Memory Changes
Common cause of dementia
Alzheimer
Narrowing of vessels that supply blood to the heart is called
Coronary artery disease
_____________ bilingual language learners acquire two languages from birth
Simultaneous
Sequential language learning includes what behaviors
Phonological development and knowledge is developed by what age to generally fully intelligible speech?
3-4
What type of memory declines with age?
Declarative memory
Loss of central vision is called
Macular degeneration
What is the difference between fast mapping and slow mapping?
Fast mapping happens when the person hears a word on a single occasion.
Slow mapping occurs when that vocabulary word's meaning is extended by more expriences, knowledge of the word.
The ability to view language as an object of attention
Metalinguistic competence
Non fluent aphasia is associated with damage to ______area
Broca’s
What type of memory stays unchanged with age?
Nondeclarative memory- singing happy birthday, tying shoes
Inflammation of the joints is called
Arthritis
Slower speech rate
Difficulty in phoneme execution
are both the result of
Normal changes in the articulatory system as a result of aging
6
What system does visual acuity affect?
sensory-perceptual
Working memory decline in aging is a pathological change. True or Fales
False, it is normal for it to decline
Leading cause of death in elderly is
pneumonia
one of the speech subsystems
respiratory, phonatory, or articulatory
Component of language that allows 3 year old to produce subject +verb+object
Syntax
The vocabulary spurt describes what component of language?
Semantics
Cognition declines occur except for what area?
Processing speed
Divided attention
Sustained attention
Working memory
Sustained attention
Two types of stokes and what happens to the vessels
Ischemic = blood vessel occluded
Hemorrhagic = blood vessel bursts
Normal changes in speech subsystem as a person ages
R- decreased elasticity of tissue, diminished cough etc.
P-loss of vocal fold mass, ossification of laryngeal cartilages etc.
A-loss of dentition, decrease of lingual sensation,etc.
Rules governing the internal organization of words
Morphology
Class of sounds that emerges the earliest
nasals