Speech Flashcards

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Discuss the theories of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics

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Psycho- early cognitive intention is required before development of intentional communication
Socio- language is only acquired if the child has a reason to communicate

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What are the 5 levels of communicative functioning

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1- preintentional : reflexive
(Sucking, grasping, crying)
2- preintentional: reactive
(Reacts to stimuli, babbles, smiles, responds to tone of voice)
3- preintentional : pro active
(Reaches for distant object, babble conversations, adults shape interactions)
4- intentional: primitive
(Persistent behaviour until goal is obtained, intention to communicate inferred)
5- intentional: conventional
(Communicates through gesture, vocalisations, early words, requesting, protesting)

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What pre verbal assessments are there

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Early communication assessment (1988)

Affective Communication Assessment (1985)

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What intervention can you do to develop interaction?

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Intensive interaction

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What intervention can you do to develop comprehension with pre verbal children

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Visual supports- timetables etc

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What intervention can you do to develop expression with pre verbal children

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Like/dislike, choices, AAC

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What are the benefits of intensive interaction

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Teaches to tolerate proximity
adults can be fun
Turn taking
Improves social responsiveness

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What is TAC PAC

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Sensory communication resource

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What are the 4 separate SSD groups according to Dodd

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Articulation disorder
Phonological delay
Inconsistent phonological disorder
Consistent phonological disorder

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What is an articulation disorder

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Impaired ability to pronounce specific phonemes
Always produces same substitutions/ distortions
Can be organically caused (rare) eg Dysarthria

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What is phonological delay

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All phonological error patterns can occur in typical development
Typical of younger children
Caused by delayed neurological maturation or lack of support for language development

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What is a consistent phonological disorder

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Consistent use of non developmental error patterns
Often more than one error type
If limited syllable structure used it is an indication of a disorder

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13
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How would children with consistent phonological disorder preform

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Poor on- 
- phonological awareness 
- meta linguistic skills
- literacy tasks 
Norm on- 
- Oro motor skills
- speech planning
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What is inconsistent phonological disorder

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Non developmental errors
At least 40% variability in phonological system
Multiple error forms for same lexical item observed (correct/ incorrect realisation on same sound)

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15
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What is the prevalence of childhood apraxia of speech

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Less than 1% of referrals

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16
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Name some idiosyncratic rules

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Favourite sound 
Initial consonant deletion 
Medial consonant deletion 
Backing 
De nasalisation 
Devoicing stops
Final vowel addition
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17
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What is the difference between independent analysis and relational analysis

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Independent- view of child’s system without comparing to adult phonology
Relational- viewed in relation to idealised version of adult system eg %consonants correct

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18
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What are the expectations of intelligibility in children ages 1-4

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1- 25%
2-50%
3-75%
4-100%

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Discuss the severity scale for SSD

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(%consonants correct)
85> mild 
65-85 - mild moderate 
50-65 moderate severe
<50 severe SSD
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20
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Name an assessment for inconsistent speech

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DEAP

40%> inconsistency score =inconsistent phonological disorder

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21
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Evidence for effectiveness of minimal pairs

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Elbert (1991) - 3-5 minimal pairs was enough to show generalisation to other words containing the sound

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22
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How many selection criteria are there for which sounds to target

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Describe selection criteria: developmental sequence

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Logical assumption that earlier developing sounds easier to learn
Mirrors typical development
No evidence base

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24
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Describe selection criteria: socially important

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Personal significance- eg sound in name

Avoids embarrassment

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Describe selection criteria: stimulable phonemes

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Developmental readiness
Ease of learning
Ease of teaching
Early success (motivating)

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Describe selection criteria: minimal meaningful feature contrasts

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Minimal pairs 
Maximally opposed (P,M,V)
Minimally opposed (only one feature)
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27
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Describe selection criteria: unfamiliar words

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Premise that error patterns won’t be habituated

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28
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Describe selection criteria: inconsistently errored sounds

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Targets that children say correctly some of the time

Some knowledge of target= easier to teach

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29
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Describe selection criteria: most deviant from typical development

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Sound ‘odd’ even to untrained ear

Eg initial consonant deletion, backing

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30
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Describe selection criteria: later developing sound first

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Training them will result in greater system wide change

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31
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Describe selection criteria: marked consonants first

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Target one sound to get another

Eg target fricatives and get both fricatives and stops

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32
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Describe selection criteria: non stimulable sounds first

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Aim to make the sounds stimulable

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33
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Describe selection criteria: maximal meaningful feature contrasts

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Eg Bun-Sun (PMV)
Fat- gnat (PMV and major class)
Major class = obstruent vs Sonorant or consonant vs vowel etc

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Describe selection criteria: systemic function of phonemes

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Phonological reconstruction of the sound system

Targets- non stimulable, later developing, complex sound s

35
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Describe selection criteria: sonority sequencing principle

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Vowel =0…

Up to Voiceless stop =7

36
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Describe selection criteria: least phonological knowledge

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Suggestion that lesser known sounds are easier to learn
Supported by Gierut (2001)
Mixed views

37
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Describe selection criteria: lexical properties

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Important in selecting treatment words
High frequency
Low neighbourhood density (1 sound substitution)

38
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What is the aim of phonological contrast intervention and who is it suitable for

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Decrease phonological processes and phoneme collapse
Increase phonological contrasts and child’s own awareness of speech
Suitable for phonological delay and consistent phonological disorder

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What is auditory input therapy

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Involve parents/ carers
Listening to sound targets
Child not required to say anything

40
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What intervention is appropriate for inconsistent speech disorder

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Core vocab drilling

50 words targeted

41
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What is articulation therapy

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Imitation
Shaping
Phonetic placement

42
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What skills are involved in phonological awareness

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Rhyme 
Segmentation 
Blending
Manipulation 
Understanding sound structure of words 
Develops into understanding relationship between oral and written language
43
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How does phonological awareness naturally develop

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Larger units (syllables, rhyme) develop first. Smaller units (phonemes) develop later

44
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According to Hesketh (2015) at what ages do children achieve syllable awareness and rhyme

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Syllable awareness- 4

Rhyme developed- 5

45
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At what age do children show awareness of single consonants

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5 years
Can identify sun starts with /s/
Some success with i spy

46
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when does phoneme segmentation occur

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Rees (2001) suggest children must be introduced to the written word first to realise the sounds can be represented by letters

47
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Name some assessments for phonological awareness

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Phonological abilities test (PAT) 1997
PIPA (2000)
Subsection of CELF

48
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Why does working on phonological awareness help children

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Believed that it will change speech and benefit literacy

Gillon (2000) suggests positive evidence that PA programme increases phoneme awareness and speech production.

49
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What is a good indicator of reading success, and what is not an indicator

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Good indicator- being able to segment orally

Not an indicator- being good at rhyme

50
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What is a psycholinguistic model?

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An approach which considers speech difficulties as being a breakdown in input, stored linguistic knowledge or output level

51
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Name the input stages of stack house and wells and describe them

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-Peripheral auditory processing
(Auditory ability- not speech related)
-speech/ non speech discrimination
(Recognising speech as different from background noise)
- phonological recognition
( recognising speech belongs to native language)
- phonetic discrimination
(Recognition of exotic sounds and phonetic distinctions in unfamiliar languages)

52
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Name the lexical representation stages of stackhouse and wells and describe them

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-Phonological representation 
(Recognition of sequence of sounds that form a familiar word)
- Semantic representation 
(Access to meaning of that sequence)
- motor programme 
(The blueprint to produce the word)
53
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What are the output stages of the stackhouse and wells model and describe them

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-Motor programming
(Ability to create unfamiliar motor programmes)
- motor planning
(Phonemes arranged into correct sequence)
- motor execution
(Production In vocal tract)

54
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Name some features of DVD

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Asha (2007) inconsistent errors
Lengthened transitions
Inappropriate prosody
Bowen (2014) articulating stuggles (groping)
Transpositional substitutions (pots for spots)

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DVD characteristics from case history

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Little vocal play 
Delayed language 
Family history of DVD
Gross/fine motor incoordination 
Little imitation
56
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DVD characteristics gathered from Ax

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Vowel errors 
Inconsistency 
Voicing errors
Omissions
Difficulty sequencing 
High number of errors
Difficulty with complex articulations
57
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What should further assessment of DVD investigate

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Word finding difficulties 
Slow DDK rates
Receptive- expressive gap 
Difficulties with long instructions 
Prolongation 
Poor self monitoring
58
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What 3 things could cause DVD

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The phonological plan
Assembly of Phonetic programme
Implementation of motor speech programme

59
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Describe the phonological plan in DVD

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Phonemes are selected and sequenced 
Plan can be under specified or incorrect =
- inconsistent production 
- phonotactic errors
- phoneme sequence errors
60
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What is the assembly of phonetic programme in DVD

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Plan translated into motor programme
If difficulty accessing stored programme
- groping behaviour
- difference in voluntary and involuntary tasks
- difficulty assembling new phonetic programme

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What is implementation of motor speech programme in DVD

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Affected by poor oro motor abilities

=Voicing errors, phonetic variability

62
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What is oral dyspraxia

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Difficulty coordinating articulators in non speech activities eg sticking tongue out

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Ax for DVD

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Nuffield Dyspraxia 
(3-7 yrs)
- assesses words of increasing phonotactic complexity
-vowels sampled systematically 
- evaluation of oro motor skills, DDK 

Motor speech examination worksheet

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Intervention for DVD

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Work on sound combinations eg CVC, VC
Repetitive production
Reduced rate and self monitoring
Sign to facilitate

65
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What are the aims of Nuffield programme

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  • build motor programmes for speech
  • oro motor work to facilitate speech
  • establish and reinforce phonological contrasts
  • extend skills to sentence level and connected speech
66
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What is ReST

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Rapid Syllable Transition Treatment
Evidence based
Aims to improve accuracy of speech
Repetitive drilling

67
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What is VPI

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Velopharyngeal incompetence

Inadequate structure and function of the velopharyngeal sphincter

68
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What causes VPI

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Structural inadequacy or reduced mobility of soft palate causing incomplete closure

69
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Reasons behind VPI

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Cleft palates 
Fistulae 
Short palate
Deep nasopharynx 
Enlarged tonsils
70
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How is VPI diagnosed

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Nasoendoscopy

Videofluoroscopy

71
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What are the two forms of disorders of resonance and name their subsections

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  1. Disturbance of tone
    (Hypernasality, hyponasality, mixed nasality)
  2. Disturbance of airflow
    (Nasal emission, nasal turbulence, nasal facial grimace)
72
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Describe the features of hypernasality

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Primary feature associated with VPI
Increased nasal resonance
Fistulae/ residual cleft palate common cause
Loss of oral pressure

73
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Describe the features of hyponasality

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Insufficient nasal resonance
Partial or complete obstruction of nasal airway
Perceived mostly on /m/ /n/ /ng/
Results in oral breathing
Cause- can be enlarged adenoids
Can mask VPI- one fixed would become hypernasal

74
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Describe the features of mixed nasality

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Hyper and hypo co occurring

Caused by VPI and increased nasal resistance

75
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Describe the features of nasal emission/ escape

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Nasal airflow with/ instead of oral airflow
When airflow is nasal but should be oral =nasal emission
Mostly heard on voiceless consonants

76
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Describe the features of nasal turbulence

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Severe form of audible nasal emission 
Produces a nasal noise
Due to restriction of nasopharynx 
Associated to small velopharyngeal opening 
Noticed on /b/ /d/ /g/
77
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Describe the features of nasal facial grimace

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May be an attempt to inhibit nasality
Restriction of facial muscles
Could be indicator of VPI

78
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Name some speech features of children with cleft speech

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Lack of plosives
Dominance of glottal and pharyngeal articulations
Inadequate intraoral mechanism

79
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Name some placement errors in cleft speech

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Imprecise tongue tip movements
Double articulations (two consonants made and released eg tk)
Backing (alveolar to velar or uvular, behind cleft)
Compensatory articulations (non English realisation eg glottalic fricatives)
Lateralisation/palatalisation

80
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Name some manner errors in cleft speech

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Weak articulation
(Reduced intraoral pressure)
Nasalisation of consonants
Nasal emission and turbulence

81
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Describe active vs passive processes in cleft speech

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Active- child actively attempts to produce phonological contrast resulting in non English sounds
Passive- result of the production of a nasal sound in same place as an oral one eg /b/ =/m/

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How to identify if clients speech is passive or active

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If holding nose:
Facilitates production of consonant= passive
Inhibits consonant production =active

83
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Ax for Cleft speech

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Great Ormond Street Speech Ax

84
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What therapy is provided for cleft speech

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Eliciting consonants
Drills (Nuffield can be used)
Phonological therapy