Special topics

Question 1

When treating children with speech sounds disorders due to cleft palate, it is important to remember to focus on which class of sounds first

Answer 1

Stops and fricatives. Focus on stops first because they are visible and easy to teach. Also, they may likely be negatively impacted by VPI

Question 2

What is a pharyngoplasty? What does it do?

Answer 2

surgery performed on a person with cleft palate in which a substance is placed in the posterior pharyngeal wall to make it bulge; it helps improve the closure of the velopharyngeal port so that the person sounds less hypernasal

Question 3

What is the von Langenbeck surgical method?

Answer 3

surgical procedure used to repair the hard palate

Question 4

What is pharyngeal flap surgery?

Answer 4

surgical procedure used to address velopharyngeal insufficiency; a flap from the posterior pharyngeal wall is attached to the soft palate to create a bridge that closes the gap between the hard palate and soft palate. Holes are left between the flap so that the child can breathe

Question 5

What is the Veau-Ward Kliner method?

Answer 5

a surgical procedure to repair cleft lip by bringing together flaps on either side of the cleft closer together

Question 6

What is the von Langenbeck method?

Answer 6

a surgical procedure to repair cleft lip by bringing together flaps on either side of the hard palate closer together

Question 7

What is Landau-Kleffner syndrome?

Answer 7

rare childhood neurological disorder wherein formerly healthy, typically developing 3 to 7 y/o children lose their ability to comprehend language and then to speak it. They may develop behaviors such as depression, hyperactivity, and aggressiveness

Question 8

What is the psychodynamic theory?

Answer 8

theory in which one’s emotional problems stem from conflict between the id, the superego, and the ego

Question 9

What are examples of defense mechanisms?

Answer 9

rationalization; suppression; repression; reaction formation; displacement; projection

Question 10

What are Piaget’s stages of cognitive development?

Answer 10

sensorimotor; preoperational; concrete operational, and formal operational

Question 11

Which stage of cognitive development does object permanence begin?

Answer 11

sensorimotor stage

Question 12

Which stage of cognitive development does egocentrism, concreteness of thought, and lack of conversation skills occur?

Answer 12

preoperational stage