online test 2 Flashcards
(44 cards)
Doing which of the following would likely yield the most useful information about effectiveness of an intervention strategy?
Utilizing a single subject design (ABAB or a reversal procedure ABA
Following anoxic encephalopathy , clients are likely yo experience the most significant long term impairments in the area of
memory
Which of the following is a typical symptom of cerebellar involvement
overshooting or undershooting an intended target.
Treatment of apraxia of speech most appropriately emphasizes
auditory visual stimulation, oral motor repetition and phonetic placement.
For which of the following conditions is it most appropriate for the SLP to recommend that the patient’s primary care physician refer the patient to a prosthodontist for construction of a palatal lift appliance?
Flaccid paralysis of the soft palate
Which of the following errors is likely to persist the longest in the speech of children who are learning SAE as a first language and following the normal developmental course for speech acuisition?
consonant cluster reduction
No Kitty-it's not a kitty my doggie- this toy dog is mine no goat- it's not a goat kitty house-the cat is in the house big kitty-it's a big cat doggie ball-the dog pushed the ball Which of the following semantic-synctatic constructions does the child show evidence of using?
possessor+possesion
attribute+ entity
agent+action
Control over the fundamental frequency of the laryngeal tone is the most closely related to the activity of which of the following muscles?
cricothyroid
ms lopez articulation errors consist of the following: f/v , sh/g, and s/z. On the basis of these errors, the SLP should begin remediation that focuses on:
voicing
Native speakers of a language possess several capacities or abilities to provide insight into their language competence. Sentences such as “visiting friends can be a nuisance” are especially useful to test a person’s ability to
recognize syntactic ambiguity
Which of the following provides the most important diagnostic information to an SLP making a differential diagnosis between childhood apraxia of speech and flaccid dysarthria in a child?
A history of the child’s development of chewing, eating and swallowing
A disfluent 4 yrs child is referred to an SLP for assessment. Which of the following is most important for the SLP to consider in deciding whether the child is developmentally non fluent or stuttering
The nature and frequency of the child’s disfluencies
A teacher asks the SLP for advice regarding a child who talks excessively during class, rarely listens to instructions and does work only intermittently. Attempts at alternative seating for the child have not been successful. Of the following which is the most appropriate recommendation that the SLP can provide to the teacher?
refer the child for evaluation by members of the child’s study team
An SLP is planning treatment for a 5 yrs with multiple speech production errors. The most effective strategy the clinician can use to treat the child is to
Delineate phonological processes in operation and address them through minimal pairs
Which of the following would be most likely to help a client who has aphonia?
Development of phonation through coughing or throat clearing
in terms of communication impairment, an adult with Alzheimers-type dementia tends to differ from an adult with aphasia associated with a CVA in that:
The capacity of the adult with aphasia to make appropriate comments about recent events is generally better
In treatment of voice disorders, the chewing technique is used to do which of the following?
Reduce tension in the laryngeal area
Research regarding the use of intensive phonemic-awereness treatment for children who have difficulty learning to read has demonstrated that the treatment
might have no direct relationship to improvement in reading abilities
A child with discourse problems is most likely to need remediation directed at which of the following?
Cohesive device (prenominal references)
Which of the following type of cerebral palsy is characterized by slow, arrhythmic writhing and involuntary movements of the extremities?
Athetoid
To justify providing individual treatment for a 2 1/2 year old with apraxia of speech, which of the following would be the LEAST important for the SLP to include in the evaluation report?
A description of language development of the child’s older siblings.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of hearing function. Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
It is measured in decibels and corresponds to the intensity level at which spondaic words can be recognized approximately 50% of the time.
A clinician who employs active listening is doing which of the following?
Responding to both the content and the affect of the client’s remarks
A number of research reports have described poor auditory memory in children with language impairments. Which of the following can most appropriately be concluded from these studies?
Poor auditory memory could be a reflection or a cause of a language impairment or could be related to some other factor, and further research is needed to determine which is the case.
