Introduction to Communication Disorders
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Course Introduction
Introduction to Communication Disorders offers an overview of the various types of communication disorders affecting speech, language, and hearing. The course explores the foundations of human communication, the anatomy and physiology involved, and the developmental milestones associated with typical and atypical communication. Students will learn about the causes, characteristics, assessment, and treatment of disorders such as articulation problems, language delays, fluency disorders (including stuttering), voice disorders, and hearing impairments. The course also highlights the role of speech-language pathologists and audiologists, as well as current therapeutic principles and the impact of communication disorders on individuals and society.
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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) 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
Q2) Membership in the National Student Speech-Language-Hearing Association is restricted to graduate students.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) 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
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Chapter 2: Development of Communication, language, and Speech
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Q1) The word "jumping" has free and bound morphemes.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q2) Caregiver-infant interactions important to language development include
A)Joint action
B)Joint reference
C)Baby talk
D)A and B
Answer: D
Q3) The three components of language include
A)Competence,performance and understanding
B)Form,content and rhyme
C)Form,content and use
D)Paralanguage,body language and proxemics
Answer: C
Q4) The five components of language are distinct and unrelated.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: The Biology and Physics of Speech
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Q1) Bilabial refers to producing speech sounds using the two lips.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The articulatory system
A)Shapes air stream into speech sounds
B)Provides the essential air supply
C)Generates the sound
D)Acts as a resonator
E)A and D
Answer: A
Q3) With contralateral neural control,the right side of the brain controls the right side of the body.
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) Speech community
A)A group of people who establish rules for language use
B)A group of people living in the same neighborhood
C)A group of people who use a shared language
D)A group of people sharing racial origins
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) Accent
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
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Chapter 5: Genetics: Basis for Development and Disorders
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Q1) 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
Q2) Specific genes have been associated with deafness and Alzheimer's disease.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Genes are composed of DNA and are found on specific locations of the chromosomes.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Recessive inheritance
A)Inheritance is passed on to children by both parents
B)Inheritance is passed on to children by one parent
C)Inheritance is not passed on to children
D)Inheritance is passed on to children,but symptoms are not expressed
Q5) Gene expression refers to the passing on of traits from parents to children.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Articulatory and Phonological Disorders
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Q1) Phonological disorders may be characterized by severe limitations in the range of sounds produced.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Research and clinical evidence suggests that therapy would be most efficacious if Emily's speech-language pathologist targets
A)The early acquired sounds first
B)The later acquired sounds first
C)The error sounds restricted to the initial word position first
D)The most stimulable error sounds
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
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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) Richard and Ryan are 7 year-old twins.They have been referred to the speech-language pathologist for a speech evaluation because of disfluent speech that began around age 3 for both boys.Multiple sound repetitions and prolongations characterize Richard's speech.Before Richard speaks,he often rapidly blinks his eyes and clinches his teeth.He is doing well in school academically,but not socially.Ryan's speech is rapid,dysrhythmic and sometimes unintelligible.Ryan does not demonstrate awareness of his speech disorder,but is struggling academically in school.Just 6 months ago,the boys were in a car accident and suffered minor injury to their face and arms.The speech-language pathologist decides to assess both boys hypothesizing that
A)Richard is probably exhibiting a cluttering disorder,while Ryan is exhibiting a stuttering disorder
B)Richard is probably exhibiting stuttering,while Ryan is exhibiting cluttering
C)Richard and Ryan are probably exhibiting stuttering
D)Richard and Ryan probably sustained a traumatic brain injury resulting in acquired organic stuttering
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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) Cynthia is a 19 year-old budding actress.Six weeks earlier,Cynthia's otolaryngologist removed a benign,pedunculated neoplasm,which had protruded into the glottal space,from the left vocal fold.At her follow-up visit,the otolaryngologist noted that Cynthia continued to present with a breathy voice.He referred her to a speech-language pathologist for evaluation and possible voice therapy.The otolaryngologist's report probably indicated a diagnosis of vocal breathiness secondary to surgical removal of
A)Vocal papillomata
B)Vocal polyp
C)Vocal fold nodule
D)Laryngeal carcinoma
Q3) Speech is the process of producing complex sounds.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Breathiness and hoarseness are caused by periodic vibrations of the vocal folds.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Cleft Lip and Palate and Other Craniofacial Disorders
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Q1) Twenty-five percent of children with a repaired cleft palate will have velopharyngeal insufficiency.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The surgeon's goal in repairing a cleft lip is to achieve an optimal aesthetic outcome.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Velopharyngeal insufficiency results from inappropriate articulation patterns.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Because Amy exhibits VPI,her speech is most likely to demonstrate
A)Hyponasality
B)Hypernasality
C)Denasality
D)Balanced oral and nasal resonance
Q5) Surgical repair of a cleft palate is usually performed around the age of 3 or 4.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and
Adults
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Q1) Flaccidity refers to muscle weakness.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Developmental dysarthria is most commonly associated with children with cleft lip and palate.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Apraxia of speech is a well-understood neurogenic speech disorder.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Neurogenic speech disorders are caused by damage to the nervous system.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The most frequently occurring dysarthria is spastic dysarthria.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Many children with DAS make slow progress in speech therapy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Developmental Language Impairment During
the Preschool Years
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Q1) The speech-language pathologist describes 2 year-old Julie's language sample as consisting mainly of nouns,verbs and adjectives.The speech-language pathologist is describing Julie's
A)Grammar
B)Vocabulary
C)Social uses of language
D)Phonology
Q2) Four-year old Michael exhibits severe communication and language delay.He does not interact well with his family or friends and often avoids eye contact.He isolates himself from his peers in daycare preferring to stack blocks repeatedly.When his teachers ask him questions,he simply repeats the question.Lately his parents have noticed that Michael has stopped using many of the words he used previously.The speech-language pathologist decides to structure her evaluation to test the hypothesis that Michael may be exhibiting communication and language behaviors characteristic of
A)Cerebral Palsy
B)Autism or PDD
C)Specific language impairment
D)Hearing impairment
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Chapter 12: Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and Youth
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Q1) Language assessment guides language intervention.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The language students encounter in school is as complex as the language students encounter at home.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Reliance on test scores to the exclusion of other types of information to diagnose language impairment is an example of "best practices."
A)True
B)False
Q4) Students encounter difficulty in school when discrepancies exist between their language abilities and the language demands of the curriculum.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Students with SLI often present with a homogeneous language profile.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: From Emergent Literacy to Literacy:
Development and Disorders
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Q1) Children are demonstrating 'print awareness' when they recognize that print can be used to tell stories,make lists or write letters.
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) To foster interest in reading,help children focus on the entertaining pictures rather than the boring print.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Nursery rhymes and finger plays help teach phonological awareness.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Aphasia and Related Acquired Language Disorders
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Q1) Gomez is 69-years old and bilingual.She suffered a stroke 2 days ago.
A)Evidence-based practice suggests that the focus of her assessment and treatment should be on her first language.
B)Evidence-based practice suggests that the focus of her assessment and treatment should be on the language she uses most often.
C)Evidence-based practice suggests that her assessment and treatment should include both languages.
D)The research is not clear as to which language should be the focus of assessment and treatment.
Q2) Group treatment for patients with aphasia is not as effective as individual treatment.
A)True B)False
Q3) Aphasia treatments seldom produce full recovery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Damage to the right side of the brain causes aphasia. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Q1) Amy's AAC system seemed to be a perfect fit.She had the knowledge of the symbol system to produce original utterances.She managed the direct selection device with ease and she was able to use the system to address most breakdowns in communication.Yet,Amy did not use her system often to interact in class,in the cafeteria or on the playground.Amy's overall communicative competence using AAC was limited because of a lack of A)Linguistic competence
B)Operational competence
C)Social competence
D)Strategic competence
Q2) American Sign Language may be viewed as an aided symbol set.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The success of AAC depends on the matching of communication strategies to the needs of the individual and creating an environment that supports the use of AAC.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Swallowing: Process and Disorders
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Q1) All of the swallowing specialists on the East Coast decide to participate in the Crest® toothpaste campaign to select the next flavor of Crest Whitening Expressions®.The flavor most likely to be selected by a majority of the speech-language pathologists is
A)Herbal mint
B)Lemon ice
C)Tropical exotica
D)Sweet berry punch
Q2) 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
Q3) There are 12 cranial nerves,all of which have been shown to participate in the swallowing process.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 17: Hearing and Hearing Disorders
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Q1) 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
Q2) Full-term babies and premature babies present with the same degree of risk for developing hearing loss.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In general,the greater the amount of sensorineural loss,the poorer the speech discrimination abilities.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Auditory localization is the ability to identify the direction of the sound source.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Audiologic Rehabilitation
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Q1) As an audiologist for the Lincoln County Health Department,your clinical duties include
A)Evaluate speech and language skills of preschoolers
B)Teach speechreading as part of an audiologic rehabilitation program
C)Prescribe and dispense hearing aids
D)Measure hearing abilities and diagnose hearing disorders
E)All but A
Q2) BTE hearing aids are the most flexible and therefore are appropriate for a wide range of hearing loss and configuration.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 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
Q4) Bone conduction hearing aids are most appropriate for persons concerned with the cosmetic features of the aid.
A)True
B)False
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