QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
All of the following signed systems are aimed at approximating English - Answer-
Linguistics of Visual English
Seeing Signed English
Signing Exact English
Seeing Essential English
ASL is NOT an approximation of English
Hearing loss can have a significant impact on language especially in children with
severe to profound loss. Difficulties have been documented repairing incomplete
sentences, apologizing, providing information upon request, or asking questions to
problem solve. This represents language difficulty in this area of language. - Answer-
Pragmatics
This communication system uses hand signals while simultaneously talking to limit the
speechreading problems caused by homophones. - Answer-Cued speech
A child has a moderately-severe low frequency hearing loss. What is likely going to be
their complaint? - Answer-Sounds are not loud enough
Intensive speechreading is an integral part of all current audiologic rehabilitation
practices. - Answer-False; some are ASL or not focused on speechreading
The range of frequencies that the human ear can perceive is: - Answer-20-20,000 Hz
While in a noisy area, your friend thought you said "zip" instead of "sip". What is the
term referring to this word mix up? - Answer-Homophones
The form of communication most often used: - Answer-Oral communication
Which are speech characteristics of children who are deaf and hard of hearing? -
Answer-Difficulty with speech production
Problems with speech breathing
Difficulties with resonance
Reduced speaking rate
, When trying to assess the speechreading abilities of a patient, the clinician picks their
own materials for testing rather than published materials. Which type of speechreading
test did the clinician use? - Answer-An informal speechreading test
This approach to speechreading considers the phoneme and syllable to be key units of
visual perception and attempts to train a person to speechread by visualizing each of
the word or sentence. - Answer-Analytic Approach to Speechreading
The training objective , Will listen to two related sentences, and then draw a pickture
about them; for example, "The boy is playing. He has a ball." - Answer-Synthetic
auditory training approach
Not a form of English but a distinct language produced manually that requires a unique
translation of English as does any foreign language. - Answer-ASL
Speech Reading Activity: Name a topic (e.g., family) and have the speechreader identify
the name of each family member that you present. This represents which approach to
speechreading? - Answer-Synthetic Approach to Speechreading
What term refers to the strategy for helping children with hearing loss learn language by
having them use their auditory skills the majority of time and not teaching or allowing
speechreading cues? - Answer-Auditory-verbal approach
Visemes are - Answer--the distinguishable visual characteristics of speech
-phonemes categorizes by the place of articuation or by the shape of the mouth
True or false: American Sign Language is not a direct form of English and requires its
own form of translation like any other language. - Answer-True
This process helps a person take advantage of (use to the best of their ability) and
utilize all of their residual hearing. - Answer-Auditory Training
Someone with hearing loss is going to be more dependent on what type of cue for
communication? - Answer-visual cues
The best candidates for auditory training are typically: - Answer-Children with a severe
to profound sensorineural hearing losses
When we consider the overall auditory perception of speech, we must consider the rate
at which a person speaks. This is also thought of as considering ____________ aspects
of the speech signal. - Answer-Temporal
True or false: People with hearing loss all have the same degree of ability to use visual
cues to speechread. - Answer-False