Veteran's Day
Name the 5 branches of the US military
1. Air Force
2. Army
3. Coast Guard
4. Marines
5. Navy
True or false: Speech therapists assess and treat disorders in the areas of speech, language, voice, cognition, and swallowing.
True
What date is Thanksgiving this year (2025)?
November 27th
True or false: Dementia is a normal part of aging
False!
Name any structure involved in producing speech
Lips, tongue, teeth, palate, throat, vocal cords, lungs, diaphragm
Army
What does S.L.P. stand for?
Speech Language Pathologist
What is the most popular pie eaten on Thanksgiving?
Pumpkin Pie
Remembering events from childhood falls under which type of memory
Long term
What is another name for the voice box?
Larynx
Where is the Tomb of the Unknown Solider?
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA
What is the term for "difficulty swallowing"?
a) Apraxia
b) Dysphagia
c) Aphasia
b) Dysphagia
Which tradition brings good luck at Thanksgiving?
Breaking the wishbone
Give an example of a memory strategy
Internal: Repetition, Associations, Chunking, Acronym
External: Calendar, Reminder, Alarm, Medication Management System, Notebook, List
How many lobes of the brain are there?
*Bonus: What are they?
4
Frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
What was Veterans Day originally called?
Armistice Day, celebrating the end of WWI
A voice disorder classified by "hoarseness", or a change in vocal quality
a) Dysphonia
b) Agraphia
c) Aphasia
d) Dyslexia
a) Dysphonia
Which two football teams always play on Thanksgiving?
Dallas Cowboys & Detroit Lions
What are the 4 types of attention?
Sustained: maintain attention on one task
Selective: maintain attention on one task while ignoring distractions
Alternating: switching between two tasks
Divided: completing multiple tasks at once
This flap of cartilage covers our airway when we swallow to prevent food/liquid from going into our windpipe
a) Esophagus
b) Epiglottis
c) Trachea
d) Soft palate
b) Epiglottis
How many US Veterans are in the population as of 2023?
15.8 million or 6.1% of the population
Aphasia is...
A language disorder that can result from a stroke, and affect comprehension and/or speech production
Which U.S. state raises the most turkeys each year?
a) Florida
b) Minnesota
c) Wyoming
d) Texas
b) Minnesota
Which lobe of the brain is responsible for...
1) Speech production?
2) Comprehension?
*Bonus: What hemisphere of the brain is associated with being language dominant?
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe
*Left
How many times a day do we swallow, on average?
500-700 times