EXAM 1

Question 1

what is a communication disorder?

Question 2

what is a speech disorder

Question 3

what is a language disorder

Question 4

what is hearing disorder

Question 5

what do speech-language pathologists and audiologist do?

Question 6

who do they work with (types of patients and other professionals)

Question 7

what disorders might they see

Question 8

where might they work

Question 9

where do most of them work

Question 10

what do speech, language, and hearing scientists do

Question 11

what do they study

Question 12

where might they work

Question 13

what might they be called

Question 14

what credentials are required to practice as a speech-language pathologist in the state of Texas

Question 15

If ASHA certification is not required to practice in Texas, why would someone want to be ASHA certified

Question 16

What services might be needed for individuals at different ages

Question 17

How many individuals have need of services as children or adults?

Question 18

What disorders might be treated in children? Adults?

Question 19

What are the four basic principles of ASHA’s Code of Ethics?

Question 20

How have attitudes toward people with disabilities changed through the centuries?

Question 21

Give a brief description of the laws PL 94-142 and IDEA.

Question 22

How has the passing of these laws helped those with disabilities? Those with communication disorders?

Question 23

What are the three areas we consider when we describe Evidence Based Practice (EBP)

Question 24

What is the difference between efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of speech-language pathology services?

Question 25

How do social and cultural aspects of human beings influence communication?

Question 26

How might we define “communication?”

Question 27

What is sociolinguistics?

Question 28

How do culture, who is participating, and the setting influence communication?

Question 29

How could those factor cause problems in communication?

Question 30

What influences a dialect? Is it considered a communication disorder? Why?

Question 31

What different types of communication are used? Are they always verbal? Are they effective?

Question 32

What is meant by the phrase, “When considering the impact of culture, we need to separate ‘truths’ from ‘tradition?’ “

Question 33

2) How would you define language?

Question 34

What are the basic characteristics of language?

Question 35

What are language form, content, and use? Define and give examples of the components of these.

Question 36

What is a morpheme? (Be prepared to count them.) What is the difference between a bound and free morpheme?

Question 37

How do suprasegmentals contribute to the meaning of language?

Question 38

What are examples of pragmatic rules of American English? (See Figure 2.2)

Question 39

What are the components of speech?

Question 40

Describe the components of nonverbal communication.

Question 41

What communication disorders are likely to be diagnosed at different ages?

Question 42

What are disorders of Form, Content and Use?

Question 43

What are disorders of articulation, including dysarthria and apraxia?

Question 44

What is the most common disorder of fluency?

Question 45

What are disorders of voice?

Question 46

What is the difference between deafness and hard of hearing? Types of hearing losses (i.e., conductive, sensorineural, and mixed losses)?

Question 47

What is an auditory processing disorder?

Question 48

How are estimates made regarding the number of people with communication disorders

Question 49

What is normal?

Question 50

How many have communication disorders and what is the term for that number?

Question 51

How are the young and old different in number and type of communication disorders?

Question 52

What is the difference between incidence and prevalence?

Question 53

How does a speech-language pathologist or audiologist decide whether there is a problem?

Question 54

What is a diagnosis? A prognosis?

Question 55

What is dynamic assessment?

Question 56

What is the difference between a norm referenced and criterion-referenced test?