Anatomy
Speech and Language Disorders
Phonetics
Audiology
Acronyms
100

The primary muscle of the lips

Orbicularis Oris

100
Trouble understanding, following directions, answering questions, and pointing to objects

Receptive Language Disorder

100

The smallest unit of speech

Phoneme

100

The three types of hearing loss

Conductive, Sensorineural, Mixed

100

SLP stands for 

Speech-Language Pathologist

200

The structure that regulates body postures, equilibrium, and coordinated fine motor movements

Cerebellum

200

Producing sounds the wrong way as the child learns to talk

Speech Sound Disorder

200

nɑɭɪd͡ʒ 

knowledge

200

The names of the three ossicles in the middle ear 

Malleus, Incus, Stapes

200

AAC stands for

Augmentative and Alternative Communication

300

The neurons that transmit information away from the brain

efferent neurons

300

The proper term for disordered swallowing

Dysphagia

300

gʌvnɚ

governor

300
Perception of a noise internally in the absence of an external noise source

Tinnitus

300

CAS stands for 

Childhood Apraxia of Speech

400

The cartilage that makes up the first ring of the trachea

cricoid cartilage

400

An adult recently experienced a stroke and now has difficulty finding words but her cognitive ability is not affected. What is she suffering from?

Aphasia

400

Place, Voice, and Manner of /ʃ/

palatal voiceless fricative

400
The passage that connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx

Eustachian tube

400

VPI stands for

Velopharyngeal insufficiency 

500

The structure at the inferior portion of the tongue that connects the tongue with the mandible

lingual frenulum

500

A motor speech disorder in which the muscles of the mouth, face, and respiratory system may become weak, move slowly, or not move at all after a stroke or other brain injury

Dysarthria

500

fjut͡ʃər spit͡ʃ pəɵaləd͡ʒəst

future speech pathologist

500

The membranous labyrinth is filled with this type of fluid

Endolymph

500

NSSLHA stands for

National Student Speech Language Hearing Association