A&P
the driving force for speech production is
respiration
phonemes are broken into these two categories
consonants and vowels
first words are produced by
12 months
Aphasias are broadly broken down into
nonfluent and fluent
esophageal phase
the lobe responsible for understanding language and comprehension
temporal lobe
the two types of motor speech disorders in children are
dysarthria and childhood apraxia of speech
a 9-month-old child will most likely communicate using
gestures, babbling, facial expressions, jargon
the leading cause of strokes in the US
ischemic CVAs (ischemic strokes)
aspiration
the concept that explains how respiration occurs through air flowing from areas of high pressure to low pressure is called...
Boyle's law
the phonemes /m/, /n/, and /ng/ are classified by where they are produced, they are called
nasals
the meaning, or semantics of a language
the term for made up words without accurate meanings, a common characteristic in Wernicke's aphasia
neologisms
In this type of diagnostic imaging, a thin camera is guided through the nasal cavity to directly view the laryngeal area while the patient eats or drinks; however, you cannot view the oral phase of a swallow
FEES imaging
the cochlea and the semicircular canals are part of the...
inner ear
vowels are classified by tongue and jaw height; consonants are classified by
the average number of morphemes in an utterance is called a child's...
mean length of utterance (MLU)
telegraphic speech is a hallmark characteristic for this type of aphasia
Broca's/nonfluent/amonic aphasia
During this phase of the swallow, the swallow reflex is triggered at the posterior base of the tongue
oral transit stage
the larynx, thyroid cartilage, and the glottis are all structures in this speech subsystem
phonatory system
final consonant deletion and cluster reduction are forms of
phonological processes
during this stage of language development, children combine 2 word utterances, have a larger receptive than expressive vocabulary, and use a combination of verbal speech and gestures
toddlerhood
difficulty with letter recognition, sight words, and inability to sound out novel words are traits of
alexia
the anatomical structure that rises during the oral transit stage to prevent the bolus from entering the nasal cavity
velum (soft palate)