The Field, the Professionals, and the Clients
Professionals who identify, assess, treat, and prevent expressive and receptive communication disorders, as well as provide services for swallowing disorders and dialect modification.
What is a speech-language pathologist
How words are arranged in a sentence and the ways that words might affect each other
What is syntax
The study of the functions of organisms and bodily structures.
What is physiology
Time when the first meaningful words typically occur.
What is 12 months
Percentage of US population with a communication disorder
What is 17%
Intact hearing, but deficits in the processing of information from audible signals
What is central auditory processing disorder
Disorders that are the result of illness, accident, or environmental circumstances later in life.
What is Acquired
The vocal folds do this when we phonate
What is adduct
By this age, typically developing children produce about 50 words.
What is 18 months
Sayings that do not always mean what they seem to mean, like idioms.
What is figurative language
Communication disorders may impact all aspects of communication including speech, ________, and/or hearing.
What is language
Atypical production of speech sounds, interruption in the flow of speaking, or abnormal production of voice quality is a
What is a speech disorder
The primary biological function of the larynx is to ___
What is protect the airway?
In incidence of autism spectrum disorder in the U.S.
What is 1 in 59
The entry-level degree for an audiologist
What is Doctoral degree
The recognition by a native speaker of whether something is said "right" or "wrong"
What is linguistic intuition
Largest laryngeal cartilage
What is the thyroid
Risk factors for a language disorder include ongoing hearing problems, having a more reactive temperament, and this.
What is being male
The 3 pieces of evidence-based practice are current best evidence, client/family values, and this.
What is clinicial expertise
Professional settings where almost half of all SLPs are employed.
What is school systems
The three primary components of language
What are form, content, and use
A resonant acoustic tube that shapes the sound energy produced by the respiratory and laryngeal systems into speech sounds.
What is the vocal tract
Diffuse brain damage as a result of external force
What is traumatic brain injury (TBI)
The diaphragm moves _____ and _______ during inhalation.
What is down and forward