SLP Test Prep 1

Eustachian tube is responsible for…

draining fluid from the ear. because muscle tendons in children with cleft palate are positioned abnormally, this tube often cannot drain the ear as effectively as in children without a cleft palate (ET dysfunction). fluid collecting inside the ear can affect hearing and may lead to higher risk of middle ear infection

there are ___ bones in the middle ear

3 - acronym MISO

Malleus, Incus, Stapes = Ossicles

the ___ is filled with fluid.

cochlea

the fluid is called perilymph, and it’s similar to CSF. There are 3 parts of the cochlea - scala vestibuli, scala tympani, scala media.

the scala media contains a different kind of fluid - called endolymph

TIP: can be remebered by COCA-COLA in your COCHLEA (fluid in ear)

___are the smallest units of sound that can be used to distinguish one word from another.

PHONEMES

Ex. the letter “t’can be used to distinguish the words “cat” and “can” or the vowels in the words “bit” and “beat”

is SMALL PIG an example of attribute+entity?

yes

small = attribute

pig = entity

__ is when you are using language that is easy for a child to understand to describe what they are doing

PARALLEL TALK

you can talk about what they are touching, seeing, feeling, smelling, and hearing. this is a great way to communicate with your child in a way that doesn’t require the child to formulate a repsonse. we are talking the same time they are doing something.

You just received a new client who is working on the sound /s/. The Process of Articulation Therapy goes through the steps of teaching the target sound. Put the steps in order from easiest to hardest.

Isolation, Words, Sentences, Conversation

An SLP is currently treating a patient with dysphagia. The patient tells the SLP that he no longer wants to continue services. The SLP explains all the benefits of continuing with dysphagia therapy. After hearing all of its benefits, the patient sticks with their original decision. Did the SLP act ethically in this scenario?

No - she should have provided the pt with all benefits AND RISKS. This is known as informed consent.

What syndrome is characterized by hypotonia, extreme appetite, poor growth, and delayed development?

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) - a person’s genes in a specific area on chromosome 15 are not active. Normally, people have one copy of chromosome 15 from each parent.

A dynamic assessment is one that:

has a test-learn-retest format

it is a way of assessing someone’s ability to learn. In this type of assessment, the person is given instruction and then tested on their ability to learn and remember what they were taught.

Test-Teach-Retest format:

Criterion-Referenced Assessment = compares examinees to a standard rather than other examinees

Authenite Assessment:

samples speech and language in an everyday setting

Client-Specific Assessment:

generate data that is helpful in creating client-specific treatment

An SLP is testing a new treatment for dysphagia. She notices great gains in swallowing with her initial patient and now wants to try this new treatment with another patient to see if they can have those same great gains. The SLP is trying to form:

generality of treatment

How many principles of ethics does ASHA have?

4 letters - 4 principles

In terms of research internal validity refers to…

If data reflects a true cause-effect relationship

it is the extent to which you can be sure that any changes you see in an experiment are caused by your tx and not other factors. In other words, can you say that the change in someone’s response was because of what you did and not something else?

Toby comes into the office complaining of difficulty moving his tongue, decreased intelligibility and swallowing difficulty. What cranial nerve could be damaged?

CN XII - the hypoglossal nerve

“hypo” means below, and “glossal” means relating to the tongue.

• CN XII supplies the intrinsic muscles of the tongue and all extrinsic muscles except for the palatoglossus muscle

• Acts to control shape as well as protrude, retract, elevate, and move tongue side to side

• healthy function critical for eating, swallowing, and speaking

During your VFSS, you notice your patient is drooling and pudding fall from her lips while she is eating. This symptom is called?

Anterior spillage

stop, bilabial, voiced

b

fricative, labiodental, voiceless

f

nasal, alveolar, voiced

n

fricative glottal, voiced

h

nasal, bilabial, voiced

m

fricative, alveolar, voiceless

s

CN 7 is known as…

Facial Nerve

CN 5 is known as…

Trigeminal Nerve

CN 9 is known as…

Glossopharyngeal Nerve

CN 2 is known as…

Optic Nerve

CN 12 is known as…

Hypoglossal Nerve