This is the disorder more commonly known as word-finding difficulty.
What is Anomia?
100
This sound is often the last sound to develop in speech acquisition.
What is "R"?
100
This happens when foreign material enters the airway and goes past the vocal folds when eating or drinking.
What is aspiration?
100
This sticky substance is present in the external auditory meatus.
What is ear wax/cerumen?
100
This activity does not improve a child’s vocabulary or communication skills; there is no substitute for conversation when it comes to learning to talk.
What is watching TV?
200
This disorder refers to difficulty sequencing motor movements.
What is Apraxia?
200
Young children often substitute this sound for the sound "K".
What is "T"?
200
This is the optimal position for a person to be in when drinking or eating.
What is 90 degrees upright?
200
This medical term refers to an infection in the middle ear space.
What is otitis media?
200
Vocabulary size and this measure are good indicators of language skills and complexity in preschoolers. A general rule of thumb is 2-3 for 2 year olds. 3-4 for 3 year olds and 4-5 for 4 year olds. This is the average of the number of words in a ____.
What is "sentence"?
300
This term is used to indicate difficulty with writing.
What is Agraphia?
300
A child of this age range often produces phrases/sentences consisting of 3 or more words.
What is age 2-3 years?
300
This part of the tongue is the driving force behind bolus movement through the pharynx.
What is the tongue base?
300
This chain of 3 bones are the smallest in the human body.
What are the ossicles?
What are the hammer, anvil, stirrup?
What are the malleus, incus, stapes?
300
Children at 2 years of age are typically saying 200 words in single and two word sentences, however, late talkers (not children with a communication delay) have a vocabulary size of at least this many words.
What is 50 words?
400
This disorder involves difficulty with reading.
What is Alexia?
400
The voiced labiodental fricative phoneme "v" is a later developing sound and often not pronounced correctly until 7 years of age, but this corresponding voiceless labiodental fricative is typically pronounced correctly by 3 years of age.
What is "F"?
400
The medical term for a painful swallow.
What is odynophagia?
400
This medical specialist might perform a tympanoplasty.
What is an ENT / Otolaryngologist?
400
This phonological awareness skill is the best predictor of reading success in a kindergarten child.
What is "sound segmentation"?
500
This device may be high-tech, like an iPad, or low-tech like an alphabet board. Either way, it is designed to help someone communicate their message.
What is an augmented alternative communication device, or AAC?
500
Healthy adult females can sustain an “ah” sound for this range of time.
What is 15-25 seconds?
500
These five cranial nerves are involved in swallowing.
What are cranial nerves V, VII, IX, X and XII (trigeminal, facial, glossopharyngeal, vagus, hypoglossal)?
500
This ingredient in tonic water can be ototoxic and can damage the ears.
What is quinine?
500
The use of signs has been shown to be an effective way to encourage verbal vocabulary in young children - the sign for - "wait" can be demonstrated using both hands. (Must demonstrate sign for "wait")
What is (sign wait - hands turned palms up and wiggle fingers)?