Speech and Language Development Flashcards
Speech:
the actual sounds of spoken language that are generated by rapid, precise and coordinated sequences of movements
Speech includes:
- articulation
- voice
- fluency
Articulation:
how we make speech sounds using the mouth, lips, tongue
Voice:
how we use our vocal folds and breath to make sounds (can be loud or soft, or high or low pitched)
Fluency:
the rhythm of our speech
Language:
- socially shared code
- uses a rule-governed system of arbitrary symbols/signs/gestures to represent ideas/thoughts/views
What does it mean when language is socially shared?
if what you are saying has no meaning, it is not language
Language includes:
- what words mean
- how to make new words
- how to put words together
- what we should say at different times
Communication:
the process of exchanging information, ideas, and feelings between people
Communication includes:
- speech
- language
- gestures, facial expressions, body language
- intonation, rate, pauses, loudness (to convey attitude/emotion)
Without a listener, it is not ______.
communication
Do you need language for communication?
no
Do you need speech for communication?
no
Frontal lobe is responsible for _____ production (_____ area).
- speech
- Broca’s
Frontal lobe responsibilities:
- planning
- organizing
- problem-solving
- decision-making
- reasoning (executive functions)
Parietal lobe responsibilities:
integrates sensory information (taste, smell, touch, vision, hearing, temperature, pain, and memory)
Occipital lobe responsibilities:
vision
Temporal lobe responsibilities:
- understanding language (Wernicke’s area)
- memory and learning
- hearing
3 types of speech and language disorders:
- receptive language disorder
- expressive language disorder
- speech disorder
_____, _____ and _____ are not the same thing, but are highly interconnected in _____.
- speech
- language
- communication
- development
Speech-language pathologist (SLP) specialize in…
disorders of communication and swallowing
SLPs require…
- a master’s degree
- training in neuroanatomy, genetics, human and language development, linguistics, psychology, acoustics etc.
What do SLPs do?
- screen, assess, identify and treat disorders of communication and swallowing
- work with individuals of all ages (babies to elderly)
Disorders of communication and swallowing:
- speech sound production
- voice and resonance
- language comprehension and expression
- pre-literacy and literacy skills
- cognitive communication
Where do SLPs work?
- hospitals
- clinics
- schools
- rehabilitation centres
- nursing homes
- early intervention programs
- universities
- colleges
- research centres
- private practices
Speech development is the coordination of movement across ___ muscle groups in ___ systems.
- 100
- 4
Respiratory is ____ source.
power
Laryngeal is _____ source.
sound
Velo-pharyngeal & articulatoy is for _____.
shaping
Easiest sounds:
- vowels and consonants
- happen at the front of the mouth
Hardest sounds:
- sounds at the back of the mouth (k, g)
- long sounds (s, z)
- harder to coordinate
- take longer to develop
DIVA model stands for:
Directions Into Velocities of Articulations
DIVA model:
computational neural network model of speech motor skill acquisition and speech production
DIVA model is based on…
neuroimaging studies of speech production
DIVA model can account for….
a number of long-studied speech phenomena
In computer simulations, the DIVA model….
learns to control the movements of a computer-simulated vocal tract in order to produce speech sounds