Speech and Language
100: True or False: Receptive language is defined as the ability to comprehend and process spoken, written or signed language including vocabulary, grammar and nonverbal cues.
Answer: What is true
100: The anatomical structure known as the "voice box" is called.
Answer: What is the larynx
100: This acronym AAC stands for.
Answer: What is Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
100: This actor was diagnosed with Parkinsons Disease, which is known to affect speech and swallowing muscles. This actor is known for starring in "Back to the Future."
Answer: Who is Michael J. Fox
100: This person has a disfigured pinky finger caused by their twin, and this other person recently gave birth to twins.
Answer: Who are Joshua and Veronica
200: This term refers to the "social rules" of language like staying on topic, taking turns in a conversation, or using a appropriate tone of voice.
Answer: What is pragmatics
200: True or False: Prolongations are defined as when a PWS repeats a sound or syllable in running speech.
Answer: What is false
200: This symbol on an AAC device represents what communicative function? 🫵🏼
What is you
200: This actor was diagnosed with aphasia, which is a language disorder that impairs the ability to understand and speak. This actor is known for starring in "The Sixth Sense."
Answer: Who is Bruce Willis
200: This person has a love for hiking (they hiked several 14,000-foot mountains or "14ers") and this person is a Pilates lover and can be found in class all week long.
Answer: Who are Abby and Shelley
300: This motor speech disorder is characterized by groping for sounds and inconsistent errors, caused by a breakdown in the brains ability to plan and sequence the movements for speech.
Answer: What is apraxia of speech
300: The primary muscle supporting proper breathing for voice production is called.
Answer: What is the diaphragm
300: True or False: Body language, gestures and facial expressions are considered unaided AAC?
Answer: True
300: This famous singer was diagnosed with a voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia which was caused by nerve damage from Lyme disease. This singer collaborated with Bryan White on this song titled, "From This Moment On."
Answer: Who is Shania Twain
300: This person has traveled to 6 out of the 7 continents in the world, and this other person traveled across the desert from Cairo on Alexandria.
Who are Ellie and Amy
400: What are the smallest units of sound in a language called?
Answer: What are phonemes
400: These are extra movements like eye blinking or foot tapping that sometimes happen when a person is stuttering.
Answer: What are secondary behaviors or physical concomitants
400: Eye-gaze systems and speech-generating devices fit into what type of AAC category.
Answer: What is high-tech AAC?
400: This former heavy weight boxing champ demonstrates with a speech sound disorder characterized by a lisp. This boxer made a debut feature in the movie "The Hangover."
Answer: Who is Mike Tyson
400: This person can protect you with their brown belt karate skills and this other person has mastered protecting (coveted) snacks.
Answer: Catherine and Marcel
500: These are the three smallest bones in the human body located in the middle ear?
Answer: What are the ossicles: (malleus, incus and stapes)
500: This vocal disorder is characterized by a lesion or growth on one or both vocal folds and causes the voice to sound breathy or hoarse.
Answer: What is a vocal polyp, nodule or granuloma
500: This individual with ALS was a famous British astrophysicist who discovered black holes and utilized a speech generating device to communicate.
Answer: Who is Stephen Hawking
500: This actor and singer was diagnosed with a fluency disorder known as stuttering which is characterized by repetitions of sounds, prolongations of words and silent blocks. This person starred in the film version of "Into the Woods".
Answer: Who is Emily Blunt
500: This person taught mermaid and shark classes, and this person taught magic tricks to elementary age kids.
Who are Saige and Shelsea