Week 1

Question 1

What is communication?

Answer 1

All means by which information is transmitted between a sender and a receiver

Question 2

What is language?

Answer 2

a sophisticated system of communication, it is rule based

Question 3

How do you define a disorder?

Answer 3

disturbance of normal functioning of the mind or body

Question 4

What does a stand for?

Answer 4

absence

Question 5

What does dys stand for?

Answer 5

difficulty

Question 6

What does arthri stand for?

Answer 6

vocal articulation

Question 7

What does phasia mean?

Answer 7

speechless

Question 8

What does phagia mean?

Answer 8

eating

Question 9

What does praxia mean?

Answer 9

skilled movement

Question 10

What does phonia mean?

Answer 10

voice

Question 11

What does oto mean?

Answer 11

ear

Question 12

What does aural mean?

Answer 12

hearing

Question 13

What does the prevalence of communication disorders mean?

Answer 13

the number/percentage of people within a specified population who have a particular disorder or condition at a given time

Question 14

What are the three types of therapy services?

Answer 14

habilitation: helping someone develop or improve a skill
rehabilitation: helping someone regain a skill that has been lost
compensatory: help an individual adapt or deal with a situation, there is usually no cure

Question 15

Compare organic and functional disorders.

Answer 15

Organic disorders the cause of it is known
Functional disorder there is no known diagnosis for the disorder

Question 16

What are speech disorders?

Answer 16

This would be having trouble saying sounds, stuttering, or voice problems

Question 17

What are speech sound disorders?

Answer 17

An impairment in the way speech sounds and is produced, it can be often secondary to an issue such as a cleft palate

Question 18

What is dysphonia?

Answer 18

A voice disorder that causes poor voice quality

Question 19

What are motor speech disorders?

Answer 19

Dysarthria: weakness, spasticity, or incoordination alters the ability to produce clear speech; ex: basal ganglia, cerebellum, cranial and spinal nerves
Apraxia: speech motor planning and programming; effects specific part of Broca’s area in the motor strip

Question 20

What are fluency disorders?

Answer 20

interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and disfluencies

Question 21

What is aphasia?

Answer 21

An acquired language disorder, it can affect all aspects of language but it does NOT affect intelligence

Question 22

What is developmental language disorder?

Answer 22

affects learning and using language, there is no known cause but it is the most common neurodevelopmental disorder

Question 23

What is dysphagia?

Answer 23

Difficulty swallowing food or liquid

Question 24

Describe infant hearing loss.

Answer 24

It is a genetic disorder, and the most common birth condition in the US

Question 25

What is the ringing in the ears called?

Answer 25

Tinnitus

Question 26

What are vestibular disorders?

Answer 26

Disorders that affect the body’s balance system, can affect the inner ear

Question 26

What is the semi circular canal?

Answer 26

The part of the ear that tells you where you are