Introduction to Audiology Exam Solutions
Course Introduction
Introduction to Audiology provides students with a comprehensive overview of hearing science, the auditory system, and the field of audiology. This course covers the anatomy and physiology of the ear, principles of sound and hearing, common hearing disorders, and techniques for hearing assessment and rehabilitation. Students will explore the basics of audiometric testing, interpretation of results, and the role of audiologists in healthcare. By the end of the course, students gain foundational knowledge necessary for further study or careers in audiology, speech-language pathology, and related disciplines.
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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) Communication disorders cross all age,racial,gender and socioeconomic lines. A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Membership in the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association is restricted to graduate students.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q3) Incidence refers to the number of new cases identified each year,prevalence refers to
A)The types of cases identified each year
B)The number of new cases who have recovered
C)The number of existing cases in a population
D)The number of unusual cases
Answer: C
Q4) Audiologists and speech-language pathologists work in educational settings only. A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Development of Communication, language, and Speech
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Q1) The traditional approach to describing speech sounds is based on place and manner of articulation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The word "jumping" has free and bound morphemes.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) During the preschool period of language development,function follows form.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The word "make" has two vowel sounds.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Biology and Physics of Speech
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Q1) The vocal pitch of men is generally lower than the vocal pitch of women because
A)Male vocal folds are smaller and vibrate faster
B)Male vocal folds are smaller and vibrate slower
C)Male vocal folds are larger and vibrate slower
D)Male vocal folds are larger and vibrate faster
Answer: C
Q2) Speech production is a joint effort of the respiratory,laryngeal and articulatory systems.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) The expiration phase of respiration is longer for speech than for quiet breathing.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) In most people,the right hemisphere is dominant for language.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Multicultural and Multilingual Considerations
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Q1) Sociolinguistics
A)The study of language acquisition
B)The study of language disorders
C)The study of social and cultural influences on language use and structure
D)The study of language therapy
Q2) Language
A)Is a synonym for communication
B)Is a conventional set of arbitrary symbols used for communication
C)Expresses important aspects of culture
D)Serves as a unifying force for people
E)All of the above except A
Q3) A social dialect is an inferior variety of a language.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Standardized tests may give the inaccurate impression that a communication disorder exists.
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) The Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas GENSAT)helps investigators understand which genes are critical in the nervous system and how they function.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Gene expression refers to the passing on of traits from parents to children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Constructing pedigrees for a family that has a child with a genetic disorder is one clinical service provided by audiologists and speech-language pathologists.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Highly expressive traits are seen in one child to higher degrees than they are seen in siblings.
A)True B)False
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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) When naming her colors,Emily said 'gwee','bwo',and 'bwa' instead of 'green','brown' and 'black'. What two error types did she produce?
A)Substitution and addition errors
B)Omission and addition errors
C)Substitution and omission errors
D)Distortion and omission errors
Q3) Learning to read and write places extreme constraints on phonological development.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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) Listeners should say 'slow down' to persons who frequently stutter.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Aristotle was a person who stuttered.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Maria has learned to effectively use several fluency-enhancing techniques.Therefore,when she gives oral presentations in class,she
A)Slows her rate of speech
B)Increases the length of her pauses between phrases and sentences
C)Increases the loudness of voice
D)All of the above
Q4) 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) Culture and ethnicity do not play a role in the occurrence of voice disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Lisa has asthma which at times affects this aspect of her voice
A)Vocal pitch
B)Vocal loudness
C)Vocal quality
D)Vocal resonance
Q3) The quality of voice cannot be completely separated from pitch and loudness.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Speech is the process of producing complex sounds.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Breathiness and hoarseness are caused by periodic vibrations of the vocal folds.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Some speech sounds,such as /f,v,s,z/,contain noise.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders
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Q1) 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
Q2) Velopharyngeal insufficiency results from inappropriate articulation patterns.
A)True
B)False
Q3) An experienced speech-language pathologist may use the following to assess Amy's speech resonance
A)Nasometry
B)Videoflouroscopy
C)Perceptual ratings of sentence repetition
D)All of the above
E)All but C
Q4) Hyponasality refers to too much air flow through the nasal cavity when speaking.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and Adults
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Q1) Shaun's hypernasality most likely results from A)Dyskinesia
B)Velopharyngeal competency
C)Velopharyngeal insufficiency
D)Hyperkinetic dysarthria
Q2) The most frequently occurring type of cerebral palsy is spastic cerebral palsy. A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) 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) Children with developmental language delay often produce their first word around 10-12 months of age similar to children developing language normally.
A)True
B)False
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) John was born with Usher's Syndrome.His diagnosis may impact his language development because of the following sensory deficit
A)Hypernosmia
B)Hypogeusia
C)Deafness
D)Blindness
E)C and D
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Chapter 12: Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and Youth
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Q1) A primary role of speech-language pathologists is to determine how the language demands of the curriculum either support or interfere with academic achievement,especially for students with SLI.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The speech-language pathologist decides to participate in a science experiment on electricity with Thomas' sixth grade class.The speech-language pathologist hopes to gather information about Thomas' language and communication skills as part of an overall assessment process.This assessment procedure is referred to as
A)Probing
B)Language sample analysis
C)Participant interview
D)Participant observation
Q3) Naturalistic intervention approaches teach specific language skills.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Language assessment guides language intervention.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: From Emergent Literacy to Literacy: Development and Disorders
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Q1) Children who perform well on phonological awareness tasks will probably struggle with reading and spelling.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Children with language disorders will acquire literacy skills if exposure to print through everyday natural experiences occurs frequently.
A)True
B)False
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) Emergent literacy instruction should begin in the first or second grade.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Aphasia and Related Acquired Language Disorders
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Q1) Group treatment for patients with aphasia is not as effective as individual treatment. A)True
B)False
Q2) Aphasiologists and experts in stuttering define the terms "fluent" and "nonfluent" similarly.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aphasia treatments seldom produce full recovery. A)True
B)False
Q4) Recently,pharmacological treatments have proven efficacious for aphasia patients. A)True
B)False
Q5) Spontaneous recovery refers to the return of all skills lost because of a stroke. A)True B)False
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Chapter 15: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Q1) As the speech-language pathologist assigned to the brain and spinal cord injury unit for adolescents at the local children's hospital,you work with many,previously socially and physically active,teens suffering from acute brain injury secondary to motor vehicle accidents.
A)You stockpile sets of Blissymbol Kits because you want to introduce your patients to complex AAC systems early so they won't feel insulted.
B)You stockpile sets of dedicated communication devices that are easily accessible and require little learning time that patients can use while hospitalized.
C)You arrange with a computer company to order custom designed AAC systems for each patient that will only take 2-3 weeks to arrive upon confirmation of order and payment.
D)You arrange to be present or have family members present whenever the patient wants to communicate with medical staff or visitors.
Q2) Ideograms are real life pictures to be used on communication boards.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Swallowing: Process and Disorders
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Q1) Normal swallowing takes place on the inspiration phase of the respiration cycle.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The normal swallow consists of two phases,oral and pharyngeal.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Silent aspiration occurs when a patient
A)Is unaware that material has entered the airway
B)Is aware that material has entered the airway but attempts to hide this from his family and medical staff
C)Produces an inaudible cough in response to material entering the airway
D)Is aware that material has entered the airway but cannot cough to clear it
Q4) The swallowing evaluation will be conducted in three phases,in the following order
A)Instrumental swallow study,clinical examination,patient/family interview
B)Clinical examination,instrumental study,patient/family interview
C)Patient/family interview,clinical examination,instrumental study
D)Patient/family interview,instrumental study,clinical examination
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Chapter 17: Hearing and Hearing Disorders
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Q1) Scott's test results suggest a
A)Conductive hearing loss
B)Sensorineural hearing loss
C)Presbycusis
D)Brainstem tumor
Q2) Four-year old Allison's hearing loss is congenital.Five-year old Mark's hearing loss occurred at age 4 ½ after a bout with rubella.
A)Allison is less likely than Mark to experience language delay.
B)Allison is more likely than Mark to experience language delay.
C)The risk for language delay is similar for both children.
D)None of the above
Q3) Scott's bone conduction and air conduction test results revealed a significant air-bone gap for the right ear.What may be producing this air-bone gap?
A)Overgrowth of the mastoid bone
B)Presence of middle ear disease
C)Presence of sensorineural loss
D)Lesion of the auditory nerve
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Chapter 18: Audiologic Rehabilitation
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Q1) Bone conduction hearing aids are most appropriate for persons concerned with the cosmetic features of the aid.
A)True
B)False
Q2) TDD is a keyboard device that allows the individuals who are deaf and persons with hearing loss to use the telephone.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The use of speechreading reduces the redundancy of spoken messages for persons with hearing loss.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The earlier a child with hearing loss is identified and treated,the better the prognosis for speech and language development.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Hearing aids like eyeglasses restore normal hearing.
A)True B)False
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