CSD Exam 1 Study Guide – comprehensive revision notes and exam preparation
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What is communication? - correct answer ✔✔the process of sharing information between two
or more people
What are 4 main processes of communication? - correct answer ✔✔Formulation, Transmission,
Reception, and Comprehension
What is language?
Define each component with examples. - correct answer ✔✔Language is the cognitive process
of forming thoughts and ideas. It is a socially shared code that uses a system of symbols,
including sounds and words, to represent ideas to others.
3 domains:
-content: semantics
-form: syntax, morphology, phonology
-use: pragmatics
What is speech? What systems are involved in speech? - correct answer ✔✔Speech is the
neuromuscular process of turning language into a sound signal. It is the neuromuscular process
that allows people to express language through voice.
-Involves the activation of muscles in three systems
-respiration
-phonation
-articulation
4 components of normal speech:
, -breath support
-voice
-articulation
-fluency
What is hearing? Define each component. - correct answer ✔✔Hearing is the perception of
sound, or in communication, the perception of speech.
How does the brain process sound waves? How does it process the frequency of sound waves?
How does it process the intensity of sound waves? - correct answer ✔✔-A sound source creates
a set of vibrations in surrounding air particles.
-the vibration of air particles create sound waves
(-how far the air particles move back and fourth is the frequency
-how far the air particles move back and fourth is the intensity)
-the ear receives the sound waves
-The brain processes the frequency and intensity of the sound waves as pitch and loudness, and
differentiates speech and nonspeech sounds.
What is the difference between communication differences and communication disorders? -
correct answer ✔✔A person with a communication disorder has significant difficulty forming,
transmitting, receiving, or comprehending communicative messages compared with others. A
communication disorder is a variation within a linguistic community.
A communication difference is a variation between linguistic communities.
Describe speech, language and hearing disorders. - correct answer ✔✔Speech Disorders:
-articulation and phonological disorders
-fluency disorders
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What is communication? - correct answer ✔✔the process of sharing information between two
or more people
What are 4 main processes of communication? - correct answer ✔✔Formulation, Transmission,
Reception, and Comprehension
What is language?
Define each component with examples. - correct answer ✔✔Language is the cognitive process
of forming thoughts and ideas. It is a socially shared code that uses a system of symbols,
including sounds and words, to represent ideas to others.
3 domains:
-content: semantics
-form: syntax, morphology, phonology
-use: pragmatics
What is speech? What systems are involved in speech? - correct answer ✔✔Speech is the
neuromuscular process of turning language into a sound signal. It is the neuromuscular process
that allows people to express language through voice.
-Involves the activation of muscles in three systems
-respiration
-phonation
-articulation
4 components of normal speech:
, -breath support
-voice
-articulation
-fluency
What is hearing? Define each component. - correct answer ✔✔Hearing is the perception of
sound, or in communication, the perception of speech.
How does the brain process sound waves? How does it process the frequency of sound waves?
How does it process the intensity of sound waves? - correct answer ✔✔-A sound source creates
a set of vibrations in surrounding air particles.
-the vibration of air particles create sound waves
(-how far the air particles move back and fourth is the frequency
-how far the air particles move back and fourth is the intensity)
-the ear receives the sound waves
-The brain processes the frequency and intensity of the sound waves as pitch and loudness, and
differentiates speech and nonspeech sounds.
What is the difference between communication differences and communication disorders? -
correct answer ✔✔A person with a communication disorder has significant difficulty forming,
transmitting, receiving, or comprehending communicative messages compared with others. A
communication disorder is a variation within a linguistic community.
A communication difference is a variation between linguistic communities.
Describe speech, language and hearing disorders. - correct answer ✔✔Speech Disorders:
-articulation and phonological disorders
-fluency disorders
