Welcome to your SLP Name: Email: [A natural frequency is a frequency:] with which a source of sound vibrates naturally that is unrelated to the mass and stiffness of the vibrating body that is the center frequency of a formant that refers to the simple harmonic motion that is the lowest frequency of a periodic wave None . [T/F: children who follow this pattern of having a preponderance of nouns in their vocabulary are referred to as referential] True False None . [T/F: The cause of an occurrence (medical problem that results in a disorder or disability) is Etiology] True False None . [T/F: the semantic system is hierarchically organized with superordinate, ordinate, and subordinate words is hierarchically organized with superordinate, ordinate, and subordinate words] True False None . [Phonatory disturbances are found in certain syndromes including infants and children with Down’s syndrome and cri du chat syndrome.] True False None . [T/F: slow mapping refers to the learning that occurs during the protracted period of word learning after fast mapping has occurred] True False None . [A correlation coefficient] helps establish the effect of a variable. suggests the ways in which two variables are related to each other. allows researchers to make predictions about their subjects' future behaviors. confirms a cause-effect relationship between two variables. None . [A father is at home with his baby daughter Meghan. He is trying to stimulate her language skills, and has read some literature about how to do this. When he sees Meghan looking at the family cat, he looks at the cat along with her and comments about it. This father has just:] used child-directed speech followed his baby daughter's line of regard engaged in a joint action routine engaged in a turntaking activity None . [A 58-year-old patient who had undergone a total laryngectomy came to an outpatient clinic complaining of coughing when swallowing. The patient was puzzled because he had been told that he would not run the risk of aspiration because there was a physical separation of the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory tract. The patient had a prosthetic valve in his tracheoesophageal segment to facilitate speaking. The patient said he had understood that the duckbill prosthesis would prevent backflow from the esophagus to the trachea and eliminate aspiration. After completing trial feedings, the speech-language pathologist informed the client that he was coughing because] the tongue did not have enough rotary movement. the size of the bolus was too large. there was leakage around the prosthesis. he did not time his breathing with each swallow. None . [Functional communication tests seek to assess:] communication in natural or everyday situations grammatically correct communication comprehension of both daily and academic vocal necessary for effective functioning in the "real world" syntactically correct communication communication in formal settings (e.g. speaking in front of a group) None . [67 year old man comes in for voice eval. he was referred by his primary care doctor. HIs voice has been getting "weaker" for the last 5-6 months. upon oral peripheral exam, you find that he has fasciculations (tremors) of the tongue and some general facial weakness. The first think you would do is:] refer him to a psychologist for an evaluation take detailed notes and tell him to come back in 6 months begin voice therapy, focusing on strengthening exercises refer him to a pulmonary specialist refer him to a neurologist for an evaluation None . [the artic therapy approach that emphasized the syllable as the basic unit of speech production and heavily utilizes the concept of phonetic environment is] McDonald's sensory-motor approach the maximal contrast approach the metaphor approach Van Riper's traditional approach McCabe and Bradley's multiple phoneme approach None . [T/F: Contraction of the cricothyroid muscle rocks the cricoid cartilage backward at the location of the arytenoid cartilages, which stretches the vocal folds and contributes to raising pitch] True False None . [A researcher who developed a language acquisition test claims that her test measures what it is supposed to measure because the scores are progressively higher across age groups. She is claiming that her test has what kind of validity?] Content validity Concurrent validity Construct validity Criterion validity None . [T/F: Cerebral spinal fluid is clear fluid created in the ventricular system] True False None . [T/F: There are 10 pairs of cranial nerves are there] True False None . [A patient was having difficulty swallowing solids and liquids and was regurgitating his food hours after eating. During a barium swallow the physician noted that there was a complete loss of peristalsis. She also noted that the nonrelaxing lower esophageal sphincter (LES) was preventing the downward passage of the bolus into the stomach. This condition is called] trismus. achalasia. luminal deformity. extrinsic compression. None . [T/F: Variations in speech and language production that are the result of a person's cultural, linguistic, and social environments is called Language difference] True False None . [T/F: verbs take more exposure to learn than nouns most likely because a more subtle inference needs to be made about verbs from ongoing events] True False None . [T/F: the capacity of the the phonological loop is the component of working memory that is strongly associated with word learning] True False None . 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