SLPA 100 Final Flashcards by Carla Portello

Which of the following is not an employment setting for speech and hearing professionals?

E. all of the above are employment settings (hospitals, private practice, nursing homes, publics schools)

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Psychologists, particularly ________, are involved in identifying and treating a variety of cognitive and communication deficits.

D. neuropsychologists

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The organization that represents and regulates individuals practicing speech-language pathology and audiology is?

A. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

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_______ are tools for advancing theories and research. They provide information to help professionals remain current in their diagnostic and therapeutic skills.

C. Journals

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The terminal or highest degree necessary to practice speech-language pathology and audiology is the?

B. Master’s

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After completion of the academic training and supervised practicum, the candidate for the Certificate of Clinical Competence must complete a _______. This involves gainful employment, but with 9-12 months of supervision.

B. Clinical Fellowship

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It has been said that the higher one goes up the professional ladder, the more exclusively the job becomes?

C. communication

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______ is a medical doctor who specializes in medical and surgical management of diseases and disorders of the ear.

A. otologist

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_____ is a medical doctor who specializes in the medical and surgical management of diseases and disorders of the ear and throat.

C. otolaryngologist

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Frequency of vibration correlates with the psychological perception of_____?

B. pitch

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_____ is used when referring to frequency of vibration.

A. Hz

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Amplitude of vibration correlates with psychological perception of

A. loudness

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_____ is used when referring to loudness.

B. dB

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The _____ is one type of graphic representation of air vibration.

C. sound wave form

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The speech signal is composed of energy principally below____ cycles per second.

D. 4000

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Human hearing range is between 20 and_____ cycles per second.

B. 20,000

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_____ occurs when the distance between two molecules is greater than the distance during inertia of the normal resting stage.

A. rarefaction

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The_____ energy stage of hearing involves the transformation of acoustic energy by the structure of the middle ear.

C. mechanical

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The space between the tympanic membrane and the cochlea is known as the_____ ear.

C. middle

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The_____ tube allows air pressure equalization between the middle ear and external environment.

E. eustachian

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Sound is transformed into_____ energy at the cochlea.

C. hydraulic

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The_____ is to hearing as the eye is to vision.

D. cochlea

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The specific cranial nerve that eventually transmits sound to the cortex is the_____ cranial nerve.

A. VIII

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_____ hearing loss is the result of impairment of the acoustical and mechanical energy transmission stages.

B. conductive

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Dysfunctions of the_____ usually involve long term exposure to noise.

C. cochlea

An air-bone gap suggests a_____ type of hearing loss.

B.conductive

_____ audiometry involves occluding the ear and presenting different pressure levels.

D. impedance

Which reflex is tested during impedance audiometry?

C. stapedial

On the audiogram, the right ear receives a_____ marking.

C. red 0

The hearing test suggested in the section are_____ in nature.

A. screening

In English,there are_____ sounds or phonemes.

A. 44

IPA stands for?

B. International Phonetic Alphabet

Consonants are typically divided into two production classification systems; place and_____.

B. manner

The sound "sh" on the word brush is represented by which IPA symbol?

A. /ʃ/

The sound "ch" on the word chicken is represented by which IPA symbol?

B. /tʃ/

The vowel "ou" om tje word you is represented by which IPA symbol?

B. /u/

THe vowel in the word "hit" is represented by which IPA symbol?

B. /ɪ/

Which of the following is a nasal in English?

D. A and B above are nasals ( /m/ and /n/ )

Which of the following is not a place of articulation sire consonants?

E. All of the above are sites of articulation (labio-dental, lingua-alveolar, lingua-dental, lingua-velar)

_____ production is dependent on lip rounding, height, and position of the tongue in the oral cavity.

B. vowel

Which of the following is not a hard or soft articulation?

E. uvula

Which factor is important in determining the effects of motional duress on articulation development?

E. All of the above are important (regression, mutism, shock or psychologically devastating event)

_____ refers to a pathologically large tongue.

C. macroglossia

_____ is the rule-governed system by which humans produce the sounds of language.

B. phonology

The substitution of a glide for a glide is seen in auditory perceptual deficits and is known as an_____ substitution.

E. in-class

"_at for "cat" is an example of?

A. omission of the /k/ sound initially

Which of the following in an example of /w/ for /r/ substitution initially?

C. wabbit for rabbit

With typical articulation therapy, the produce is to start with the simple, noncomplex behavior and gradually advance to the correct, more_____ task.

C. complex

_____ is the ability to produce the sound when provided with visual and auditory cues.

B. stimulability

The phenomenon by which adjacent sounds affect the production of the target sound is known as?

A. co-articulation

_____ is the final phase of articulation therapy and involves teaching the client to correctly produce the sound during school activities at home.

D. habituation

The "voice box" is also known as the

E. none of the above

A women's vocal cords vibrate at approximately_____ cycles per second.

B. 250

_____ muscles have both their origin and attachment within the larynx.

A. intrinsic

_____ is the occurrence of too much nasality on non-nasal sounds.

D. hypernasality

Which of the following is NOT a standard voice quality?

E. All of the above are standard voice qualities

Patients with vocal cord paralysis usually have_____ as the primary voice quality.

A. breathiness

A_____ cleft is present when the bones of the palate do not come together but the skin is intact.

D. submucous

_____ is the label given to someone who has undergone a laryngectomy.

B. larynectomee

_____ larygectomies involve the complete removal of the larynx and some adjacent tissue, glands, and muscles.

A. radical

_____ is the speech produced by a person with a with a laryngectomy.

D. esophageal

which of the following is NOT considered a reactive voice disorder?

D. esophageal

_____ is the combination of breathiness and harshness.

A. hoarseness

Which of the following are factors not contributing to chronic vocal abuse?

E. all of the above

_____is the primary treatment to reduce reactive voice disorders.

B. relaxation training

The_____ part of the brain is where language is located for most right-handed individuals.

C. left hemisphere

_____ strokes occur when there is a blockage or restriction of an artery.

C. occlusive

patients with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) frequently suffer from?

E. all of the above

Apraxia of speech and the dysarthrias are two categories of_____ speech disorders

B. motor

Which of the following is NOT a type of dysarthria?

D. quick hypokinetic

_____ is a dysarthria resulting from damage to the lower motor neurons.

A. flaccid

Approximately_____ percent of the dysarthrias are of mixed variety.

A. 50

Parkinson's disease usually causes_____ dysarthria.

D. hypokinetic

Patients with_____ of speech have problems programming utterances.

C. apraxia

_____ is a communication disorder that affects an individual's ability to engage in symbolic processing.

E. aphasia

_____ is defined as a disorder affecting the ability to encode, decode, and manipulate symbols for the purposes of of verbal thought and/or communication/

B. aphasia

When an aphasic patient says "pen" for "pencil" he/she has made an

C. association

_____recovery of language abilities in aphasia due to the natural healing of the brain

B. spontaneous

Which of the following is not a physical condition seen in aphasia?

D. diabetes

Emotional_____ is an exaggerated emotional response typically seen in aphasia.

B. lability

_____ is the tendency of a behavior to persist for a longer period of time than would be warranted by the stimuli presented.

C. perseveration

Which of the following is NOT a treatment listed for the neuropathologies of speech and language

E. vascular stimulation

Which of the following is NOT an area typically assessed and treated in childhood language development and disorders?

B. bio-chemical

_____ refers to the functional processes that underlie language. It is the way language communicates the needs, desires, feelings, and ideas of the child.

D. social-communication abilities

_____ refers to the thought processes that underlie language.

A. cognitive functioning

Children with_____ disorders have difficulty producing the vowels or consonants of their language and combining sounds.

E. phonological

the child who was a_____ disorder will exhibit inappropriate word order or incorrect sequencing of words in phrases or sentences.

A. syntactic

WHen the child say "Baby cry" and the clinician utters, "Yes the baby is crying,"_____ has been provided.

C. expanding

_____ objects are those used by a child in play that stand for or represent other objects.

D. representational

Children with_____ language disorders have problems using language for specific purposes in social context.

C. pragmatic

The majority of stuttering begins between ___and___ years of age.

D. two and seven

The ratio of male to female individuals with stuttering disorders is approximately?

B. 4 to 1

_____ is the avoidance of a feared word and the substitution of another one

C. circumlocution

THe negative emotions experienced by individuals who stutter result from_____ conditioning.

A. classical

Avoidance and_____behaviors have a strong response strength because they have occurred frequently for months and even years.

C. attraction

_____ means that the reward or punishment is applied immediately after a specific behavior.

B. contingent

A child will learn to act in different way if he/she observes someone he/she respects and admires displaying the new behavior. This is an example of the_____ principle.

A. modeling

To stop a child from displaying a certain behavior, arrange his/her environment so that there are no rewards for it occurrence. This is an example of the principle.

E. reward termination

To stop a child from displaying an undesirable behavior, reward him/her for engaging in a behavior that is_____ with the unwanted one.

D. incompatible

It has been proposed that the_____ schedule of reward is the reason people keep trying in the face of possible failure.

B. variable interval

SLPA 100 Final Flashcards

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