lecture 4: goals

Question 1

when should long-term goals be set? what about short-term goals? what are the 5 domains?

Answer 1

• long: every 6 months
• short: weekly
• domains: audition, speech, language, cognition, communication

Question 2

goals should be not too hard and not too easy – just right. what is the term for this?

Answer 2

zone of proximal development

Question 3

T or F: it is possible for kids with hearing loss to regress

Answer 3

true – GET THE HEARING TECH CHECKED

Question 4

describe the Listening and Spoken Language Gain Expectation Rule (3)

Answer 4

1. 6-12 months worth of gain within the first six-months.
2. 12 months worth of gain within the second six-months.
3. 12-24 months worth of gain within the third six-months.

Question 5

More than maturational gains expected until __________.

Answer 5

the age equivalency of the child’s current skills are within range of the child’s chronological age

Question 6

define closed set vs bridge set vs open set

Answer 6

• closed: choices in front of child
• bridge: category cue (e.g., vegetables)
• open: conversational (i.e., least cues)

Question 7

what is expected auditory memory capacity for the following ages:
a) 1;11
b) 2;11
c) 3;11
d) 4;11
e) 5;11
f) 6;11

Answer 7

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
e) 5
f) 6

Question 8

what position should you put target vocab in when the child is just learning it?

Answer 8

• final (brain remembers what it hears last)
• then medial
• then initial

Question 9

why is the first year after being fitted with appropriate hearing tech called the “learning to listen” year? (2)

Answer 9

• due to ABC, the child does not hear an accurate representation of the sound for the first 3 weeks to 3 months of listening.
• additionally, the child does not know what is heard or even how to respond.

Question 10

what should practitioners do instead of drill?

Answer 10

provide abundant examples of spoken language in meaningful and highly motivating contexts

Question 11

T or F: the less auditory access, the more the learning needs to be drill-based

Answer 11

true

Question 12

children that are DoHH need to hear words x__ more than non-DoHH peers in order to learn it

Answer 12

3

Question 13

provide an example of an auditory cognitive task

Answer 13

identification of items by description

Question 14

provide an example of an auditory cloze task

Answer 14

“happy birthday to ___”

Question 15

whats the diff bw binaural integration vs binaural separation?

Answer 15

• integration: competing speech
• separation: speech in noise

Question 16

define:
a) detection
b) discrimination
c) identification
d) comprehension

Answer 16

a) detection: response indicates an awareness that sound is present.
b) discrimination: response indicates awareness that one sound is different from another.
c) identification: response indicates that meaning is associated with sound.
d) comprehension: response indicates an understanding of connected language.

Question 17

by the end of the first year of listening, the auditory system adapts to and prefers _______

Answer 17

non-acoustically highlighted speech

Question 18

by which age should auditory memory capacity be to remember and repeat:
a) 2-3 word phrases
b) 4-5 word phrases
c) 6-7 word phrases
d) 9 word phrases
e) 12 word phrases

Answer 18

a) 18-24 months
b) 2.5 years
c) 3-4 years
d) 4-5 years (with carrier phrases)
e) 5-6 years (with carrier phrases)

Question 19

what kind of sound localization should occur at each age:
a) 6 months
b) 8-9 months
c) 12-16 months
d) 16-24 months

Answer 19

a) side to side
b) side to side down low
c) in front and behind
d) side to side above and all angles

Question 20

what is the hierarchy of targeting sound localization? (4)

Answer 20

• distance
• competing noise
• outside of room
• in nature/outside

Question 21

what skill is each one referring to:
a) how long is conversation? it’s not interesting enough
b) everyone’s talking at the same time
c) i want to hear the speaker of interest only
d) where am i in space?
e) i can’t hear you even tho you’re close

Answer 21

a) auditory attention
b) dichotic listening
c) binaural squelch
d) spatial hearing
e) head shadow effect

Question 22

what skill is each one referring to:
a) i’m tired of listening to you
b) you’re too far away, what did you say?
c) who’s talking?
d) i got to get the ball in the net. what did you say?

Answer 22

a) listening effect
b) distance hearing
c) localization
d) auditory multitasking

Question 23

the later the identification of the child’s hearing loss, the more urgent the need for speech targets to be selected based on ____.

Answer 23

heightened audibility (final position of words first) vs. normal order of speech development (initial position of words)

Question 24

name 5 topics in speech

Answer 24

1. suprasegmental features
2. word approx
3. eliminating phono processes
4. refining voice quality
5. engaging in vocal play/babbling

Question 25

name 5 topics in language

Answer 25

1. sound-object association 2. ask/answer questions 3. understand and use prepositions 4. understand and use tenses 5. expand utterance length (imitation --> spontaneous)

Question 26

name 5 topics in cognition

Answer 26

1. play skills 2. participate in musical games 3. comprehend memory games 4. basic concepts 5. identify and label body parts

Question 27

name 5 topics in communication

Answer 27

1. turn taking 2. vocalize wants/needs 3. convo repair 4. social courtesies 5. eye contact