CSD 212 CLINICAL CASE STUDY 3 PRACTICE
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What areas are included in Communication Sciences and
Disorders? Answer: Speech science, language science, hearing
science, audiology, and speech-language pathology.
◉ How did the field of CSD historically begin? Answer: It began with
"speech correctionists," and the terms speech pathology and
audiology have been used since the early-mid 1900s.
◉ Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Answer: A professional who
assesses, diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent speech, language,
cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency disorders.
◉ What are common SLP work settings? Answer: Elementary and
secondary schools, early childhood programs, medical settings,
nursing homes, and private practice.
◉ What are the academic requirements to be an SLP? Answer: A
master's degree, state licensure, a 9-month clinical fellowship, and
passing a national exam for the Certificate of Clinical Competence.
, ◉ Audiology Answer: The protection, prevention, preservation,
evaluation, and treatment of disorders of the human auditory and
vestibular systems.
◉ Are audiologists physicians? Answer: No, audiologists are not
medical doctors, though they often work on health care teams.
◉ Scope of Practice Answer: The range of activities a professional is
legally allowed to perform within a profession.
◉ Scope of Competence Answer: The activities within a profession
that a particular practitioner is actually skilled in and performs
regularly.
◉ Medical Audiologist Answer: An audiologist in hospital settings
who works with all ages, is part of a communication disorders team,
dispenses hearing aids, and often works with cochlear implants and
electrophysiologic tests.
◉ Pediatric Audiologist Answer: An audiologist who works
primarily with children, focuses on causes of childhood deafness,
and provides counseling and aural rehabilitation.
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What areas are included in Communication Sciences and
Disorders? Answer: Speech science, language science, hearing
science, audiology, and speech-language pathology.
◉ How did the field of CSD historically begin? Answer: It began with
"speech correctionists," and the terms speech pathology and
audiology have been used since the early-mid 1900s.
◉ Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) Answer: A professional who
assesses, diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent speech, language,
cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, and fluency disorders.
◉ What are common SLP work settings? Answer: Elementary and
secondary schools, early childhood programs, medical settings,
nursing homes, and private practice.
◉ What are the academic requirements to be an SLP? Answer: A
master's degree, state licensure, a 9-month clinical fellowship, and
passing a national exam for the Certificate of Clinical Competence.
, ◉ Audiology Answer: The protection, prevention, preservation,
evaluation, and treatment of disorders of the human auditory and
vestibular systems.
◉ Are audiologists physicians? Answer: No, audiologists are not
medical doctors, though they often work on health care teams.
◉ Scope of Practice Answer: The range of activities a professional is
legally allowed to perform within a profession.
◉ Scope of Competence Answer: The activities within a profession
that a particular practitioner is actually skilled in and performs
regularly.
◉ Medical Audiologist Answer: An audiologist in hospital settings
who works with all ages, is part of a communication disorders team,
dispenses hearing aids, and often works with cochlear implants and
electrophysiologic tests.
◉ Pediatric Audiologist Answer: An audiologist who works
primarily with children, focuses on causes of childhood deafness,
and provides counseling and aural rehabilitation.
