SLHS - Module 3 Exam 3

yes by using content, form, and use

Do adults continue to learn or refine language skills as an adult? If so, how?

left hemisphere

What side of the brain is most often (for 98% of people) dominant for language and speech?

A disorder that affects how you communicate, and the most common cause is a stroke

What is aphasia? What is the most common cause?

a little over 2 million

How many people are affected by aphasia?

Repetition, fluency of language production, auditory comprehension, sentence formulation and production, naming, reading, and writing

Describe the general language characteristics associated with aphasia?

Anomia, paraphasia, agrammatic production, paragrammatical production, and agrammatic comprehension

What are concomitant deficits that may be seen with aphasia?

Broca's Aphasia

non fluent language, good auditory comprehension, poor repetition

Wernicke’s Aphasia

fluent language, poor auditory comprehension, poor repetition

Conduction Aphasia

fluent language, good auditory comprehension, poor repetition

Anomic Aphasia

fluent with pauses language, good auditory comprehension, good repetition

Global Aphasia

non fluent language, poor auditory comprehension, poor repetition

Ischemic and Hemorrhagic

What are the two types of strokes?

a disease with problems of memory, thinking, and behavior

What is dementia?

a type of dementia that is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and the ability to carry out the simplest tasks

What is Alzheimer's?

leave plenty of time for conversations, include that person in conversations on their future plans, ask directly how to help with communication, and keep sentences clear and straightforward

What are tips to communicate with someone in all stages of Alzheimer's?

Repetitions, prolongations, and blocks

Describe the different types of stuttering?

Case history, observe child’s speech, standardized tests, eye contact, and are the adults concerned?

Describe the components of a stuttering evaluation?

Speak with your child in an unhurried way, pausing a lot, not telling them to slow down, reduce the number of questions you ask your child, use facial expressions and other body language to convey to your child that you are listening when they are talking

What are strategies that a parent or adult can use when talking to a child who stutters?

cause is unknown, theories - Organic (physical cause) – non dominance; brain imaging and Behavioral - diagnosogenic theory has no evidence to support it

What is the cause of stuttering and some of the theories?

indirect and direct approaches

What are the components of treatment?

Not to cure their stutter, but to learn how to effectively communicate and live with it

What is the goal of stuttering treatment?

Functional voice disorder

when vocal quality deteriorates in the absence of anatomic and neurologic factors

organic voice disorder

physical cause, non-dominance; brain imaging

neurological voice disorder

caused by neurological disease or disfunction

loudness, pitch, and quality

How do you describe voice?

Singers, teachers, females, people who use their voice a lot in general

Who is at risk of a voice disorder?

Talking regularly, stay hydrated, rest your voice

What are good examples of good vocal hygiene?

The result of damage to the superior or recurrent laryngeal

What is vocal fold paralysis?

involuntary spasms of vocal folds

What is spasmodic dysphonia?

botox injections

How is spasmodic dysphonia treated?

imaging by Videostroboscopy acoustics, Voice signal aerodynamics, and Airflow and air pressure perceptual

How do you assess someone’s voice/vocal folds?