Speech Sound Production

Question 0

Effects of dysarthria on speech

Answer 0

Slow, imprecise articulation (consonants)
Fluctuating imprecision
Sound prolongations
Irregular pauses

Question 1

Effects of (childhood) apraxia on speech

Answer 1

More errors in sounds with complex oral gestures
Unusual errors - a lot omission
Prosodic impairment

Question 2

Effects of cleft palate/lip on speech

Answer 2

Hypernasality
Diminished intraoral pressure
Nasal air emission
Consonant cluster reductions

Question 3

Effects of Down syndrome on speech

Answer 3

Lack of articulation precision
similar w speech delay
Vowel errors bc of anatomical limitations of tongue

Question 4

Effects of hearing impairment on speech

Answer 4

Final consonant deletions and substitutions 
Neutralize vowels 
Reduced rate, and intelligibility 
Poor coordination of breathing 
Distorted resonance

Question 5

Speech intelligibility is effected by…

Answer 5

Articulation
Phonology
Suprasegmentals (prosody)
Other linguistic features

Question 6

% of intelligibility 19-24 months and 2-3 years

Answer 6

19-24 months: 25-50%

2-3 years: 50-75%

Question 7

% of intelligibility 4-5 years and 5+ years

Answer 7

4-5 years: 75/90%

5+ years: 90/100%

Question 8

Three common speech sound disorders

Answer 8

Articulation
Disfluency
Voice

Question 9

Motor based difficulties

Answer 9

Apraxia

Dysarthria

Question 10

Reading processes of decoding and ___ are related

Answer 10

Decoding and comprehension