Speech Sound Disorders Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of speech sound disorders (SSDs) in children and adults, covering the nature, assessment, and treatment of articulation and phonological disorders. Students will learn to distinguish between typical and atypical speech sound development, understand the linguistic, cognitive, and physiological factors influencing SSDs, and gain practical skills in evidence-based diagnostic and intervention strategies. The course emphasizes clinical application, enabling students to develop effective therapy plans, utilize appropriate assessment tools, and collaborate with families and professionals to support individuals with speech sound difficulties.
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Articulation and Phonological Disorders Speech Sound Disorders in Children 7th Edition by John
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Chapter 1: Introduction to the Study of Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) Coarticulation has no contribution in a clinical context.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Discuss how coarticulation affects speech production. How is this clinically useful to SLPs working with children who have a speech sound disorder?
Answer: Answers will vary but students should indicate a knowledge of phonemic contexts and how this happens in normal speakers. Additionally, this happens in children with speech sound disorders and can be used to facilitate correct production of sounds during treatment.
Q3) The phoneme /k/ has a bilabial placement.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The phoneme /f/ is a fricative.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Normal Aspects of Articulation
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Q1) A model of speech acquisition that has roots in Pavlov and Skinner and utilizes operant conditioning is:
A) Nonlinear Phonology
B) Skinnerian Theory
C) Behaviorist Model
D) Sonority Hypothesis
Answer: C
Q2) Choose two of the models of speech acquisition to compare and contrast. Be sure to include specific information regarding how each model contributes uniquely to the field of speech language pathology.
Answer: Answers will widely vary this will also depend on which specific models are chosen for class discussion. Pages 60-70 describe the common models
Q3) Fetuses can detect changes in sound while in utero.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Speech Sound Acquisition
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Q1) The tongue is an adaptable muscle that can compensate even when part of it is surgically removed.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Name two professionals with whom SLPs will need to collaborate when working with individuals with cranio-facial anomalies.
Answer: Physician, ENT, dentist, orthodontist, surgeon, etc.
Q3) Dysarthria is a neuromotor disorder that only affects the articulatory system.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Describe the three main speech characteristics of childhood apraxia of speech CAS).
Answer: Currently, CAS is characterized by three main speech differences: inconsistent error on vowels and consonants, difficulty with prosody in phrases and words, lengthened and disrupted transitions between syllables and sounds.
Q5) Name three genetic disorders that are related to speech sound disorders.
Answer: Down Syndrome, Fragile X, Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome, and galactosemia
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Chapter 4: Classification and Comorbidity in Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) Ankyloglossia refers to:
A) An enlarged tongue
B) A short frenum
C) A long tongue
D) A partially removed tongue
Q2) Oral tactile sensitivity is typically most sensitive at the midline of anatomical structures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the link between language and phonology. What areas of language are most closely related to phonological disorders?
Q4) In twin studies, which type of twins have more highly correlated articulation skills:
A) Monozygotic
B) Dizygotic
C) Unozygotic
D) Bizygotic
Q5) Tongue thrust only has to do with swallowing.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 5: Factors Related to Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) Formal speech screenings are typically developed by a clinician with no specific criteria for passing or failing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) By the age of 24 months, children should have approximately ____ words and be able to _____________.
A) 100 Name all letters of the alphabet
B) 75 . Combine two words into phrases
C) 50 . Combine two words into phrases
D) 50 Name all letters of the alphabet
Q3) Most children receive a speech/ language screening at the start of formal schooling kindergarten).
A)True
B)False
Q4) If a clinician is unsure of his/her transcription abilities, what is one option he/she has for collecting a thorough speech sample?
Q5) Name two common standardized single-word phonological/articulation assessments.
Q6) Name 3 of the 4 ways a connected speech sample can be collected.
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Q7) What kind of speech sample is a crucial part of the phonological assessment?
Chapter 6: Phonological Assessment Procedures
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Q1) Individuals with a dialectical variation should never be considered for phonological therapy, unless the individual elects to pursue accent modification.
A)True B)False
Q2) A child between the ages of 2.5 and 3 years who is unintelligible is typically recommended for services.
A)True B)False
Q3) Teachers and peers have been shown to show different expectations/ feelings towards individuals with speech sound disorders.
A)True B)False
Q4) Working on earlier developing speech sounds will result in system wide phonological change.
A)True B)False
Q5) Discuss the two ways in which "developmentally appropriateness" can be determined.
Q6) Name the two reasons phonological patterns are useful.
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Chapter 7: Determining the Need for Intervention and Target Selection
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Q1) Generalization is proof that important changes are happening in treatment. A)True
B)False
Q2) There are clearly delineated dismissal criteria for SLPs to use with all clients who have speech sound errors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When a child is receiving treatment for a speech sound disorder, any change observed must be the result of the that treatment only.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Discuss both sides of the argument for targeting nonstimulable and/ or later developing sounds.
Q5) Compare and contrast the common intervention styles. How would you decide which to use?
Q6) Define across-sound generalization.
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Q7) Name three of four factors that contribute to a child progressing to the maintenance phase of therapy. .
Chapter 8: Remediation Procedures
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Q1) The three categories of motor learning principles are:
A) Prepractice goals, principles of practice, and principles of feedback
B) Prepractice goals, principles of learning, and principles of movement
C) Principles of learning, principles of generalization, and principles of motor movement
D) Principles of motor, principles of learning, and principles of language.
Q2) If a clinician says "listen to how I make this sound. Watch my mouth. Now you say it!", the clinician is trying to get the client to ___________.
A) Imitate the sound
B) Identify the sound
C) Place his articulators correctly
D) Shape the sound
Q3) Nonspeech oral motor activities should never be used in treatment of speech sound disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the three steps in the core vocabulary approach.
Q5) What are three examples of visual feedback?
Q6) Name two different perceptual training activities.
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Chapter 9: Motor-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) What are three of the four recommended primary targets in the cycles approach?
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a minimal pair:
A) Chair/ bear
B) Seem/ sell
C) Cute/ cat
D) Seat/ sick
Q3) The cycles approach is a non-structured therapy program.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A quick review of a child's single word speech production is sufficient to determine which phonemes or patterns to target in treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q5) A clinician who is working with a child with comorbid speech and language disorders would be inclined to use a _________________ approach.
A) Maximal oppositions
B) Whole language
C) Cycles
D) Minimal pairs
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Chapter 10: Linguistically-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) An approach that suggest that SLPs target separate phonological skills for each language is called the:
A) Cross-linguistic approach
B) Cycles approach
C) Multi-linguistic approach
D) Bilingual approach
Q2) If a clinician is uncomfortable testing a child who is bilingual, the clinician should:
A) Not assess the child
B) Ask the child's caregiver to assist
C) Request an interpreter to assist
D) Try to learn the child's native language
Q3) For individuals who speak multiple languages, there is little phonological influence of one language on another.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What are some factors that contribute to dialect?
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Chapter 11: Phonological Awareness: Description,
Assessment, and Intervention
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Q1) What are three things parents can do at home to foster phonological awareness in preschool children?
Q2) Besides phonological awareness skills, what other skills have shown to have a strong relationship with later reading success name two)?
Q3) Norm-referenced phonological awareness assessments may not take into account a child's speech sound disorder, therefore it's helpful to assess phonological awareness using:
A) Receptive and expressive measures
B) A task that taps only the error sounds
C) Only criterion-referenced measures
D) Measures obtained from a reading specialist
Q4) The alphabetic principle refers to the systematic relationships that exist between: A) Morphemes and graphemes
B) Graphemes and phonemes
C) Suprasegmentals and phonemes
D) Syllables and graphemes
Q5) What are the three prevalent models of phonological awareness intervention?
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