QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
How many americans have a speech disorder - CORRECT ANSWER 17%
What do Aud's do - CORRECT ANSWER hearing health care
-prevention disorders
-assessment of hearing disorders
-treatment of "hd's"
-aural rehab
-counseling
-research
What do SLP's do - CORRECT ANSWER Evaluate and provide prevention and
remedial service to children/adults with speech/language/voice/swallowing problems
What are "other " jobs of an SLP - CORRECT ANSWER -Swallowing safety
-literacy
-accent reduction
-research
What degree do SLP's need to obtain a national certificate - CORRECT
ANSWER *Certificate of Clinical Competence
-Masters (SLP) Dr. AuD
-Earned academic credit
-clinical fellowship yr
-national exam
,what does a speech scientists do? - CORRECT ANSWER -investigate
typical/pathological voice or articulation
What do language scientists do "linguists" - CORRECT ANSWER -study various
aspects of language (usually not pathology)
What do hearing scientists do? - CORRECT ANSWER -investigate the nature of
sound, noise, and hearing
What do all three (speech, language, and hearing) scientist do? - CORRECT
ANSWER -all my contribute to the knowledge base and emerging technology to issues
of clinical practices
-make new developments biased on researchers
where do speech, language, hearing scientists work - CORRECT ANSWER -health
care facilities (hospitals, private practices, rehab, clinics)
-schools
-industrial facilities
-colleges
-gov agencies
what are examples of prevention in speech-language pathology - CORRECT
ANSWER -fluency
-vocal hygiene
-articulation
early intervention
what are examples of prevention in audiology - CORRECT ANSWER -early
identification of hearing loss
-determine the extent/nature of loss
-determine if loss is temp/permanent
, -assess adverse effects of loss on persons life(social, academic,job)
where do SLPs and AUDs work? who with? - CORRECT ANSWER -health care
facilities
-school systems
-industrial facilities
-college universities
-gov agencies
where do the majority of SLP's work (know %'s) - CORRECT ANSWER -direct care
(66%)
-program administration/management (10-14%)
-screening/prevention/supervision, consultation (5-6%)
What is the definition of communication? - CORRECT ANSWER an exchange of
ideas between senders and receivers
what are the 3 components of communication - CORRECT ANSWER -language
-speech
-hearing
difference between nonverbal and verbal communication - CORRECT ANSWER -
verbal = voice, pitch, articulation, oral communication
-nonverbal= body language, posture, gestures, appearance
definition of language - CORRECT ANSWER -socially shared system of arbitrary
symbols used for communication
what is speech - CORRECT ANSWER the physical production of spoken language