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1920s SLP Terminology
SLP History
100

Who was Rufus King?

He was a general, a politician, and the owner and editor of the Milwaukee Sentinel 

100

What is dyslogia?

Difficulty expressing your ideas through speech.

100

In 1913, SLPs believed that typhoid fever, being scalded with hot water, or contracting diptheria could result in...

Stuttering

200

Who was Samuel Morse?

The inventor of the telegraph and Morse Code

200

What is aphemia?

Not being able to speak.

200

In the late 90s doctors and SLPs believed that vaccines caused...

Autism

300

Who was Frederick Gaenslen?

A doctor who specialized in orthopedics

300

What is tachyphemia?

Rapid speech.

300

In order to prove that a child's environment caused stuttering, Wendell Johnson's graduate student conducted a study in an orphanage that caused some of the children to stutter. This became known as...

The Monster Study

400

Who was John Marshall?

A Chief Justice of the United States

400

Adjectives like gloomy, lour, raucous, sepulchral, shrill, or whining were used to describe...?

The voice

400

Speech-language pathology has its roots in elocution, which is therapy targeting...

speech sound production

500

Who was Christopher Latham Sholes?

The inventor of the typewriter

500

What is microphonia?

Weak voice

500

In which decade did SLPs figure out the difference between speech disorders, and language disorders?

1960s