Speech Disorders - Exam 2 Flashcards
Ukrainetz (2015) says molecular genetics allows researches to investigate the _____ ___________ for any disease or disorder.
genes responsible
Molecular genetics has shown us that there is a broad, ______ _________ _____, that can result in speech, language, or reading disorder (Ukrainetz, 2015).
verbal heritable disorder
What does a parent say about their child’s speech that is a genetic red flag?
“He sounds just like I did when I was a child”
Decreased phonological awareness skills have been implicated in ____ _______ _______ in young children.
poor reading ability
Children in which SES have a slightly greater number of SSDs?
Low-income/poverty
Name some environmental factors of articulation and phonological development
SES
role models
health insurance
Name familial and personal factors of articulation and phonological development
birth order and number of siblings
gender (SSDs more common in boys)
age
Children between the ages of 4-6 start to sound like ______
adults
Improvements on articulation and phonological development can be made until age __
8
Children with SSD will probably have an IQ of __ or _____
70, lower
With SSDs, speech sounds are learned in ___ ____ sequence, just more ______
same sequence, slowly
What is the most frequent error for individuals with SSD?
consonant deletion
Children with SSDs may use…
incomplete sentences, shorter utterances, and less complex language
As sentence length and complexity increases, speech sound errors ________
increase
Speech sound errors especially increase when children are trying to produce…
polysyllabic words
complex, compound, or passive sentences
Tongue Thrust
“reverse swallow” that is habitual or obligatory
Obligatory Tongue Thrust is when the _______ or ________ are enlarged, which partially _____ the posterior airway passage.
tonsils, adenoids, block
Orofacial Myology
the study of relationships among dentition, speech, non-speech, tongue, and facial muslces.
What is the Tx for Tongue thrust?
Orofacial Myology
TT: during swallowing, the tongue _____ _______ putting the tip in contact with the _____ ___.
comes forward, lower lip
TT: at rest, the tongue is _______ - the tip is between or against the ________ teeth while the mandible is ____.
forward, anterior, open
TT: during speech, the tongue is _______ and against or between ________ teeth while the mandible is slightly ____.
fronted, anterior, open
TT can contribute to ____________.
malocclusion
TT speech errors may include distortions of /__,__,__/ and interdentalization of /__,__,__,__/
/s,z,l/
/t,d,n,l/
Why is TT not treated in public schools?
because it doesn’t have an adverse impact on a child’s access to the curriculum
indirectly refer out!