonological theory have been studied and tested extended in certain others languages (aside from English)

Answer 11

False, English is the most tested thus far