EEX3120 Chapter 1: A Journey: From Student to Professional

Question 0

This specialist will evaluate and assist individuals with “CAPD” and select hearing aids and other amplification devices. What do the letters in the acrostic “CAPD” stand for?

Answer 0

Audiologist; Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Question 1

Name the specialist who will measure hearing ability, identify, assess, manage, and prevent disorders of hearing and balance

Answer 1

Audiologist

Question 2

In your own words define CAPD

Answer 2

A disorder that does not allow the ears and brain to coordinate therefore affecting the way the brain interprets sound

Question 3

Name the specialist who provides services related to communicative disorders. He will identify, assess, and treat communication disorders in all modalities, both receptively and expressively

Answer 3

Speech Language Pathologist(SLP)

Question 4

Name the specialist that provides services for the disorder “dysarthria” and may work with an individual who chooses to modify a regional or foreign dialect

Answer 4

Speech Language Pathologist(SLP)

Question 5

What do the letters in the acrostic “ASHA” stand for

Answer 5

American Speech-Language Hearing Association

Question 6

What do the letters in the acrostic “IFSP” and the abbreviation “EI” stand for

Answer 6

Individual Family Service Plan; Early Intervention

Question 7

Name the efficacious practices that are an essential part of effective and ethical interventions

Answer 7

Evidence-based practice

Question 8

In your own words, define “efficacy” as it relates to clinical outcomes

Answer 8

The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under IDEAL conditions of use

Question 9

In your own words, define “effectiveness” as it relates to clinical outcomes

Answer 9

The probability of benefit to individuals in a defined population from a medical technology applied for a given medical problem under AVERAGE conditions of use