Unilateral upper motor neuron (UUMN) dysarthria can be caused by unilateral
damage to the upper motor neurons. When evaluating a client for this type of
dysarthria, it is important to recognize the deviant speech characteristics of a client
with a diagnosis of UUMN dysarthria. Which of the following is the deficit that is
present in almost all clients?
A. Imprecise consonants
B. Irregular articulatory breakdowns
C. Increased rate in segments
D. Excess and equal stress
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A. Imprecise consonants
You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to you
to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and "breathy"
,and gets more severe during recess and lunch. The child does not display symptoms
of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the speech-language pathologist, what should you
initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
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B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
A 67-year-old man comes to you for an evaluation. He states that his voice has been
getting "weaker" for the last 5 or 6 months. During oral peripheral examination, you
find that he has fasciculations (tremors) of the tongue and some general facial
weakness. What is the first thing you do?
A. Refer him to a psychologist for an evaluation.
B. Take detailed notes and tell him to come back in 6 months.
C. Begin voice therapy, focusing on strengthening exercises.
D. Refer him to a neurologist for an evaluation.
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D. Refer him to a neurologist for an evaluation.
An instrument used to determine velopharyngeal function is called what
A. Accelerometer
,B. Nasometer
C. Velar closure meter
D. Manometer
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B. Nasometer
A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and craniofacial team wishes to
develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin quantifying (however
subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears in the speech of the children seen
by the team each month. He will pass on this information to the plastic surgeon and
other team members to assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The
speech-language pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
C. Nominal scale
D. Interval scale
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B. Ordinal scale
Sara is reading a story aloud in her class. To make distinctions between similar-
sounding words like "I scream" and "ice cream," she uses a combination of
suprasegmentals such as intonation and pausing, which mark special distinctions or
, grammatical divisions in speech. This type of vocal punctuation is also called
A. stress.
B. prosody.
C. pitch.
D. juncture.
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D. Juncture
Select the statement that is true of conduction aphasia.
A. It is caused by widespread lesions in the entire perisylvian region.
B. It is characterized by good syntax, prosody, and articulation.
C. Its lesion sites are more definitive than for other types of aphasia.
D. Speech associated with it is as fluent as it is in Wernicke's aphasia.
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B. It is characterized by good syntax, prosody, and articulation.
A clinical supervisor is discussing intelligibility with her graduate student clinician. She
asks the student, "Which of the following is not a factor that influences intelligibility of
an utterance?"
A. Frequent abnormality in the clients' speech
B. Context in which the communication occurs
C. Consistency between the target and its realization
D. Loss of phonemic contrasts
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damage to the upper motor neurons. When evaluating a client for this type of
dysarthria, it is important to recognize the deviant speech characteristics of a client
with a diagnosis of UUMN dysarthria. Which of the following is the deficit that is
present in almost all clients?
A. Imprecise consonants
B. Irregular articulatory breakdowns
C. Increased rate in segments
D. Excess and equal stress
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A. Imprecise consonants
You are working in an elementary school setting. A classroom teacher comes to you
to refer an 8-year-old boy whose voice sounds consistently "hoarse" and "breathy"
,and gets more severe during recess and lunch. The child does not display symptoms
of stridor, aspiration, or pain. As the speech-language pathologist, what should you
initially suggest based on the child's symptoms?
A. The child should be referred to an otolaryngologist.
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
C. The child should go for a radiologic evaluation.
D. The child should try singing to see if there is a difference in the voice.
Give this one a try later!
B. You should perform a complete head and neck evaluation.
A 67-year-old man comes to you for an evaluation. He states that his voice has been
getting "weaker" for the last 5 or 6 months. During oral peripheral examination, you
find that he has fasciculations (tremors) of the tongue and some general facial
weakness. What is the first thing you do?
A. Refer him to a psychologist for an evaluation.
B. Take detailed notes and tell him to come back in 6 months.
C. Begin voice therapy, focusing on strengthening exercises.
D. Refer him to a neurologist for an evaluation.
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D. Refer him to a neurologist for an evaluation.
An instrument used to determine velopharyngeal function is called what
A. Accelerometer
,B. Nasometer
C. Velar closure meter
D. Manometer
Give this one a try later!
B. Nasometer
A speech-language pathologist on a cleft palate and craniofacial team wishes to
develop a simple measure of hypernasality to begin quantifying (however
subjectively) the amount of hypernasality he hears in the speech of the children seen
by the team each month. He will pass on this information to the plastic surgeon and
other team members to assist them in making surgical decisions for each child. The
speech-language pathologist devises the following scale:
1 -- almost no hypernasality
2 -- slight hypernasality
3 -- moderate hypernasality
4 -- great amount of hypernasality
What is this type of scale called?
A. Logarithmic scale
B. Ordinal scale
C. Nominal scale
D. Interval scale
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B. Ordinal scale
Sara is reading a story aloud in her class. To make distinctions between similar-
sounding words like "I scream" and "ice cream," she uses a combination of
suprasegmentals such as intonation and pausing, which mark special distinctions or
, grammatical divisions in speech. This type of vocal punctuation is also called
A. stress.
B. prosody.
C. pitch.
D. juncture.
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D. Juncture
Select the statement that is true of conduction aphasia.
A. It is caused by widespread lesions in the entire perisylvian region.
B. It is characterized by good syntax, prosody, and articulation.
C. Its lesion sites are more definitive than for other types of aphasia.
D. Speech associated with it is as fluent as it is in Wernicke's aphasia.
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B. It is characterized by good syntax, prosody, and articulation.
A clinical supervisor is discussing intelligibility with her graduate student clinician. She
asks the student, "Which of the following is not a factor that influences intelligibility of
an utterance?"
A. Frequent abnormality in the clients' speech
B. Context in which the communication occurs
C. Consistency between the target and its realization
D. Loss of phonemic contrasts
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