MIDTERM #3 Flashcards
What is speech?
Voice= Rate, Pitch, Rhythm, quality.
Pronunciation, Fluency.
How do you know if someone is comprehending speech?
Responses to questions following directions understands jokes/ sarcasm/expressions follows conversations understand vocab understand grammatical forms
What is characteristic of good verbal expression?
Word retrieval and vocab conversation skills clarity/appropriateness of spoken info grammar and sentence structure problem-solving and reasoning skills story-telling/ narrative language abilities
12month old language characteristics are..
"talking" when they are imitated by adults babbling plus a few words nod + shake head wave hi and bye Imitate familiar sounds or words Enjoy sounds, rhythms
24 Month old language characteristics are…
- Understand simple questions and demands
- 200-300 words in their vocab
- may appear to understand everything that is said and heard
- “converse” with self and toys
Language at 3 years old
- Many questions
- Understand some time concepts
- vocab 800-1000words
- Short story telling
- follow 2-step commands
- recognize object by use (what do you drink w/)
Language at 4 years old
1500-2000 words
- 90% intelligable speech
- 3 step commands
- A lot of questions
- 6-8 Word sentences
What difficulties can be seen between kindergarten and grade one?
- Grammar
- Complex Q’s and sentences
- Storytelling + Sequencing
- Jokes/Sarcasm/Figurative Language
- Sound/Letter correspondence, early literacy development
What do speech and language delays impact?
- Reading and writing
- Academic performance
- Problem Solving
- Behavior
- Following classroom expectations
- Participating in extra curricular activities
What challenges do we see in children with social communication challenges?
- Topic initiation, maintenance, ending conversations
- Turn-taking, Sharing, Working collaboratively
- May do inappropriate behaviours due to difficulties understanding
What are Oral Myofunctional Disorder?
- Disorders that have an impact on chewing + swallowing, speech, posture and respiration.
- There may be oral-motor challenges such as tongue thrust, tongue tie, tone, oral placement/resting posture, oral habits(thumb sucking), respiration, and swallowing.
What are some factors impacting speech + Language development?
- Attention issues
- hearing impairments
- Intellectual Disabilities
- Autism
- Childhood Aphasia
- Illness or Injuries
- Prenatal factors
When should you seek help with language disorders?
Age 9-12: Not babbling, Limited speech sounds
Age 2 years: Limited sound repetoire, deleting sounds at the beginning of words.
Age 3: Difficult to understand gets frustrated by communication challenges, leaves off sounds at the ends of words, Stuttering/voice.
Age 4: Multiple sounds errors or deletions, difficult to understand, stuttering/voice.
Age 5 + up: Sound errors persist, stuttering/voice issues.
How must you diagnose autism?
Evaluation must be done by a team of
- pediatricians
- psychologists/psychiatrists
- Speech-Language Pathologists
What are some communication difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder?
- Poor non-verbal communication skills
- Repetitive or rigid language
- Tendency to speak about limited topics
- Uneven Language development
