Assessment and Intervention in Speech Disorders Exam
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Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the assessment and treatment of speech disorders across the lifespan. Students will develop foundational skills in identifying, analyzing, and diagnosing a variety of speech sound disorders, including articulation and phonological disorders, through evidence-based assessment tools and procedures. The course covers the planning and implementation of individualized intervention strategies tailored to client needs, emphasizing cultural competence and interdisciplinary collaboration. Through theoretical study and practical application, students gain expertise in managing cases, measuring progress, and the ethical considerations integral to clinical practice in speech-language pathology.
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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) The phoneme /f/ is a fricative.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The appropriate way to describe the vowel /i/ as in "he" is as follows:
A) Low-back, tense, rounded
B) Low-back, lax, rounded
C) High-front, tense, unrounded
D) High-front, lax, unrounded
Answer: C
Q3) Vowels are voiced nonnasal speech sounds.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Diphthongs are a combination of:
A) Two vowels
B) A vowel and a consonant
C) Two consonants
D) Three vowels
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Normal Aspects of Articulation
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Q1) Define intelligibility and discuss how intelligible a parent should expect a 2-year-old to be compared to a 3-year-old.
Answer: Intelligibility refers to how well the speech of an individual can be understood by communication partners. A 2 year old should be understood by his/ her parent 80% of the time. A 3 year old should be understood by his/ her parent nearly all of the time and should be understood by strangers 80% of the time.
Q2) The syllable structure of a child's early
A) CV
B) CVCV
C) CVC
D) VCVCV
E)g., 8 month old) speech productions will likely take the form of:
Answer: A
Q3) Infants have been shown to be sensitive to changes in speech sounds by increasing their rate of sucking reflex when a sound changes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Speech Sound Acquisition
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Q1) Newborn hearing screenings are universal in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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) 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.
Q4) __________ is an impairment in motor programming, specific to speech sound production.
A) Apraxia
B) Dysarthria
C) Microglossia
D) Aphasia
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Classification and Comorbidity in Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) In order to appropriately assess speech perception abilities, clinicians should examine: The specific phonemes in error, the context in which they are produced, motoric abilities, and ___________.
A) Expressive vocabulary
B) Nonverbal Intelligence
C) Receptive vocabulary
D) Letter knowledge
Q2) Personality may be linked to speech sound production.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most common speech sound error seen in individuals with tongue thrust is: A) /w/ for /r/ substitutions
B) Fronting
C) Backing
D) Sibilant distortions
Q4) Name three roles of speech perception in speech production abilities.
Q5) Children with missing teeth will always have a lisp.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Factors Related to Speech Sound Disorders
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Q1) Speech screenings that do not have a set pass/fail criteria and are typically developed by the clinician are called:
A) Formal speech screenings
B) Informal speech screenings
C) Relational speech screenings
D) Dependent speech screenings
Q2) If a parent reports that a child is able to hear normally, a hearing screening is not necessary.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Formal speech screenings are typically developed by a clinician with no specific criteria for passing or failing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Name 3 of the 4 ways a connected speech sample can be collected.
Q5) Speech perception testing should be done on all individuals with a speech sound disorder.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Phonological Assessment Procedures
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Q1) Name the two reasons phonological patterns are useful.
Q2) A child produces the word "ski" like "key". This is an example of:
A) Final consonant deletion
B) Cluster reduction
C) Initial consonant deletion
D) Metathesis
Q3) Phonemes that are frequently occurring within the language will not affect intelligibility.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Computer assisted phonological analysis can be described as:
A) The only tool needed for an assessment
B) Time-saving, but not a replacement for clinical judgment
C) A keen replacement for clinical judgment
D) A cumbersome tool that does not provide useful information
Q5) Target selection is a critical piece to beginning treatment for children with speech sound disorders. There are 5 important factors to consider. Choose four of these factors and discuss how each one affects target selection.
Q6) Discuss the two ways in which "developmentally appropriateness" can be determined.
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Chapter 7: Determining the Need for Intervention and Target Selection
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Q1) Across-situational generalization should be facilitated as soon as:
A) The client is ready to be dismissed
B) The client can produce the sound at the word level
C) The client begins therapy
D) The client shows signs of across-sound generalization
Q2) The horizontal approach is a goal attack strategy in which multiple phonemes are targeted within each treatment session.
A)True
B)False
Q3) System-wide change is said to occur best when clinicians target the following kinds of sounds:
A) Nonstimulable and later developing
B) Stimulable and later developing
C) Nonstimulable and early developing
D) Stimulable and early developing
Q4) Children with multiple speech sound errors will have different treatment goals and generalization expectations compared to children with single speech sound errors.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Remediation Procedures
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Q1) Articulation and phonology are two sides to the same coin.
A)True
B)False
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) Phonetic placement involves instructing the client where to place articulators for correct sound production.
A)True
B)False
Q4) 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.
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Chapter 9: Motor-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) Describe a typical treatment session that uses the cycles approach.
Q2) The multiple oppositions approach targets several sound contrasts at one time.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The naturalistic approach focuses on improving:
A) Intelligibility
B) Vocabulary
C) Motor movements
D) Phonological awareness
Q4) The naturalistic approach is a therapist-centered approach.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The cycles approach is a non-structured therapy program.
A)True
B)False
Q6) What are three of the four recommended primary targets in the cycles approach?
Q7) The cycles approach focuses on one speech sound until mastery is achieved. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Linguistically-Based Treatment Approaches
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Q1) The trajectory of phonological development is different for children who speak AAE compared to children who speak GAE.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When a child who is bilingual is developing speech production skills faster than his/ her monolingual peers, this is called negative transfer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) For individuals who are bilingual, a motor based approach is:
A) Appropriate
B) Not appropriate
C) Not empirically tested
D) Appropriate for all but the Asian languages
Q4) Spanish and English have the name number of vowels and consonants.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Why is it important to gather syllabic, prosodic, segmental, and developmental information during an assessment of children who speak a language other than English?
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Chapter 11: Phonological Awareness: Description,
Assessment, and Intervention
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Q1) 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
Q2) Speech language pathologists can collaborate with teachers and reading specialists to formulate small group phonological awareness activities.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children with speech sound disorders and comorbid language impairments are at higher risk for literacy difficulties than children with isolated speech sound disorders.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Besides phonological awareness skills, what other skills have shown to have a strong relationship with later reading success name two)?
Q5) What are the three prevalent models of phonological awareness intervention?
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