Anatomy
Our Job
Did You Hear That?
Speech/Language 101
Random True/False
100
This, seen below, is located in our heads and controls our thoughts and emotions.
What is the brain?
100
This is our full title, shortened to SLP.
What is speech-language pathologist?
100
This is the language a person uses when they are deaf. It requires quick movements with your hands and fingers.
What is Sign Language?
100
SLPs sometimes help children with synonyms, or two words that are similar in meaning, and ______, which means two words that are opposites in meaning.
What are antonyms?
100
Recently, speech-language pathologists were ranked as having the #23 best jobs in the US.
What is TRUE!!
200
These structures, seen below, are located in our torso/chest and are both used for respiration (also known as breathing).
What are the lungs?
200
While many SLPs work in schools, others work in ________, where many go when they are feeling ill.
What are hospitals?
200
In order to protect their ears, many choose to wear ______ when they are around very loud noises.
What are headphones or ear plugs?
200
Some SLPs help children who have trouble with _______, which means making sure that the sounds and words that are said are clear and produced accurately.
What is pronunciation/articulation?
200
SLPs only work with children. They never work with adults.
What is FALSE!!
300
These, which are located in our mouths, are made of bone and used to mash food when we're eating.
What are teeth?
300
In order to become a SLP, people must go to _______ for several years after high school.
What is college/graduate school?
300
When an older individual starts to lose their hearing, they may be seen wearing ______ in their ear to hear better.
What are hearing aids?
300
When you spend a lot of time talking or yelling, you may find that you lose ______.
What is your voice?
300
Listening to noise levels regularly above 75 decibels (approximately the amount of noise made by a vacuum cleaner) can result in someone having hearing loss over time.
What is TRUE!!
400
This structure is located in the neck and used to make sounds for speaking and singing.
What is the Larynx/Vocal folds/Voice box?
400
Name three groups of people of different ages that SLPs work with.
What are babies, toddlers, children in school, teenagers, adults, and older adults?
400
These, which people usually use to clean their ears, can actually hurt your ears and cause hearing loss if you aren't careful! Don't stick them into your ears too far!
What are Q-Tips?
400
Porky Pig and Joe Biden both experience ______, which some say sounds like "bumpy speech."
What is stuttering?
400
Most adults know about 100,000 words.
What is FALSE (20,000-35,000 words)!!
500
These are some of the most important structures that are in our mouth. Look at the picture below and name three of them.
What are lips, teeth, tongue, tonsils, hard palate (roof of mouth), soft palate, uvula, tonsils?
500
SLPs test people who have trouble with ______ by giving them different liquid and solid foods, touching their throats, and looking inside their mouths.
What is feeding/swallowing?
500
The ear isn't just for hearing! The parts that make up the ear also make sure that you have ______, which is important for playing sports, riding a bike, standing, and running.
What is balance/coordination?
500
SLPs help famous people, such as ______ and ______, with their voices because their voices are the most important tool for their jobs.
What are actors and singers?
500
When individuals cannot speak using their voice, they have no way of communicating.
What is FALSE (gestures, writing, iPads)!!