Communication Disorders in Children
Final Exam
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth examination of communication disorders in children, focusing on their etiology, characteristics, identification, and intervention strategies. Students will explore a range of speech and language disorders including articulation, fluency, voice, and language impairments as well as the impact of cultural and linguistic diversity on assessment and treatment. The course emphasizes early diagnosis, the role of the family and multidisciplinary team, and evidence-based practices to support effective communication and academic success in children with diverse needs.
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Human Communication Disorders 8th Edition by Noma B. Anderson
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Chapter 1: Introduction: Human Communication Disorders: a Philosophy and Practice of Science in Service
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Q1) Treatment efficacy refers to
A)Keeping the promise to cure a patient's communication disorder
B)Maintaining patient confidentiality
C)Using therapy methods that work
D)Adhering to strict practice drills
Answer: C
Q2) Evidence-based practice refers to the application of
A)Research to clinical decision making
B)Clinical expertise to clinical decision making
C)Clinical experience to clinical decision making
D)All of the above
Answer: D
Q3) Membership in the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association is restricted to graduate students.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Development of Communication, language, and Speech
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Q1) The development of communication begins at birth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The five components of language are distinct and unrelated.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Phonological processes
A)Are rules for combining individual speech sounds
B)Reflect rules for simplifying speech
C)Demonstrate acoustic,articulatory and perceptual characteristics of speech sounds
D)Reflect baby speech
Answer: B
Q4) The traditional approach to describing speech sounds is based on place and manner of articulation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Biology and Physics of Speech
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Q1) The vibratory motions of the vocal folds may be described as a series of
A)Forward and backward waves
B)Openings and closings
C)Shakes and shimmers
D)Rises and falls
Answer: B
Q2) Phonation occurs when
A)Vocal folds vibrate in the presence of air flow
B)Vocal folds release mucous
C)The larynx opens and closes
D)The vocal folds vibrate in a vacuum created in the larynx
Answer: A
Q3) In most people,the right hemisphere is dominant for language.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The phoneme /f/ is a linguadental speech sound.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations
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Q1) Vernacular
A)Informal varieties of a dialect
B)Formal varieties of a dialect
C)Variations in written language
D)School language
Q2) A communication difference is not always a communication disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Dialect
A)Phonological and vocal characteristics of a spoken language derived from geographical and foreign language influences
B)Variations in rules for the form,content and use of a spoken language derived from historical,social,regional and cultural influences
C)Variations in communication that deviate from the speech community's standard
D)All of the above
Q4) One role of the speech-language pathologist is to distinguish communication differences from communication disorders.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Genetics: Basis for Development and Disorders
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Q1) Specific genes have been associated with deafness and Alzheimer's disease.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Consultation with a genetic counselor may be helpful for speech-language pathologists and audiologists if their client has
A)Traumatic brain injury
B)Tongue thrust
C)Pierre Robin Syndrome
D)Aphasia
Q3) Dominant inheritance
A)Inheritance that is passed on to children by both parents
B)Inheritance that is passed on to children by one parent
C)Inheritance that is not passed on to children
D)Inheritance that is passed on to children,but symptoms are not expressed
Q4) Syndrome
A)A recognizable pattern of abnormalities that indicate a particular trait or disease
B)The visible pattern of an organism's chromosomes
C)Slight variations in our genes that contribute to individual differences
D)The sum of all genes,estimated to contain 30,000 genes
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Chapter 6: Articulatory and Phonological Disorders
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Q1) Normative data on speech development reflect lists of ages at which consonants are expected to be produced correctly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The most frequently occurring communication disorders are disorders of articulation and phonology.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children with Down's Syndrome often present with disorders of articulation and phonology.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Learning to read and write places extreme constraints on phonological development.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Therapy for articulation and phonological disorders are only offered in individual sessions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Stuttering and Other Disorders of Fluency
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Q1) Maria is a 20 year-old college student who exhibits moderate stuttering.She has had speech therapy in elementary and high school; still,her stuttering increases when she
A)Speaks on her cell phone
B)Sings in the choir
C)Recites poetry in unison with her class
D)All of the above
E)A and C only
Q2) Excessive eye blinking while speaking may be an accessory activity of stuttering.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Craig is 8 years old and has two older brothers and one younger sister.Craig exhibits stuttering behaviors.His case history probably reveals that
A)His parents first noticed his disfluencies when he was 3 years old
B)He has famous parents
C)He is a twin
D)He was given a cell phone much too early in his life
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Chapter 8: Voice Disorders
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Q1) When Maria has a cold,her sinuses often become inflamed,blocking her nasal cavities and nasal passageways.This alteration in Maria's upper vocal tract will most likely affect
A)Vocal pitch
B)Vocal loudness
C)Vocal quality
D)Vocal resonance
Q2) Voice disorders occur only in adults.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The goal of voice assessment is to provide a direction for voice therapy. A)True
B)False
Q4) Lisa has asthma which at times affects this aspect of her voice
A)Vocal pitch
B)Vocal loudness
C)Vocal quality
D)Vocal resonance
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Chapter 9: Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders
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Q1) Cleft lip/palate is most likely to occur during the last trimester of pregnancy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Because Amy exhibits VPI,her speech is most likely to demonstrate
A)Hyponasality
B)Hypernasality
C)Denasality
D)Balanced oral and nasal resonance
Q3) The prevalence rates for cleft lip/palate vary among Native Americans,Asians,Caucasians,and persons with African heritage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ONL will
A)Allow you and the child to hear the nasality produced during speech at the same time
B)Prevent the child from being distracted by the nasality produced,while allowing you as the SLP to hear the nasality produced
C)Provide objective measurement of the amount of nasality produced during speech
D)Suppress the amount of nasality produced during speech
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Chapter 10: Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and Adults
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Q1) Six year old Brian has cerebral palsy resulting from bilateral upper motor neuron damage.He exhibits hypertonia,hyperreflexia,dysarthria,dysphonia,bilateral hemiparesis,and drooling.Brian has been diagnosed with
A)Spastic cerebral palsy
B)Athetoid cerebral palsy
C)Ataxic cerebral palsy
D)Mixed cerebral palsy
Q2) Shaun's speech is unintelligible.All aspects of his speech production are impaired including articulation,resonance,phonation and respiration.His speech is characterized by imprecise consonant articulation,monopitch,reduced stress,harsh voice quality,strangled voice quality,pitch breaks and hypernasality.Shaun most likely is exhibiting
A)Spastic dysarthria
B)Ataxic dysarthria
C)Hypokinetic dysarthria
D)Hyperkinetic dysarthria
Q3) Neurogenic speech disorders are caused by damage to the nervous system.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Developmental Language Impairment During
the Preschool Years
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Q1) Parents begin to attribute meaning to their child's behaviors
A)Around six months of age
B)When the child produces his first word
C)Starting at birth
D)When the child purposefully uses vocalizations and gestures to gain attention
Q2) Two -year old Matthew has a severe sensorineural hearing loss and exhibits developmental language delay.He is provided with a hearing aid to correct possible speech and language problems caused by the loss.This type of service delivery approach is termed
A)Remediation
B)Prevention
C)Compensation
D)Promotion
Q3) Most children understand more words than they produce; hence their expressive language skills are better than their receptive language skills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome FAS)places a child at risk for language delay.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and Youth
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Q1) Hakim's educational team decides that it is important to provide maximum contextual support to enhance his language and academic skills.They decide to use the following
A)Fourth-grade text books
B)First hand experiences,demonstrations and graphic representations
C)Audiotapes and videotapes of class lectures
D)Computer games
Q2) The speech-language pathologist plans her language assessment for Raymond by learning about the language and processing demands of his curriculum,textbooks and examinations.The speech-language pathologist then compares Raymond's performance in class with the language skills he demonstrates during the speech and language evaluation to develop statements about his strengths and weaknesses and to recommend intervention strategies that will support Raymond's language learning and academic achievement.This approach to assessment is referred to as
A)The Dynamic Assessment Model
B)The Traditional Approach to Language Assessment
C)The Curriculum-Based Assessment Model
D)The speech-language pathologist's unique approach to language assessment
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Chapter 13: From Emergent Literacy to Literacy:
Development and Disorders
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Q1) Emergent literacy instruction should begin in the first or second grade.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Three and a half year-old Julie loves to write.She demonstrates 'invented spelling' which means she attempts to write words using
A)Randomly chosen letters,pictures and symbols
B)Scribbles of wavy and circular lines
C)A phonological strategy
D)Strategically chosen wavy lines
Q3) Four-year old Amy recognizes rhymes such as "bake-cake" and "cat-hat".This skill demonstrates
A)Alliteration
B)Phonological awareness
C)Alphabetic knowledge
D)Sound blending
Q4) There is a reciprocal relationship between oral language and literacy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Aphasia and Related Acquired Language Disorders
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Q1) Aphasiologists and experts in stuttering define the terms "fluent" and "nonfluent" similarly.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Bill also demonstrates slight weakness of his arm and leg on one side.Since his TBI was confined to the left hemisphere,we can expect that his diagnosis is
A)Right hemiplegia
B)Right hemiparesis
C)Left hemiparesis
D)Left hemiplegia
Q3) Stroke is the most common cause of aphasia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) To visualize Bill's brain injury to determine its extent,his physician requested a A)Transnasal endoscopic examination
B)MRI
C)BDAE
D)CADL-2
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Chapter 15: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Q1) Speech-language pathologists who engage in evidence-based AAC clinical practice
A)Should compare the communication abilities of AAC users with the communication abilities of persons without disability
B)Must wait for completion of randomized studies that compare treatment groups to control groups
C)Document changes in the communication abilities of AAC clients before and after treatment
D)All of the above
Q2) American Sign Language may be viewed as an aided symbol set.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Bradley's communication goals include increasing functional use of AAC and increasing speech intelligibility.The two goals will
A)Widen Bradley's circle of contacts
B)Help Bradley become a multi-modal communicator
C)Expand Bradley's repertoire of communicative behaviors
D)All of the above
E)All but C
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Chapter 16: Swallowing: Process and Disorders
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Q1) Direct treatment for dysphagia involves the use of food.Indirect treatment does not.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Normal swallowing takes place on the inspiration phase of the respiration cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A widely distributed neural network,involving the left and right hemispheres,is believed to be responsible for swallowing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) There are 12 cranial nerves,all of which have been shown to participate in the swallowing process.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Studies have shown that persons over the age of 70 take longer to swallow than persons under the age of 70.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Hearing and Hearing Disorders
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Q1) Otololaryngologists prescribe and dispense hearing aids.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Laurie has normal hearing; however,her air conduction test results are,on average,5 dB higher than her bone conduction test results in both ears.What accounts for these results?
A)Laurie has an undiagnosed sensorineural hearing loss
B)At time of testing Laurie was experiencing a mild upper respiratory infection causing slight accumulation of fluid in the middle ear.
C)In air conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear
D)In bone conduction testing,the sound bypassed the outer and middle ear measuring only the sensitivity of the inner ear
E)B and D
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Chapter 18: Audiologic Rehabilitation
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Q1) Completely-in-the-canal hearing aids are appropriate for persons with little or no residual hearing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The goal of hearing aids is to provide the impaired ear with an amplified signal to improve speech perception.
A)True
B)False
Q3) "Visemes" are phonemes that look alike on the lips,but sound differently.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Early intervention AR programs are designed to
A)Remediate speech and language disorders
B)Rehabilitate speech and language disorders
C)Prevent speech and language disorders
D)Facilitate speech and language disorders
Q5) Hearing aid orientation refers to the process dealers use to sell an aid to a customer. A)True
B)False
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