Test 1 Flashcards
(57 cards)
What is a standardized test that compares an individual’s abilities with those of same-age peers?
Norm Referenced
What is a test that scores generated make a statement about the behavior that can be expected of a person with that score
Criterion Referenced
What is the appropriate method of assessment in AAC?
Administer standardized measures in non standard ways in order to gather information about how the patient best communicates.
What is direct selection?
includes pointing with a body part such as a finger, hand, or toe, or through the use of a pointing device such as a beam of light, head stick, or mouth stick. Switches can be turned on with a body part, puff of air, or wrinkle of an eyebrow.
What is scanning?
Involves the use of lights on a system that pass over each choice that the user activates to switch to stop the light and pick a choice, other types are auditory scanning and scan patterns. Requires less motor control but possibly more cognitive skill and patience.
What is encoding?
The user learns to use specific codes for each message. Can be a very rapid way of expressing lengthy messages. If mental abilities are better than motor abilities, this can provide a greater range of vocabulary options.
A person with left side neglect may only eat what they see on the _________ of the plate.
Right side.
Left side neglect is a __________ condition.
Neurological
It is estimated that _____ percent of right sides strokes result in some degree of left side neglect.
25
Damage to the _______ ______ of the brain can cause right side neglect, but this condition is less common and often ______ severe than left neglect.
left side; less
SLP’s have to think about access to ________ when setting up an AAC device.
Vocabulary
What are aided symbols?
Those that require something external to the body to represent meaning, for example a book, picture, board, or device.
What are unaided symbols?
Those that use only movements or sounds from the human body to represent meaning.
What should a SLP do with a child who has CP and can utter a few words?
Test for AAC
What should a SLP do with a teen who has ASD, and he doesn’t want to go to speech therapy?
Find motivators, create positive experiences for him in speech therapy.
What should a SLP do with a student transitioning to high school, and he is not making measurable gains in articulation therapy. He has a diagnosis of DS.
Test for AAC
The more familiar speech-language pathologist’s are with AAC techniques, the better advocates they become for augmented communication in _________, _________, ________, and _______ ________ __________.
schools, clinics, homes, and acute care settings.
A _________ ________, __________, or ________ __________ can help a student or client reach his/her maximum potential as a communicator.
Communication board, application, dedicated device
This speech-generating device can produce electronic output.
Speech output
What is digitized speech?
When someone has to record and talk into it, used for someone who cannot generate their own language.
What is synthesized speech?
Computer generated speech, sounds “robotic” and used by a person who can generate their own words.
What is a dedicated system?
A device dedicated to communication. Ex: Accent 1000, Tobii-Dynavox
What is a non-dedicated system?
A device that can be used for communication, but it can be used for other things. (Ipad or computer)
What are fixed displays?
Refers to any displays which symbols and items are “fixed” in a particular location. The number of symbols is limited.
