Week 5: Single Word Auditory Comprehension

Question 1

receptive language

Answer 1

comprehension (reading, verbal, etc.)

Question 2

auditory comprehension

Answer 2

ability to understand spoken language

Question 3

most cases of __________ have some degree of auditory comprehension deficits

Answer 3

aphasia

Question 4

performance of auditory comprehension can depend on

Answer 4

level of input or complexity

Question 5

how is single word comprehension accompished?

Answer 5

1. clearly articulated word from conversational partner
2. listener ID’s and perceives phonemes (put the phonemes together “this is cat, I know what that means”
3. lexical recognition facilitates access to many meanings

Question 6

single word level impairments could be

Answer 6

perceptual, secondary to auditory deficit: not an aphasia
perceptual to pure word deafness

inability to understand the meaning of a word despite correct repetition (greatest deficit in auditory comprehension)

Question 7

failure to perceive the speech sounds correctly with audition preserved is

Answer 7

pure word deafness

Question 8

comprehension is not an _____________________ concept

Answer 8

all or nothing; they may be able to comprehend slightly

Question 9

auditory comprehension is typically assessed by

Answer 9

pointing to a named object

Question 10

what are some confounding factors that could affect single word comprehension?

Answer 10

auditory function; hearing loss

attention deficits

additional comprehension deficits at larger level than single word

motor limitations

visual impairments

Question 11

assessment for auditory single-word comprehension could include:

Answer 11

provide instructions to point to the object/structure/picture

matching written word to picture/photo

ask yes and no questions

Question 12

object/structures in assessment can be

Answer 12

immediate daily/home environment

materials from test battery

a body part

Question 13

pictures in assessment can be

Answer 13

photography

line drawing

B&W drawing

color drawing

Question 14

in assessment, it is important to

Answer 14

take note of method when assessing; include details

and take note of semantic categories (did you test using words that are relevant to the patient?)

Question 15

in assessment, most of the time _________ are assessed over _____________

Answer 15

nouns; verbs… but assessment can be easily applied to verbs