Speech-Language Pathology Flashcards

Flashcards covering key vocabulary from an introductory Speech-Language Pathology lecture.

Communication Disorders

Impairments in articulation, fluency, voice, language, hearing, or central auditory processing.

Swallowing Disorders

Difficulties with feeding or swallowing, common in pediatric and geriatric populations.

Communication Variations

Variations in communication, including differences in dialect and augmentative/alternative communication methods.

Speech Disorder

A disorder impacting the form, content, or function of communication.

Speech Sound Disorder

Difficulties with the perception, motor production, and/or phonological representation of speech sounds.

Articulation Disorder

Focuses on errors in the actual production of speech sounds, often due to difficulties in motor planning or execution.

Phonological Disorder

Underlying difficulties in processing and manipulating speech sounds, leading to rule-based errors.

Motor Planning and Execution Disorder (Apraxia)

Inconsistent errors in speech sound production due to difficulties in motor planning and execution.

Fluency Disorder

Interruption in the flow of speaking, characterized by repetitions, pauses, and abnormal speech rate.

Voice

Sound produced by vocal folds

Voice Disorder

Abnormal production or absence of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, or duration.

Resonance

Transfer of sound produced by vocal folds

Forms of language

How a language system has phonology, morphology, Syntax

Content

How a language system has Semantics

Function of language

How a language system has Pragmatics

Pragmatics

Meaning in the context of discourse and the literal meaning of phrases and sentences.

Semantics

The literal meaning of words, phrases, and sentences.

Syntax

The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

Morphology

The study of the forms of words

Hard of hearing

Relies on the auditory channel as the primary sensory input for communication

Deaf

Limits aural/oral communication performance; primary sensory input may be other than the auditory channel

Central Auditory Processing Disorder

Attend, discriminate, and identify acoustic signals

Augmentative/Alternative Communication

Use of a variety of techniques and tools to supplement existing speech and/or replace speech that is absent or not functional.

Augmentative

The use of techniques and tools to supplement existing speech

Alternative

The use of techniques and tools used in place of speech that is absent or not functional

International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

The ICF model is a classification of health and health-related domains

Body Functions and Structures

Includes the physiological functions of the body systems (physiology) and the anatomical parts of the body (anatomy)

Activity

Includes the execution of a task or action by an individual

Participation

Problems an individual may experience in life situations

Environmental Factors

Factors that are not within the person’s control