Speech & Hearing Exam 2

A change in fundamental frequency always changes sentence type (e.g., rising frequency for question / stable frequency for statement)?

false

A syllable or word that is stressed will have longer duration that one that is not stressed

true

 How is speech rate different from articulation rate?

Speech rate includes all events that occur during speech, whereas articulation rate only includes the relevant speech

Which of the following manners of articulation require ingressive airflow

click, implosive

Which of the following is true about a bilabial voiceless fricative?

 

It exists in some languages, but not English

This manner of articulation requires elevation of the larynx to produce egressive airflow. 

ejective

 

"z" as in "zip"

 

"w" as in "went"

 

train

change

Please select the best example of contrastive stress

stress that highlights a particular word in the sentence

A change in fundamental frequency always changes sentence type (e.g., rising frequency for question / stable frequency for statement)?

false

which of the following is true

 

Children are not born with a predisposition to learn a particular language

prince

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant. 

voiced plosive 

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant

voiceless affricate

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant.

glide

What mechanism is primarily responsible for expiration at the beginning of an utterance

Inspiratory muscles

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant

nasal

Compared to tidal breathing, what is different about the expiratory phase of speech breathing?

Requires the use of inspiration muscles

Consider the image below of a vowel -consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant

voiced fricative

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant.

voiceless affricate 

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant.

nasal

Consider the image below of a vowel-consonant-vowel nonsense word. Select the best description of the consonant.

liquid

 

Compared to Mainstreamed American English, African American English is

Just as sophisticated and correct

 

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater in connected speech compared to sustained phonation?

Connected speech has consonants which require more pressure

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater with loud sounds than with quiet sounds?

 

During higher intensity sound the vocal folds adduct with more force, which requires more pressure to begin vibration

Why is it impossible to hum with your nose pitched?

 

Air is unable to escape and when oral/pharyngeal pressure equals subglottal pressure vocal fold vibration stops

This manner of articulation requires two points of construction within the oral cavity. 

clicks

Which of the following manners of articulation require ingressive airflow

click, implosive

What do hair transplants and gender affirming voice therapy have in common?

 

They are both examples of gender affirming care

Which of the following is true about the African American Vernacular English dialect: 

 

It has rule governed, predicative grammatical and phonological variations from Mainstreamed American English

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater in connected speech compared to sustained phonation?

 

Connected speech has consonants which require more pressure

Why is phonation threshold pressure greater with loud sounds than with quiet sounds?

 

During higher intensity sound the vocal folds adduct with more force, which requires more pressure to begin vibration

In which of the following will speech-language pathologists work to support children with cleft palate and their families

Speech Therapy after lip and / or palate repaire,  

Support with feeding before lip and / or palate repair

Speech disorders have three types of causes. These causes include which of the following?

Developmental, Traumatic, Degenerative