Speech

Question 1

The last speech sound a child masters is?

Answer 1

Th - “That” ~ 5 years

Zh - “measure” ~ 6 years

Question 2

Speech milestones of a 1 year old?

Answer 2

Can point at a book

Babbling, gesturing (1-2 words)

Question 3

Ankylglossia effects what most?

Answer 3

Articulation

Question 4

What correlates with significant language delay?

Answer 4

Sensorineural Defect

Hearing loss caused by damage to the inner ear or the nerve from the ear to the brain

Question 5

Which Syndrome presents with a BETTER than expected VERBAL Abilities despite varying degrees of intellectual disability?

Answer 5

WILLIAMS Syndrome

Children with Williams syndrome tend to be social, friendly and endearing.
For many children with Williams syndrome, expressive language may be a relative strength.

Spontaneous deletion of 26-28 genes on chromosome #7

Question 6

What Syndrome is associated with very poor or absent speech?

Answer 6

Angleman Syndrome

Children with Angelman syndrome have severe to profound communication impairments.
Receptive language is typically more advanced than expressive language.
Verbal speech is extremely limited

It’s usually caused by problems with a gene located on chromosome 15 called the ubiquitin protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) gene.

Question 7

A child is expected to have mastered adult-like sound production by?

Answer 7

8 years old

“Zh” (measure) last sylibant to master

Question 8

Which of the following speech problems is present in a child with abnormal resonance or tone?

Answer 8

Voice

Hypo/Hypernasality

Question 9

Production of Speech Sounds by modification of the breath stream involves various valves along the vocal tract such as lips, tongue, teeth, and palate is termed?

Answer 9

Articulation

The adjustments and movements of speech organs involved in pronouncing a particular sound, taken as a whole.

Question 10

What is a pressure consonants?

What are they?

PC=PC

Answer 10

The speech sounds that need the PALATE to CLOSE to the back of the throat are called “PRESSURE CONSONANTS.”

PC=PC

In English, these include p, b, t, d, k, g f, v, s, z, sh, ch, dg, and th.

A child who has an unrepaired cleft palate cannot build up the pressure in the mouth to make these sounds.

Question 11

What speech sounds are naturally Nasal sounding?

Answer 11

m, n, ng