Spa Test Flashcards
What is Encoding?
To send or generate a message.
What is Decoding?
translating, or decoding a message.
Bobby is a 20-year-old man in a motor vehicle accident and sustained a tramatic brain injury. He then experienced an impairment in his communication function. What communication disorder does Bobby have?
Acquired
ASHA Code of Ethics Includes information in what 3 areas?
Responsibility, Respect, Honesty.
a Functional Communication disorder is one that has no anatomical, physiological, or neurological cause True or False?
True
How much of a person’s day is comprised of Communication?
75% Primarily listening/speaking, the later consisting of reading/writing.
What are the degree ranges of communication impairment?
- Mild
- Moderate
- Severe
- Profound
Is the degree of a communication impairment reflective of its impact?
Yes, for instance, someone with a mild disorder may have a profound issue with communication.
Are communication disorders common?
Yes, they are one of the most common disorders in the world.
What is a developmental or congenital disorder?
A communication disorder that occurs before, during, or shortly after birth.
What is an organic disorder?
A medical or health condition with no physiological cause.
What is a functional disorder?
A condition with an unknown cause. idiopathetic.
The best model for describing communication disorders?
The speech chain model.
Suzi is 4 years old she was born with a cleft lip palate. She had surgery to repair both clefts. What type of communication disorder does she have?
Idiopathic
A mild impairment in communication function always has a mild result on a person’s ability to communicate.
False
Are communication disorders rare?
no
You should say “John is a Stutterer” rather than “John is a boy who stutters”?
False
If an individual speaks with a dialect, it is important not to group this issue as a communication disorder, but rather a difference.
True
Incidence
Measures the rate of how much a disease or condition occurs.
Prevalence
How common a disease or condition is at a certain point in time.
Epidemiology
The study of how often diseases and conditions occur and why.
To become a Speech Language Pathologist or Audiologist, you must complete a graduate program.
True
A functional communication disorder occurs due to no known cause.
True
The Language Competence Framework by Lois Bloom and Margaret Lahey in 1978 requires which 3 components?
Form, Content, Use
How is the Form of language created?
Through Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax.
What is Phonology?
The knowledge of consonants and vowel sounds, that exist limitedly within a language.
What is Morphology?
The smallest meaningful unit of language, it strings together phonemes, and uses both free morphemes “play, safe, elephant”. Bound morphemes with prefixes and suffixes, “playing, unsafe, elephants”.
What is Syntax?
The rules of combining words to make sentences.
What is Content and what word is it synonymous with?
Content refers to the meaning of individual words and words in combination. It is synonymous with Semantics.
What is the difference between denotative, and connotative?
Denotative is the dictionary definition of a word, while connotative involves the use of words for meaning other than their original purpose like a metaphor.
What is Use or Pragmatics?
How language can be used for different purposes, changed for different circumstances, and follow rules of communication.
What is prelinguistic communication?
An infant using vocal and gestural behavior as a way of communicating.
Gaze coupling
How infants respond by using eye contact, generally with their mothers.
What is the earliest vocalization produced by infants?
crying
What is cooing?
consonant like sounds created by infants from around 5-11 months of life.
Fast mapping
When a young child is around 18-24 months, can connect a word to its underlying concept.
Is Autism a persuasive developmental disorder?
Yes, because it can cause severe impairment in thinking, feeling, language, and the ability to relate to others.
What developmental areas does Autism affect?
Verbal and Nonverbal communication.
Social interaction.
Imaginative Play.
What is the behaviorist theory?
This assumes that children learn the language the same way as everything else through reinforcement and imitation.