Foundations
Speech, language, and hearing scientists are professionals who investigate the biological, physical, and psychological processes of communication and develop evidence-based methods for diagnosing and treating individuals with speech, language, and hearing problems
What is a speech, language, and hearing scientist?
Term for word meaning.
What is semantics?
Outer/middle ear hearing loss.
What is conductive hearing loss?
Typical onset age of stuttering.
What is 2–5 years?
Impaired language comprehension, with fluent yet nonsensical speech. Naming, repetition, reading, and writing are also affected. Despite impaired comprehension, speech may have a normal rate, rhythm, and grammar.
What is Wernicke’s aphasia?
Certifying organization for SLPs and audiologists.
What is ASHA?
Smallest units of meaning.
What are morphemes?
Age-related hearing loss.
What is presbycusis?
Repetitions/prolongations/blocks
What are core behaviors?
partial muscular weakness that occurs on one side of the body
What is hemiplegia?
Three components of language.
What are form, content, and use?
Example of a bound morpheme.
What is -ed or -s?
An infection of the air-filled space behind the eardrum, known as the middle ear
What is otitis media?
Eye blinking during stuttering.
What are secondary behaviors?
Part of the brain that coordinates gait and maintains posture, controls muscle tone and voluntary muscle activity but is unable to initiate muscle contraction
What is the cerebellum?
Primary biological function of the larynx.
What is airway protection?
Restating a child’s utterance correctly.
What is recasting?
The ability to recognize and manipulate the spoken parts of sentences and words.
What is phonological awareness?
Number of swallowing stages.
What is 4?
The words that we use most frequently in our day-to-day communication
What are core words?
Three subsystems for speech.
What are respiration, phonation, articulation?
Internal dictionary.
What is lexicon?
The ability to identify and manipulate individual sounds in spoken words.
What is phonemic awareness?
Diet modifications, head rotation, position changes
What are compensatory techniques for dysphagia?
speech-generating devices (SGDs) that are electronic devices with more advanced processors. They can help individuals with complex communication needs express wants, needs, and ideas more effectively.
What is high-tech AAC?