Midterm 2 Flashcards
__ to __ percent of the school age population has ADHD
3-5%
____ with ADHD outnumber ____, most likely owing to biological differences and perhaps some referral bias.
boys; girls
What methods of assessment are used to identify individuals with ADHD?
- medical examination
- clinical interview
- teacher and parent rating scales
- behavioural observations
What are the three areas of the brain that might be affected in people with ADHD?
- frontal lobes
- basal ganglia
- cerebellum
How are communication disorders defined?
communication disorders may involve language or speech or both, and they impair communicative functions
What does it mean to have a primary language disorder?
No known cause
What does it mean to have a secondary language disorder?
attributable to another condition or disability
What are the major disorders of speech?
- Phonological disorders
- Articulation disorders
- voice disorders
- fluency disorders
- motor-speech disorders
Congenital versus adventitious deafness refers to:
being born deaf versus acquiring deafness after birth
