Which of the following treatment goals related to pragmatics best addresses a young
child's use of language?
A.In a play situation, the child will request a turn, either verbally or through gestures,
90 percent of the time.
B.In a treatment session, the child will produce a two-word combination 90 percent of
the time.
C.In conversation, the child will produce correct velars 90 percent of the time.
D.When telling a story, the child will use the standard dialect's irregular past tense
forms of five specific verbs 90 percent of the time.
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Option (A) is correct. Pragmatics is the study of language in realistic
contexts, and the treatment goal describes a real-life, naturalistic use of
communication skills.
,A 3-year-old child presents for an evaluation of communication skills. When the SLP
says "Sit in your seat," the child responds by saying [tɪ ɪ ti]. When the SLP asks the
child to "put the big block in the box," the child responds by saying [bɪ bɑ ɪ bɑ].
Based on the responses, the child's primary problem with communication is most
likely which of the following?
A.Oral-motor weakness
B.Poor auditory discrimination
C.A fluency disorder
D.A receptive and/or expressive language impairment
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Option (D) is correct. The child is imitating what the SLP is saying but not
adding new information to the conversation. This may be due to difficulty
comprehending what is said (receptive language) and difficulty with
producing sounds and words (expressive language).
A client with anomic aphasia is a native speaker of Spanish with fair proficiency in
English. Production of the word "shoes" as [tʃuz] on a repetition task is most likely due
to which of the following factors?
A.Phonological interference from the speaker's native language
B.Semantic interference from the speaker's native language
C.Semantic paraphasia due to the aphasia
D.Phonemic paraphasia due to the aphasia
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, Option (A) is correct. The Spanish language does not have /f/ in its
phonemic inventory, and native speakers of Spanish typically substitute the
affricate /t∫/ when producing English words with that phoneme. A native
speaker of Spanish would most likely have made the substitution before
acquiring an anomic aphasia.
Compared with children who do not have language disorders, children with language
disorders tend to
A.take more conversational turns
B.initiate topics and direct the flow of conversation more
C.ask fewer open-ended questions
D.initiate more indirect requests
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Option (C) is correct. Children with language disorders tend to ask fewer
open-ended questions than do children who are developing normally.
Immediately following removal of a benign tumor from the base of the brain, a 76-
year-old client exhibits severe nasalization and a weak, breathy voice. A four-month
postsurgical assessment reveals no improvement. At this time, the remediation
strategy for this client should focus on
A.evaluation for prosthetic or surgical intervention
B.strengthening exercises for the oral articulators
C.a trial period using the yawn-sign technique
D.complete vocal rest
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Option (A) is correct. The client has a resonance and phonation disorder
indicative of velopharyngeal and laryngeal problems. The velopharyngeal
, problem could be assisted by prosthetic or surgical intervention.
Naturalistic teaching chiefly involves which of the following?
A.Establishing successful and useful communication
B.Using multiple trials and training techniques
C.Using more adult-initiated interactions than child-initiated interactions
D.Using differential reinforcement, fading, and modeling
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Option (A) is correct. Naturalistic teaching focuses on the successful
production of utterances that are useful in context for communicating.
A single exposure of several hours duration to continuous music with an overall level
of 100 dB SPL will most likely produce
A.tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
B.tinnitus and a distortion of speech perception
C.a temporary threshold shift in the low frequencies
D.a permanent threshold shift
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Option (A) is correct. A single exposure of several hours duration to
continuous music at a level of about 100 dB SPL will most likely produce
tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in the high frequencies.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of
hearing function. Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
child's use of language?
A.In a play situation, the child will request a turn, either verbally or through gestures,
90 percent of the time.
B.In a treatment session, the child will produce a two-word combination 90 percent of
the time.
C.In conversation, the child will produce correct velars 90 percent of the time.
D.When telling a story, the child will use the standard dialect's irregular past tense
forms of five specific verbs 90 percent of the time.
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. Pragmatics is the study of language in realistic
contexts, and the treatment goal describes a real-life, naturalistic use of
communication skills.
,A 3-year-old child presents for an evaluation of communication skills. When the SLP
says "Sit in your seat," the child responds by saying [tɪ ɪ ti]. When the SLP asks the
child to "put the big block in the box," the child responds by saying [bɪ bɑ ɪ bɑ].
Based on the responses, the child's primary problem with communication is most
likely which of the following?
A.Oral-motor weakness
B.Poor auditory discrimination
C.A fluency disorder
D.A receptive and/or expressive language impairment
Give this one a try later!
Option (D) is correct. The child is imitating what the SLP is saying but not
adding new information to the conversation. This may be due to difficulty
comprehending what is said (receptive language) and difficulty with
producing sounds and words (expressive language).
A client with anomic aphasia is a native speaker of Spanish with fair proficiency in
English. Production of the word "shoes" as [tʃuz] on a repetition task is most likely due
to which of the following factors?
A.Phonological interference from the speaker's native language
B.Semantic interference from the speaker's native language
C.Semantic paraphasia due to the aphasia
D.Phonemic paraphasia due to the aphasia
Give this one a try later!
, Option (A) is correct. The Spanish language does not have /f/ in its
phonemic inventory, and native speakers of Spanish typically substitute the
affricate /t∫/ when producing English words with that phoneme. A native
speaker of Spanish would most likely have made the substitution before
acquiring an anomic aphasia.
Compared with children who do not have language disorders, children with language
disorders tend to
A.take more conversational turns
B.initiate topics and direct the flow of conversation more
C.ask fewer open-ended questions
D.initiate more indirect requests
Give this one a try later!
Option (C) is correct. Children with language disorders tend to ask fewer
open-ended questions than do children who are developing normally.
Immediately following removal of a benign tumor from the base of the brain, a 76-
year-old client exhibits severe nasalization and a weak, breathy voice. A four-month
postsurgical assessment reveals no improvement. At this time, the remediation
strategy for this client should focus on
A.evaluation for prosthetic or surgical intervention
B.strengthening exercises for the oral articulators
C.a trial period using the yawn-sign technique
D.complete vocal rest
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. The client has a resonance and phonation disorder
indicative of velopharyngeal and laryngeal problems. The velopharyngeal
, problem could be assisted by prosthetic or surgical intervention.
Naturalistic teaching chiefly involves which of the following?
A.Establishing successful and useful communication
B.Using multiple trials and training techniques
C.Using more adult-initiated interactions than child-initiated interactions
D.Using differential reinforcement, fading, and modeling
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. Naturalistic teaching focuses on the successful
production of utterances that are useful in context for communicating.
A single exposure of several hours duration to continuous music with an overall level
of 100 dB SPL will most likely produce
A.tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in high frequencies
B.tinnitus and a distortion of speech perception
C.a temporary threshold shift in the low frequencies
D.a permanent threshold shift
Give this one a try later!
Option (A) is correct. A single exposure of several hours duration to
continuous music at a level of about 100 dB SPL will most likely produce
tinnitus and a temporary threshold shift in the high frequencies.
The speech reception threshold (SRT) is a basic component of an evaluation of
hearing function. Which of the following statements about the SRT is most accurate?
