Our schools' namesakes
Who was Rufus King?
He was a general, a politician, and the owner and editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel
What is dyslogia?
Difficulty expressing your ideas through speech.
In 1913, SLPs believed that typhoid fever, being scalded with hot water, or contracting diptheria could result in...
Stuttering
Who was Samuel Morse?
The inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code
What is aphemia?
Not being able to speak.
In the late 90s doctors and SLPs believed that vaccines caused...
Autism
Who was Frederick Gaenslen?
A doctor who specialized in orthopedics
What is tachyphemia?
Rapid speech.
In order to prove that a child's environment caused stuttering, Wendell Johnson's graduate student conducted a study in an orphanage that caused some of the children to stutter. This became known as...
The Monster Study
Who was John Marshall?
A Chief Justice of the United States
Adjectives like gloomy, lour, raucous, sepulchral, shrill, or whining were used to describe...?
The voice
Speech-language pathology has its roots in elocution, which is therapy targeting...
speech sound production
Who was Christopher Latham Sholes?
The inventor of the typewriter
What is microphonia?
Weak voice
In which decade did SLPs figure out the difference between speech disorders, and language disorders?
1960s