SLHS 1150 Midterm Study Guide – FALL 2024

Communication Professions

• What does an audiologists/speech pathologists do?

• What does a hearing aid dispenser do and how is that different from an audiologist?

• Reading Research – What is the introduction for? What does the conclusion state?

Assessment and Intervention

• Steps and Purpose of Assessment

• Screening vs Assessment

• Norm referenced v. Criterion Referenced tests

• Evidence based practice: client input, research, clinical expertise

• Socio-interactionist, behaviorist and family centered approaches

• Intervention – details of an intervention plan, what it is also known as

• Compensatory treatment – what is it and when is it used?

• Assessment and Intervention WORK TOGETHER!!

Anatomy & Physiology

• Anatomy vs Physiology – Know generally the parts of the body responsible for speech and the difference between anatomy and physiology

• Dorsal/ventral

• ID major parts of CNS, PNS

• Brain lobes – 2 major parts of the brain responsible for speech/hearing

• Afferent vs Efferent

• Brain plasticity

• What are gyrus and sulcus?

• What anatomical systems are responsible for speech – all 5!

Communication Development

• Characteristics of communication development 0-6 months

• Characteristics of communication development after 12 months

LANGUAGE

• Primary Language Disorder – what is it? Secondary language disorder – what is it and how is it different?

• Phonology, Syntax, Morphology, Semantics – what are they?

• Differences between a language disorder and an articulation/speech sound disorder

SPEECH SOUND DISORDER/ARTICULATION DISORDERS

• What is phonological awareness?

• Age of speech sound acquisition

• What is “fronting”

• What are cognates?

FLUENCY

• Know what is considered normal speech dysfluency (um, uh)

• Know what is considered a disorder (sound, syllable repetition, block, prolongation)

• Know how cluttering is different (in general)

• Fluency iceberg- some people struggle emotionally and you cannot “see” those symptoms