Speech and Language Disorders

Question 1

Speech and Language Disorders

What is the definition of Speech and Language Disorders?

Answer 1

A Speech and Language Disorder is a communication skill which differs so significantly in manner or content from that of peers that it calls attention to itself, disrupts communication or affects emotional, social, intellectual or educational growth.

Question 2

Speech and Language Disorders

Speech and Language Disorders range from _____ to ________..

Answer 2

Speech and Language Disorders

Speech and Language Disorders range from MILD to PROFOUND.

Question 3

Speech and Language Disorders

What are the 3 Types of Speech and Language ARTICULATION Disorders

Answer 3

What are the 3 Types of Speech and Language ARTICULATION Disorders?

1. Substitutions
2. Omissions
3. Distortions

Question 4

Speech and Language Disorders

1. What type of speech and language disorder is “SUBSTITUTION”?
2. Give an example of a “SUBSTITUTION”.

Answer 4

Speech and Language Disorders

1. Substitution is an ARTICULATION disorder
2. CHANGING A LETTER SOUND YOU CANNOT SAY TO A LETTER sound you can say.

Question 5

Speech and Language Disorders

1. What type of speech and language disorder is “OMISSION”?
2. Give an example of a “OMISSION”.

Answer 5

Speech and Language Disorders

1. OMISSION is an ARTICULATION disorder
2. ex. Say the beginning of the word and the ending but leave out the middle.

Question 6

Speech and Language Disorders

1. What type of speech and language disorder is “Distortion”?
2. Give an example of a “Distortion”.

Answer 6

Speech and Language Disorders

1. Distortion is an ARTICULATION disorder

called a LATERAL LISP

2. Air leaving out the side of mouse making a wispy sound

Question 7

Speech and Language Disorders

What are the 3 Types of Speech and Language “LANGUAGE” Disorders?

Answer 7

What are the 3 Types of Speech and Language “LANGUAGE” Disorders?

1. Semantics–Vocabulary, concepts
2. Syntax/morphology–word order, word endings
3. Pragmatics–social interactions, nonverbal communication

Question 8

Speech and Language Disorders

SEMANTICS is a “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking?

Answer 8

Speech and Language Disorders

SEMANTICS is a “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking? Give an example.

1. Vocabulary
2. Concepts

Question 9

Speech and Language Disorders

SYNTAX/MORPHOLOGY is sa “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking?

Give an example.

Answer 9

Speech and Language Disorders

SYNTAX/MORPHOLOGY is a “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking?
Give an example.

1. Word order
   ex. USING THE INCORRECT WORDS FOR WHAT SHE IS TRYING TO SAY. Ask “What did you do today?” she answers “My friends.”
2. Word Endings
   ex. Using the wrong tense, or using plural when should be singular.

Question 10

Speech and Language Disorders

“PRAGMATICS” is a “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking?

Give an example.

Answer 10

Speech and Language Disorders

“PRAGMATICS” is a “Language” disorder that involves what two areas of communications/thinking?
Give an example.

1. Social interactions
   ex .SMILING AT YOU WHEN THEY DON’T KNOW THE CORRECT THING TO SAY.
2. Nonverbal communication
   ex. SMILING AT YOU WHEN THEY DON’T KNOW THE CORRECT THING TO SAY.

Question 11

Speech and Language Disorders

What are 7 Types of Speech and Language “FLUENCY” Disorders?

Give an example of each.

Answer 11

Speech and Language Disorders

What are 7 Types of Speech and Language “FLUENCY” Disorders? Give an example of each.

1. An interruption in the flow of speaking
   ex. losing your place. trying to do two things at once. Don’t know what to say. Under pressure
2. Disfluency–stuttering
   ex. on 1st word, phrase or sentence.
3. Repetitions….
   ex. stalling on the next thing to say
4. Prolongations
   ex. hold sound out long. not as common as repetitions but still hard to understand
5. “Blocks”
   ex. no sound coming out. No words. worse kind of stuttering.
6. “Fillers”
   ex. vocalized pauses. eh. eh.
7. “Secondary Mannerisms”.
   ex. twitches, hand flapping, etc movements. looks funny.
8. The FLUID (fluency) ERUPTED (An interruption in the flow of speaking) with DISKS (Disfluency—stuttering) that my PET (Repetitions) chased thru the LONG GATE (prolongations) down the BLOCK (“Blocks”) where a TILLAR (“Fillers”) was steering the DAIRY (“Secondary Mannerisms”).

Question 12

Speech and Language Disorders

What are 5 Types of Speech and Language “VOICE” Disorders?

Answer 12

Speech and Language Disorders

What are 4 Types of Speech and Language “VOICE” Disorders?

1. Abnormal production and/or pitch, loudness, and/or resonance which is inappropriate for individual’s age and/or sex
2. Pitch
3. Loudness
4. Quality
5. Resonance

Abnormal production and/or pitch, loudness, and/or resonance which is inappropriate for individual’s age and/or sex

The PITCH was LOUD, but the QUALITY was RESONANT.

Question 13

Speech and Language Disorders

What and the 4 main types of speech and language disorders?

Answer 13

Speech and Language Disorders

What and the 4 main types of speech and language disorders?

1. Articulation
2. Language
3. Fluency
4. Voice

The ART (articulation) of the LANGUAGE (language) INFLUENCES (fluency) the VOICE (voice).