Language extra Flashcards
According to the optimality theory, phonological error patterns may be _________ to one another such that the existence of one pattern ______________
connected
may imply the existence of another pattern
Three events that contribute to the final motor act of articulation are biological, cognitive-linguistic, and ___ components.
sensorimotor-acoustic
What two types of factors should be examined in a phonological analysis of a phonologically disordered client?
Phonetic and Phonemic
What is a danger sign that stuttering maybe developing?
prolongations
Which of the following is/are a goal(s) of a brief preliminary interview with an older client?
- To inform the client of what to expect in a diagnostic session
- To establish a working relationship
- To determine why the client is coming for treatment at that particular time
Factors influencing early childhood stuttering include, psycholinguistic, physiological and
osychosocial
The Stutttering Severity Instrument employs the following three dimensions in assessing severity: ________, duration and physcial concomitants
frequency
Which factors are relevant in making a prognosis about success and failure in stuttering?
Severity
Timing
Types of stuttering
Which of the following best fits a patient with irrelevant and confabulatory language
language of consfusion
Localization evidence of apraxia of speech consists of which of the following?
Damage to the third frontal convolution
T/F
The the motor programming deficits in childhood apraxia of speech are present from infancy and affect linguistic processing as well as phonological development
true
characteristic of conduction aphasia and not a characteristic of apraxia
intact prosody
Which of these predictors help aid in the differential diagnosis of childhood apraxia of speech from more typical “defective articulation” disorders
- Two-three feature articulation errors
- Slower then normal rate on measurements of oral diadochokinesis
- Difficulty in fine motor corrdination, gait and alternating motion rates of the tongue and extremities
T/F
Intonation is an area to assess in childhood apraxia of speech.
true
a nonspeech task(s) for assessing childhood apraxia of speech?
smile
The physical systems that most directly influence vocal production are the _________, __________, _______ systems
respiratory, phonatory, and resonatory-articulatory
The_______________is a favorite piece of equipment used by clinicians and provides data which can be analyzed to determine the level of hoarseness in a person’s voice.
sound spectrogram
technique for determining optimal pitch
spontaneous laughing
In normal conversational speech, three feet from the speaker, the average sound intensity is ______
65 dB
The maximum amount of air that can be exhaled following maximal inhalation is called ______
vital capactity
The phonation quotient is
vital capacity divided by the maximum phonation time.
_________________ are an uncommon part of vocal evaluations, however, should be assessed and is expressed as words per minute or syllables per minute.
Rate measurements
T/F
Models illustrating linguistic interrelationships predict that increased demands in one component of the language system may cause decreased performance in another component
true
T/F
All the studies done on trade offs have uniformly found them to exist.
false
T/F
it is hypothesized that whether a developmental area is more or less established is a relevant factor in the existence of trade offs
true
The fact that dysfluencies increased in spontaneous language when the clauses were simpler is probably explained by
discourse task
Language in the American classroom falls on the _______ end of the high- to low- context communication continuum.
lowest
What is one of the most difficult and comprehensive tasks of a Speech Pathologist?
diagnosing
What are the three components that must be considered in determining a communication disorder?
difference, disturbance, disorder