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CDIS Exam I
First Class - Communication Options
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
03/12/2013

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Term
Normal Communication
Definition
Act of sharing and exchanging information between people
EX: talking, writing, gesture
Term
4 Processes of Communication
Definition
1. Formulation
2. Transmission
3. Reception
4. Comprehension
Term
Formulation
Definition
coordinating internal thoughts and ideas
Term
Transmission
Definition
Conveying your ideas
EX: speech, facial expression, etc.
Term
Reception
Definition
Receiving information and others ideas
EX: reading, hearing, etc.
Term
Comprehension
Definition
Making sense of a received message
Term
General Categories of Communication
Definition
-Form
-Content
-Use
Term
Form
Definition
How a sentence is made up. Governed by by syntax, morphology, and phonology.
Term
Syntax
Definition
The rules of the formation of sentences
EX: bad syntax
Yells Loudly (no subject)
Term
Morphology
Definition
Study of any minimal grammar units in a specific language
Term
Phonology
Definition
ways sounds are put together. Putting smallest units of sound together.
Term
Content
Definition
What a sentence is saying. Governed by semantics
Term
Semantics
Definition
The meaning/ interpretation of a word or sentence
EX: Bad semantics
I swallowed the building.
Term
Use (communication category)
Definition
How one uses their language. Governed by pragmatics.
Term
Pragmatics
Definition
How we use the rules of language socially
-organizing your language for different social contexts
Term
Communication Disorder
Definition
Significant difficulty in the ability to formulate, transmit, receive, or comprehend information
(when compared to others sharing the same language and culture)
Term
Communication Disorder Prevalence
Definition
1 in 6 people have a CD
Term
Most Common Communication Disorder
Definition
Hearing Loss and Deafness, 31.5 million or 10% of the US pop. has some type of HL
Term
Types of Communication Disorders
Definition
Language, Speech, and Hearing loss/Deafness
Term
Language Communication Disorder
Definition
-Developmental disorders in children
-Aphasia in adults
-cognitive-communicative disorders
Term
Speech Communication Disorder
Definition
Problems with:
-Fluency
-Voice
-articulation
-phonology
-motor speech
Term
Hearing Loss/ Deafness Communication Disorder
Definition
-Sensorineural HL
-Conductive HL
-Auditory processing disorder
Term
Communication Disorder VS Difference
Definition
Communication difference is a dialect, a communication disorder is issues with providing the actual information
Term
Dialect
Definition
When culture causes differences between the same language, the differences are dialects
Term
Accent
Definition
When culture causes pronunciation/ word differences between different languages
EX: English speaker will have an English accent when speaking spanish
Term
What do SLP's and Audiologists require in order to be able to practice?
Definition
License and Registration
Term
Speech-Language Pathologist
Definition
Professional involved in prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders of speech, language, and swallowing
Term
Audiologist
Definition
Professional involved in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing and balance disorders.
Term
Objective of SLP and Audioloist
Definition
To optimize individuals' ability to communication and thereby improve their quality of life
Term
Dysphagia
Definition
The disorder associated with swallowing. -The same anatomy for a swallowing disorder goes with communication disorders
Term
Anatomy
Definition
Refers to the body structures
Term
Physiology
Definition
The functions of the bodies structures
Term
Neuroscience
Definition
Anatomy and physiology of nervous system
Term
Central Nervous System
Definition
Made up by the lobes in the brain, cranial nerves, spinal nerves
Term
Respiratory System
Definition
Trachea, lungs, diaphragm, abdominal muscles
Term
Phonatory system
Definition
Larynx, pharynx, trachea
Term
Articulatory system
Definition
speech articulators
Term
Resonatory system
Definition
Head/neck, velo pheryngeal port
Term
Broca's Area
Definition
-Left frontal lobe
-deals with fine coordination and speech output
Term
Wernicke's Area
Definition
-Left Temporal Lobe
-Deals with language comprehension
Term
Heschl's gyrus
Definition
-Left temporal lobe
-Deals with fine grained analysis of sound
-pieces apart different sounds
-left does speech, right does music
Term
Peripheral Nervous System
Definition
-12 cranial nerves
carries both sensory and motor information
Term
Sensory information
Definition
info going to the brain
Term
Motor information
Definition
info coming from the brain
Term
cortex
Definition
-outer part of brain
Term
Corpus Colosseum
Definition
Connects the left and right hemisphere of brain
Term
Frontal Lobe
Definition
Deals with personality and such
Term
Parietal Lobe
Definition
Sense of touch
Term
Temporal Lobe
Definition
Sense of hearing
Term
Occipital lobe
Definition
Sense of sight
Term
Brain Hierarchy
Definition
The more complex the behavior, the higher up on the cortex it is
Term
Brain Specialization
Definition
Each part of the brain has a job to do.
Term
Plasticity
Definition
Capacity to organize and recognize based on experience. It is how the brain "learns"
Term
Developmental Plasticity
Definition
Taking in experiences and learning from them
Term
Learning Plasticity
Definition
Learning from instruction
Term
critical period
Definition
period of time during which growthin a particular function/ structure in the brain is most rapid
(language's CP is toddler-puberty)
Term
Contralaterality
Definition
Lateralization of the brain. The right does the left stuff and the left does the right stuff.
Term
central nervous system
Definition
controls and regulates almost all motor, sensory, and cognitive processes
Term
peripheral nervous system
Definition
-carries messages to and from the CNS
-includes both involuntary and voluntary
Term
primary purpose of respiration
Definition
to support live (AKA to live)
Term
secondary purpose of respiration
Definition
to support speech (AKA to talk)
Term
Passive Breathing
Definition
-Involuntary breathing
-Inhale-to-exhale ratio: 40:60
Term
Speech Breathing
Definition
-Breathing with voluntary control
-Inhale-to-exhale ratio: 10:90
Term
purpose of phonatory system
Definition
-convert air flow/ energy into sound
-voice production by vocal fold vibriatio
Term
vocal folds
Definition
2 thin sheets of tissue connected to cartilage in the phonatory system in order to produce sound
Term
purpose of articulatory system
Definition
to manipulate/shape airflow from the phonatory system into precise speech sound
Term
Fixed Speech Articulators
Definition
Speech makers you can't move
-palate
-upper incisors
-alveolar ridge
Term
Mobile Speech Articulators
Definition
Speech makers you can move
-tongue
-velum (soft palate)
-mandible (lower jaw)
-lips
Term
purpose of resonatory system
Definition
modification of airflow from pharyx into oval and/or nasal cavities
Term
Types of Audiologists
Definition
-Industrial
-Educational
-Geriatric
-Medical
-Dispensing/ Rehabilitative
Term
outer ear
Definition
1. Pinna (or Auricle)
2. External Auditory Canal (EAC)/ External Auditory Meatus (EAM)
Term
Pinna
Definition
-Protects and channels information to the external auditory canal
-aids in sound localization
Term
Sound Localization
Definition
Knowing where a sound is coming from
Term
External Auditory Canal (EAC)
Definition
-directs sound to and protects the tympanic membrane
-provides increase in sound intensity
Term
Tympanic Membrane
Definition
"Ear drum"
3 layers:
Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm
Term
The amount of tympanic membrane vibration...
Definition
is proportional to a sounds intensity
Term
The speed of the vibration of the tympanic membrane...
Definition
is proportional to the sounds frequency
Term
speech
Definition
physical production of sounds of shared code
Term
Hearing
Definition
AKA audition
-perception of sound/ speech
Term
Executive Functions
Definition
Ability to formulate and plan goals and carry them out successfully
Term
Middle Ear Anatomy
Definition
-Air Filled Space
-Ossicular Chain (3 bones)
-Windows
-Eustachian tube
Term
Eustachian Tube
Definition
Regulates air pressure in the middle ear, because bones will vibrate differently at different pressures
Term
Ear Infection
Definition
Fluid in the middle ear pushes the tympanic membrane out
Term
Middle ear transforms
Definition
Acoustic energy to Mechanical energy
Term
Impedance
Definition
Resistance to the flow of energy (sound)
Term
Inner Ear Anatomy
Definition
-Vestibule
-Semicircular canals
-Coclea
Term
Inner Ear Divisions
Definition
Vestibular System and Auditory system
Term
Auditory System
Definition
Deals with hearing
Term
Vestibular System
Definition
Deals with balance
Term
Cochlea
Definition
Fluid filled snail shaped organ that is made up by its basilar membrane and hair cells. The hair cells "fire" and sends electrical energy to the auditory nerve
Term
Inner Ear transforms
Definition
Mechanical energy to hydrological by moving the fluid in the cochlea. This movement in fluid causes certain hair cells to react.
Term
Tonotopic Organization
Definition
Basilar Membrane is organized by frequency. Lower frequency on bottom (apex) higher frequency on the top (base)
Term
Apex
Definition
The large bottom of the cochlea that deals with low frequencies
Term
Base
Definition
The small top of the cochlea that deals with high frequencies
Term
Cranial Nerve
Definition
AKA Auditory nerve
-transmits electrical energy from cochlea to the brainstem
Term
Central Auditory Nervous system (CANS)
Definition
Part of the brain. processing of speech information occurs throughout CANS
Term
Acoustics
Definition
The study of sound
Term
Sound
Definition
The vibratory transmitted by pressure waves in the air or any other medium (ex water, through a wall)
Term
Sound VS hearing
Definition
Sound is the physical vibration. hearing is the perception of that sound
Term
Properties of sound
Definition
-simple harmonic motion
-comes in sine waves
-deals with frequency, amplitude, and time
Term
Frequency
Definition
The number of cycles per second or Hertx (Hz)
Term
Cycle
Definition
Time it takes to make the wave go all the way "up and down" once
Term
Period
Definition
the "width" of the wave
Term
Amplitude
Definition
The height of a wave
Term
Intensity
Definition
The magnitude/ strength of a sound
Term
Threshold of children
Definition
0-15 dB
Term
Threshold of adults
Definition
0-40 dB
Term
Pitch
Definition
The perception of frequency
Term
0 dB
Definition
The reference level of sound
Term
periodic sound
Definition
Sounds that repeat exactly the same over and over
Term
aperiodic sound
Definition
Sounds that do not repeat themselves
Term
simple sound
Definition
A sound created by one singular sound wave
Term
complex sound
Definition
sound created from multiple sound waves
Term
The Nature of sound
Definition
simple sounds are extremely rare in nature. most are made up by multiple waves and are complex sounds
Term
audiometer
Definition
machine used for evaluating hearing loss (raise left or right hand if you hear a noise machine)
Term
otoscope
Definition
device used for looking into ears
Term
otoscopic examination
Definition
the process of looking into someones ear
Term
audiologic assessment
Definition
testing hearing sensitivity
Term
Minimum audibility curve
Definition
minimum level of sound average person can detect across different frequencies
Term
Threshold
Definition
the lowest level of a sound at which it can be heard by an individual 50% of the time
Term
Audiogram
Definition
A visual representation of a person's threshold at a given frequency and intensity
Term
Frequency range of humans
Definition
20-20000 Hz
Term
All consonant production is
Definition
-place
-manner
-voicing
Term
air conduction test
Definition
an assessment of the functional integrity of the outer, middle and inner ear.
Term
Bone conduction test
Definition
reflects the function of the cochlea, regardless of the status of the outer or middle ears
Term
Speech audiometry
Definition
tells us how an auditory disorder might impact the communicative problems of daily living
Term
Use speech audiometry to
Definition
-measure threshold for speech
-cross check pure tone sensitivity
-quantify suprathreshold speech recognition ability
Term
suprathreshold
Definition
-sounds above the threshold
-used to test if there is a hearing issue beyond the cochlea
Term
speech recognition threshold
Definition
the threshold needed to recognize what is being said by someone
Term
speech awareness threshold
Definition
the threshold needed to know that someone is speaking
Term
word recognition scores
Definition
one's ability to read a word and know the definition of that word effortlessly
Term
tympanometry
Definition
an examination used to test condition of middle ear and mobility of ear drum, by creating pressures in the ear canal
Term
acoustic reflex
Definition
an involuntary muscle contraction that occurs in the middle ear of mammals in response to a high intensity sound
Term
otoacoustic emission
Definition
a sound generated from the inner ear (cochlea)
Term
electrophysiology
Definition
tests auditory brainstem response
Term
conductive hearing loss
Definition
problems with the outer or middle ear
Term
sensorineural hearing loss
Definition
problems with the inner ear or auditory processing center of brain
Term
retrocochlear hearing loss
Definition
problems with parts beyond the cochlea/ inner ear, including the auditory nerve and central auditory nervous system (CANS)
-usually resulting from tumor or stroke
Term
normal hearing
Definition
0-25 dB of HL
Term
mild HL
Definition
26-40 dB
Term
moderate HL
Definition
41-55 dB
Term
moderately severe HL
Definition
56-70 dB
Term
severe HL
Definition
71-90 dB
Term
profound
Definition
91+ dB
Term
number of phonemes in English language
Definition
40 phonemes
Term
Manners of articulation
Definition
-continuants
-nasals
-glides
-fricatives
-stops
-plosives
Term
nasal
Definition
An articulation method where most sound energy is directed through nose
(saying an "m")
Term
glides
Definition
saying things where the mobile articulators gradually change shape
(saying a "w")
Term
fricative
Definition
something you can say and have it never be stopped cuz of the constant airflow
(saying "sh")
Term
stops
Definition
making a sound by blocking the air flow
(saying a "b")
Term
affricates
Definition
a combination of a fricative and a stop.
flowing something and then stopping it
(saying "ch")
Term
coarticulation
Definition
when one letter sound can change based off the other letters its next to. AKA saying the same thing differently
(saying "do" vs "did")
Term
stages of speech and language development
Definition
-birth:cry
-crying (2-3 months)
-cooing (3-6 months)
-babbling (6-9 months)
-first words (9-15 months)
Term
speech disorder
Definition
inability to produce sounds correctly/ fluently or voice problem
Term
articulation disorder
Definition
problems making certain sounds, but otherwise is ok
EX: having a cleft palate
Term
phonological disorder
Definition
impairment of the phonological system.
leads to problem in producing certain sounds OR speaking in a different way from the age and culture expectation
EX: kid cannot make the "s" sound
Term
phonology
Definition
rules for combining and using sounds in order for the sounds to convey meaning
Term
phonological development
Definition
children must:
1. acquire all phonemes
2. distinguish the phonemes
Term
apraxia
Definition
hard time producing a lot of sounds
Term
subtypes of phonological disorders
Definition
-unknown origin (developmental delay)
-otitis media w/ effusion (OME)
-structural/organic abnormalities
Term
unknown origin phonological disorder
Definition
When one has persistent error in phonemes but does not suffer from excessive ear infections or structural abnormalities
Term
unintelligibility
Definition
the degree speech is not understood by an unfamiliar listener
Term
phoneme collapse
Definition
using one phoneme a ton of times
-"i taw a puddy tat"
Term
What age should children have all sounds?
Definition
age 8!
Term
Otitis Media w/ Effusion (OME)
Definition
when one has a lack of hearing input because they have fluid in their ears
-bad input leads to delayed output
Term
How many ear infections is considered OME?
Definition
6 within the first 3 years
Term
Down syndrome occurrence
Definition
in 9-12 per 10,000 live births
Term
down syndrome
Definition
-problems with mulitple things, but include HL, small oral cavity, phonological development delay, etc
Term
structural defect phonological disorder
Definition
when ones teeth, tongue, lips, or palate are misformed and make it hard to produce certain sounds
Term
Assessing for Phonological Disorder
Definition
-presence of disorder
-etiology (where it comes from)
-affected sounds
-treatment
Term
oral mechanism screening
Definition
making sure all phonological structures are working and in tact
Term
spontaneous speech sample
Definition
Getting a patient to "just talk" to test for a phonological disorder
Term
Formal Test of Articulation
Definition
When one evaluates all sounds in the patients native language to test for a phonological disorder
Term
Simulability
Definition
How well can a child with a phonological disorder produce a sound with help
Term
Expressive language
Definition
Encoding things
-talking
-writing
-hand gestures
*putting thoughts into language
Term
Receptive Language
Definition
Decoding
-reading
-listening
*taking in peoples language
Term
Nature theory of language development
Definition
LAD (language acquisition device)
humans have the capacity of language from birth
Term
Nurture theory of language development
Definition
humans develop their language from their environment, start from clean slate
Term
Birth-12 month expressive language
Definition
babbles
1-2 real words
cries for attention
Term
Birth-12 months receptive language
Definition
recognizes words for common things
responds to simple requests
Term
12-24 month expressive language
Definition
says more words every month
starts saying 2 works (wheres kitty?)
Term
12-24 month receptive language
Definition
-points to pictures and body parts when named
-follows simple commands
-answers simple questions
Term
4-5 year expressive language
Definition
telling on topic stories
easily communicating with people
uses adult like grammar
Term
4-5 year receptive language
Definition
pays attention to short stories
answers questions
Term
When language development ends
Definition
Through adolescence
-being a teenager
Term
language disorder
Definition
impairment in the comprehension and/or expression of a symbol system
Term
Significant language impairments (SLI)
Definition
-normal in other aspects of life (intelligence, nervous system, motor system)
-just havent acquired language yet
Term
Intellectual Disability
Definition
when someone is "retarded"
-has an IQ below 70
-impaired ability to act as independently as peers
Term
Autism
Definition
severe development disability
-lack of true social interaction, poor communication skills, sterotyped behavior
Term
Asperger's Syndrome
Definition
higher functioning, ok language skills
-have trouble with pragmatics
Term
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS)
Definition
someone is able to be be social and conversational
-after 2 years of learning language you can be social with native speakers
Term
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Definition
-using a langauge "academically" not just for talking. (EX writing a story in that language)
-5-7 years after constantly being exposed
-7-10 years trying to learn language in classroom
Term
Iceberg 2nd language theory
Definition
The more time you put into it the better and better you become at learning that 2nd language. (BICS is top of iceberg, CALP is bottom)
Term
Birth-3 month hearing milestone
Definition
-startles and jumps at sudden loud sound
-wakes up to loud noises
-recognize voices and quiets when you speak
Term
3-6 months hearing milestones
Definition
-turns eyes towards interesting sound
-appears to listen
-awakes easily to sound
Term
6-12 months hearing milestones
Definition
-turns head towards sounds
-understand "no" and "bye bye"
-beings to imitate speech
Term
There are ____ HL per 1000 births
Definition
5-6!
Term
hearing loss in an infant means
Definition
hearing threshold are beyond 16 dB
Term
Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI)
Definition
-newborn hearing screenings are done (auditory brain stem response and otoacoustic emissions) to detect HL as soon as possible for babies
Term
congenital hearing loss
Definition
hearing loss you are born with
Term
acquired hearing loss
Definition
hearing loss you obtain somehow in life
Term
Genetic congenital HL occurs ____ % of the time
Definition
50 percent!
Term
Other causes for congenital HL
Definition
-prenatal infections
-prematurity
-maternal diabetes
-lack of oxygen to baby
Term
acquired HL causes
Definition
-ear infections (otitis media)
-oxytoxic drugs
-infections (meningitis, mumps, etc)
-perforation of tympanic membrane
-head injury
Term
____ % of US children have a low/ high frequency HL of at least ____ dB
Definition
15% of kids have a low/ high frequency HL of atleast 16 dB
Term
____ % of children have otitis media by the age of 3
Definition
75% of kids have had middle ear infectiosn by age 3!
Term
Why kids get more ear infections
Definition
-They have smaller Eustachian tubes!
-easier for bacteria to enter middle ear because of poor fluid drainage due to flatness of Eustachian tube
Term
Central Auditory Processing Disorders (CAPD)
Definition
The people have normal hearing, but have an issue with auditory perception system. Trouble then with:
-telling where sounds come from (sound localization)
-hearing with background noise)
Term
causes of CAPD
Definition
-head trauma
-lead posioning
-chronic otitis media
-unknown
Term
cochlear implant
Definition
An electrical device that creates hearing sensation by direct electrically stimulating auditory nerve.
-bypasses severely damaged hair cells in inner ear
Term
parts of Cochlear Implants
Definition
1)microphone
2)speech processor (sometimes backpack thing)
3)transmitting coil (big circle thing on top of head)
4)reciever (inside temporal bone)
5) electrode array (circles around coclea)
Think TERMS!
Term
Candidacy for Cochlear Implants
Definition
-at least 12 months old
-Severe-profound hearing loss for children above 18 months
-profound hearing loss for below 18 months
-must try hearing aids and they can't help
-be willing to go through therapy
-family support
-medically cleared for surgery
Term
People who can't get cochlear implants
Definition
-hearing loss in the central origin (auditory nerve or CANS)
-absence of cochlea
-active middle ear infections
Term
steps of cochlear implant process
Definition
-discover HL
-trial with amplification
-evaluation of candidacy
-implantation
-'turning on' of impant
(one month after surgery)
-multiple follow up visits
Term
cochlear implant vs hearing aid
Definition
-hearing aid amplifies sounds
-CI's change the natural sound into artificial sound that is hearable for the one using it
Term
Limitations to cochlear implants
Definition
-head surgery
-little known on long term effects
-expensive
Term
oralists approach
Definition
-put emphasis on speech to those with hearing loss
-works on "fitting in" with hearing world
Term
manualists approach
Definition
-focuses on signing and finger spelling
-works on "acceptance" and adjustment is made to non-hearing world
Term
Auditory-Oral approach
Definition
trying to teach receptive and expressive spoken language to those with HL
Term
auditory-Verbal approach
Definition
-seek out best technology available for the HL and try to teach children with HL to speak and listen
Term
Total Communication Theory
Definition
-Using 1 or more methods of communication to a child to teach them as many as possible
Term
Bilingual HL apporach
Definition
teaches child American sign language as first language and tries to teach English as a 2nd
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