Test 1 Review

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Acquired disorder

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Disorders that occur after speech and language skills have been acquired

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Discipline

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Unique field of study

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Communication disorder

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Any communication structure or function that is diminished to a significant degree

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Canonical babbling

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Syllable like string of sounds made by infants around the age of 7 months

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Impairment

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Any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomical structure or function

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Audiologist

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This professional performs activities that identify dysfunction in hearing, balance, and other auditory-related systems

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Organic

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Disorder having a physical cause

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Incidence

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PERCENTAGE of a population that experienced a disorder during their lifetime

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Phonatory

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Disorder that results from abnormalities in vocal fold vibration that yield changed loudness, pitch, or quality

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Otology

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Medical specialty that deals with ear disease and the peripheral hearing mechanism

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Licensure

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Refers to fully credentialed SLPs and audiologists as defined by an individual STATE

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Language

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A standardized set of symbols and the knowledge about how to combine those symbols into words, sentences, and texts to convey ideas and feelings

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Phonemes

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Sounds of a language that cause changes in meaning

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Syntax

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Linguistic conventions for organizing word order

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Babbling

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Phase of speech development in which infants begin to produce a number of types of sounds such as growls, squeals, raspberries, and adult like vowels

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The late eight

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Last set of phonemes to be acquired including…..

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Variegated babbling

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Babbling involving the combo of different syllables (like bawabedo)

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Profession

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An area of PRACTICE such as speech language pathology, audiology, an deaf education

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Evidence based practice

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Making decisions about clinical service delivery guided by high quality clinical research

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Disability

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A reduced competence in meeting daily living needs

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Communication difference

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Communication abilities that differ from those usually encountered in the mainstream culture even though there is no evidence of impairment

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Functional

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A disorder for which a physical cause cannot be found

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Handicap

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Social, educational, or occupational disadvantage resulting from an impairment or disability

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Developmental disorder

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Disorder that occur early in the maturation of the individual but may continue into adulthood

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Articulation and/or phonological

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Disorder involving problems with production of speech sounds

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Dysfluency

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An unusual interruption in the flow of speaking (stuttering)

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Resonance disorder

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Problems closing the opening between the nose and mouth during production of speech sounds

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Prevalence

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NUMBER of individuals with a disorder at SOME POINT in time

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Dementia

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A general mental deterioration resulting from a pathological deterioration of the brain

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Certification

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Standards developed and administered by professional organizations

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Allophone

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Variation in production of a sound

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Syllables

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Units of speech that consist of consonants and vowels

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Semantics

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Linguistic representation of objects, ideas, feelings, events as well as the relations between these phenomena. Words

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Reduplicated babbling

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Rhythmic syllables produced over and over (babababa)

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Phonological processes

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Simplification of adult like production of words

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Morphology

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Part of grammar that concerns the study of the smallest units of language with meaning

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Phonological awareness

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Knowledge of the sequence of sounds that make up words. The ability to id the phoneme structure of words (ball begins with b)