Acronyms
SLP stands for:
Speech Language Pathologist
"Wernicke's area" is housed in which lobe of the brain:
Temporal lobe
Aphasia refers to a deficit in:
Language
The billing code for general speech/language SLP tx is:
92507
ASHA stands for:
American Speech, language, and Hearing Association
Scientists suspect PD originates in what brain structure:
Basal Ganglia
anomia refers to
deficit in naming
Name 2 other settings SLPs can work in
SNF, schools, acute care, private practice
MBSS stands for:
Modified Barium Swallow Study
Someone who uses a TEP, does not have a ____.
Larynx
Circumlocution refers to:
talking "around" a word to facilitate word retrieval
the 3 main consistencies of liquid recommended are:
CCC stands for:
Certificate of Clinical Competence
"CP" in CP bar stands for:
Cricopharyngeas
edentulous refers to:
someone with no teeth
Name a timed speech code:
assessment/tx of cognition, standardized assessment of language
AOS stands for:
Bonus 100: name a pt who has AOS
Apraxia of Speech
The "party wall" refers to:
the connection between the trachea and esophagus
Name a motor speech disorder:
dysarthria or apraxia
Alyssa suspects Bruce Willis has what disorder?
Primary Progressive Aphasia