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Final Exam Vocabulary
Vocabulary from Chapter 4 to Chapter 8
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Audiology
Undergraduate 3
12/14/2010

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What is a Misarticulation?
Definition
Speech articulation errors of Substitution, Omission, Distortion or Addition. (Hint: Think about Pepsi!)
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What is Stimulability?
Definition
A determination of how well the client can produce the target sound when the sound has been repeatedly presented .visually and auditorally.
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What is a Syndrome?
Definition
A collection of physical features that co-occur and characterize a disorder or condition.
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What is Diadochkinesis?

(dahy-ad-uh-koh-ki-nee-sis)
Definition
The rapid, alternating movements of a body part, such as the lips and tongue rapidly. (For example: Puh-Kuh-Tuh-Kuh repeatedly.)
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What is a Substitution Error?
Definition
A type of articulation error characterized by an incorrect phoneme used in place of a target phoneme, such as /w/ for /r/.
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What is an Omission Error?
Definition
One of the four types of articulatory errors, in which the sound is totally omitted. For example Fih for Fish.
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What is a Distortion Error?
Definition
The production of a target phoneme utilizing a sound that is not in the language such as in a lateral lisp.
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What is an Addition Error?
Definition
A type of articulation error characterized by adding a sound to the target phoneme or word. Such as Fishah in place of Fish.
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What is Delayed Auditory Feedback?
Definition
An event produced when a device presents the listener's own speech or voice after a time delay.
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Define Prevalence.
Definition
The total number of cases present in a population in a given period of time.
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What is Stuttering?
Definition
The involuntary repetition, interruption, and prolongation of speech sounds and syllables, which the individual struggles to end.
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Define Incidence.
Definition
The number of cases that appear in a population over a set period of time.
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What is the Diagnosogenic Theory of Stuttering?
Definition
Theory that suggests stuttering begins when normal disfluencies are labeled as stuttering.
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What is Cluttering?
Definition
A disorder of fluency characterized by rapid speech breaks in fluency, and fault articulation.
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What is a Voice Disorders?
Definition
Problems related to pitch, loudness, voice quality and resonance.
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What is Traumatic Laryngitis?
Definition
A dysphonia related to excessive use of harmful voice behaviors such as yelling and screaming.
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What are Vocal Nodules?
Definition
Benign growths on the vocal folds, usually bilateral, which are typically the result of laryngeal abuse and voice misuse.
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What is Aphonia?
Definition
Attempts to produce a voice that results in a whisper-like sound.
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What is Dysphagia?
Definition
An impairment of the ability to swallow.
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What is Dysphonia?
Definition
A disorder of voice, such as hoarseness, breathiness or harshness.
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What is a Late Talker?
Definition
Defined as young children whose language skills fall below 90% of their same-age peers. These children are slow to acquire their first 50 words and slow to combine words into phrases.
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What is a Developmental Language Disorder/
Definition
A condition involving poor language skills that appear during childhood.
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What is a Specific Language Impairment?
Definition
A diagnosis of a child who demonstrates impairment in understanding spoken language, speaking, reading and writing with no other demonstrable impairment.
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What is a Norm-Reference Test?
Definition
Test designed to allow comparisons between an individuals performance and a group of individuals of similar age.
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What is a Criterion-Reference Test?
Definition
A type of measurement that is used to compare a childs performance against a standard, or "criterion", for behavior.
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What is Anomia?
Definition
A reduced ability to name objects or retrieve desired words.
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What is Code Switching?
Definition
Shifting by speakers among one or more dialects or languages to accommodate social rules or situational demands.
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What are Normative Samples?
Definition
A representative sample of individuals whose performance on a test or measure serves as a reference against which a single individuals performance can be compared.
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What is Dyslexia?
Definition
An impairment of reading due to developmental or acquired brain damage.
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