Audiology
This part of the ear is visible from the outside and helps funnel sound waves into the ear canal.
What is the pinna (or auricle)?
This lobe is responsible for hearing and language comprehension.
What is the temporal lobe?
This is the study of speech sounds.
What is phonetics?
These tiny bones located in the middle ear work together to transmit sound vibration from the eardrum to the inner ear.
What are ossicles? (malleus, incus, and stapes)
This disorder affects the fluency of speech.
What is stuttering?
Describe the difference between Deaf and deaf.
What is, deaf (lowercase) refers to the medical condition of having a hearing loss, while Deaf (uppercase) refers to someone who identifies with Deaf culture and the Deaf community
This brain area is important for speech production.
Broca's Area
This symbol /𝜽/ represents this sound
What is ‘th’ in think
Located in the larynx, these paired structures vibrate to produce voiced sounds.
What are the vocal folds (or true vocal cords)?
A speech sound disorder caused by difficulty planning motor movements.
What is apraxia of speech?
These devices are used for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing.
What are hearing aids and cochlear implants?
This large structure connects the two hemispheres
What is the corpus callosum?
Sounds made with the tongue touching the alveolar ridge are called
What is alveolar?
This leaf-shaped structure, located above the larynx, folds downward during swallowing to prevent food or liquid from entering the airway.
What is the epiglottis?
This language disorder often follows a stroke
What is Aphasia
Name the graph that visualizes a person's hearing test results, showing the softest sounds they can hear at different frequencies?
What is an audiogram?
This part of the brain coordinates muscle movements.
What is the cerebellum?
The difference between /p/ and /b/ is this feature
What is voicing?
Located in the neck, this bone supports the tongue and larynx and is the only bone in the body that does not attach to another bone.
What is the hyoid bone?
This disorder is seen in a 3-year-old who uses fewer than 50 words, speaks in short phrases, and struggles to follow simple instructions compared to peers.
What is a language delay?
Name the three types of hearing loss.
What is Sensorineural, Conductive, and Mixed?
This cranial nerve is responsible for controlling the muscles of the larynx, pharynx, and soft palate.
What is the vagus nerve (Cranial Nerve X)?
The sound /ʃ/ is produced in which manner
What is a fricative?
These are the muscles within a structure that are responsible for fine motor control.
What are intrinsic muscles?
This disorder involves difficulty swallowing.
What is dysphagia?