Unit 3: 1 to 8 Months Material ONLY

Question 1

What are the components of a vocal assessment for the 1 to 8 months age range (4)?

Answer 1

1. SLP wants a sample of “comfort state” vocalizations
2. Duration of sample: 20 min
3. Want to obtain 50-70 vocalizations
4. Can use multiple observations in order to get the 20 min or to reach the 50-70 vocalizations.

Question 2

What characteristics is the SLP interested in for the 1 to 8 months age range during vocal assessment (4)?

Answer 2

1. Canonical babbling: Both consonant and vowel-like sounds
2. Rate
3. Proportion of consonant-like sounds
4. Looking for multisyllabic babbling

Question 3

How should feeding be managed in the 1 to 8 months population?

Answer 3

Feeding should be managed through:
1. Oral stimulation - Want qrinkleley toys

2. Non-nutritive sucking - SLPs want pacifiers
3. Presentations of toys to mouth - the child will have feeding issues if they won’t put anything in their mouth

Question 4

Vocal development management 1 to 8 months

Answer 4

1. Encourage vocalizations - parent must respond to infant
2. Educate all family members on how to encourage the baby
3. Model sounds for the stage that the infant is in

Question 5

Describe how parents can encourage vocalizations in the 1 to 8 months population.

Answer 5

See SG

Question 6

Describe how parents can encourage their infant in the 1 to 8 months population.

Answer 6

See SG

Question 7

How often should a high-risk infant’s hearing be evaluated during his first year?

Answer 7

Every 3-6 months

Question 8

Describe how an SLP should educate a parent on otitis media.

Answer 8

See SG

Question 9

How can hearing impairment be corrected in infants 1 to 8 months?

Answer 9

Some children will be candidates for hearing aids while others may be candidates for cochlear implants.

Question 10

What does cochlear implantation before age 2 promote?

Answer 10

Acquisition of expressive language, receptive language, and intelligibility, and may approximate normal language development rate.

Question 11

1-8 months child behavior and development assessment components (2)

Answer 11

1. High-risk infants need follow-up assessment for general and communicative development and in some cases is the only form of intervention required.
2. If development is behind for chronological or adjusted age, a general stimulation program may be implemented through a collaborative effort (ie: OT, PT).

Question 12

1-8 months child behavior and development management (5)

Answer 12

1. Can be provided in a setting with other children
2. Provide motor and cognitive stimulation
3. Provide specialized services to target gross motor, fine motor, and oral-motor development.
4. SLP needs to focus on oral-motor plan and communicative intervention focusing on interaction patterns.
5. Most intervention is home based.