CSD 315 Quiz 5 (Homework)

Intelligence plays an important role in articulation skills in what population:

Individuals with severe cognitive impairments

t/f: Children with missing teeth will always have a lisp. 

false

Phonological deficits often co-occur with deficits in what area of language:

Morphosyntax

t/f: Research does not support a connection between otitis media and speech sound disorders.

false

t/f: Tongue thrust only has to do with swallowing. 

false

An enlarged tongue is called:

Macroglossia

t/f: Significantly more males have a speech sound disorder compared to females. 

true

t/f: Personality may be linked to speech sound production (parents report). 

true

t/f: Removal of part or all of the hard palate would have a detrimental effect to speech production. 

true

The most common speech sound error seen in individuals with tongue thrust is:

Sibilant distortions

In order to appropriately assess speech perception abilities, clinicians should examine: The specific phonemes in error, the context in which they are produced, motoric abilities, and ___________.

Receptive Vocabulary

Personality may contribute to speech sound disorders (more research needed).  Specifically, parents of children with SSD have reported their child to be:

Overly sensitive

t/f: Historically, frenulum clipping was recommended for most individuals with ankyloglossia (regardless of severity). 

true

A combination of which two approaches is suggested for treatment of tongue thrust:

Articulation treatment and oral myofunctional therapy

In twin studies, which type of twins have more highly correlated articulation skills:

Monozygotic

Oral tactile sensitivity is typically most sensitive at the midline of anatomical structures.  

true

The number of speech sound errors in children has been shown to decrease from first through fourth grade due to:

Maturation

Ankyloglossia refers to:

A short frenum

The connection between speech sound disorders and stuttering may be:

Motoric

Hearing loss can affect speech sound production as well as:

Suprasegmentals

 A dental appliance that is often used to replace part of the hard palate is called an:

Obturator

A genetic disorder caused by an extra 21^st chromosome is called:

Down Syndrome

The most common type of speech sound disorder has:

No known origin (functional)

t/f: Children with speech sound disorder are more likely to have a co-occurring expressive, as opposed to receptive, language disorder.

true

t/f: Dysarthria is a neuromotor disorder that only affects the articulatory system. 

false

t/f: Newborn hearing screenings are universal in the United States.

false

t/f: Speech sound disorders typically occur in isolation of other disorders.

false

Name four genetic disorders reviewed in the book that are related to speech sound disorders. 

1. Down syndrome

2. Fragile X syndrome

3. Galactosemia

4. Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome

t/f: Cleft lip always results in a speech sound disorder. 

false

t/f: The tongue is an adaptable muscle that can compensate even when part of it is surgically removed.

true

__________ is an impairment in motor programming, specific to speech sound production.

Apraxia

t/f: Children with speech sound disorder are more likely to have a co-occurring expressive, as opposed to receptive, language disorder.    

true

Natural phonology contributed to the SLP field specifically by introducing the idea of:

Phonological processes or patterns