SLHS 1150 Practice Exam with Already
Solved Solutions 2026 Edition.
what is this course about - Answer communication, how we do it, and what it looks like when
it goes wrong
5 units - Answer 1. intro
2. speech disorders
3. language disorders
4. hearing disorders
5. cultural topics
medical model - Answer concept that someone with a problem seeks assessment, diagnosis,
and treatment from a professional. in theory, the problem is then solved - most prevalent model
in healthcare today
WHO-ICF disability model - Answer model to describe the process of disability for a person
within their environment - provides helpful definitions for terms associated with disability
(disability, impairment, handicap)
model for communication - Answer sender (formulation, transmission)
message (spoken word, sign, written word)
receiver (reception, comprehension)
provides framework for how we see communication disorders- knocking out one step will yield
some form of disordered communication
what did communication sciences arise out of - Answer speech therapist movement - late
19th century and wars and massive causalities from war that led to communication disorders
Ebenezer Porter - Answer one of the first scholars to write about elocution- "impediments to
good elocution" what we would now call communication disorders - from CT
speech therapy - Answer 1. rise of scientific method
2. rise of professionals as a career path- people with training
3. rise of elocution
,components that make up speech - Answer breath, articulation, voice, fluency
components that make up language - Answer phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics
difference between speech and language - Answer speech is an act of communicating
language via verbal means: words formed by coordination of lips, vocal cords, tongues
language is a system of communication defined by rules shared between two people
what is a communication disorder - Answer significant difficulty in the ability to formulate,
transmit, receive or comprehend a message, when both parties share the same language,
dialect and culture. For our purposes, something has gone wrong in speech, language, hearing
or cognitive aspects of communication
prevalence - Answer the extent a disease/disorder exists in a population at a given time- how
much exists
incidence - Answer the rate of occurrence of new cases - how often it occurs
what affects prevalence - Answer -population growth
-aging population
-increased survival of at-risk babies
-increased scope of practice
-increased visibility/awareness
-early identification
why are baby boomers a big part of communication disorders - Answer now the baby
boomers are getting older so increase hearing loss, stroke, alzheimers
speech language pathologist - Answer professional involved in prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of disorders: speech, language, swallowing
-most work in elementary school setting
-entry level: masters degree (400 hrs. clinical, 9mo. clinical fellowship)
audiologist - Answer professional involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
disorders: hearing, balance
-entry level: clinical doctorate (AuD) or research doctorate (PhD)
, -most work in schools, hospitals, nursing care, teach at universities, community clinics
clinician triangle - Answer research, education, clinician
works as part of a team
ASHA - Answer american speech and hearing
national organization for 160,000 professionals- effective communication- empowering and
supporting their professionals
assessment - Answer systematic process of gathering information about an individual
-often multidisciplinary
-more than testing
why we do assessments - Answer -as measurement tools for learning
-to prove a biological state
-to calculate risk for things like investments
-to put people into categories
what are some caveats to assessment tools - Answer culture and value dependent
change over time for good reason
not necessarily based on good thinking
sensitivity - Answer a measurement of how well something can catch a disease or disorder-
produces true positive
specificity - Answer a measurement of how well something can rule out a disease or
disorder- produces true negative
outcomes of assessment - Answer true positive
false positive
false negative
true negative
purposes of assessment - Answer -to identify skills in an area or communication a person
lacks
Solved Solutions 2026 Edition.
what is this course about - Answer communication, how we do it, and what it looks like when
it goes wrong
5 units - Answer 1. intro
2. speech disorders
3. language disorders
4. hearing disorders
5. cultural topics
medical model - Answer concept that someone with a problem seeks assessment, diagnosis,
and treatment from a professional. in theory, the problem is then solved - most prevalent model
in healthcare today
WHO-ICF disability model - Answer model to describe the process of disability for a person
within their environment - provides helpful definitions for terms associated with disability
(disability, impairment, handicap)
model for communication - Answer sender (formulation, transmission)
message (spoken word, sign, written word)
receiver (reception, comprehension)
provides framework for how we see communication disorders- knocking out one step will yield
some form of disordered communication
what did communication sciences arise out of - Answer speech therapist movement - late
19th century and wars and massive causalities from war that led to communication disorders
Ebenezer Porter - Answer one of the first scholars to write about elocution- "impediments to
good elocution" what we would now call communication disorders - from CT
speech therapy - Answer 1. rise of scientific method
2. rise of professionals as a career path- people with training
3. rise of elocution
,components that make up speech - Answer breath, articulation, voice, fluency
components that make up language - Answer phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics,
pragmatics
difference between speech and language - Answer speech is an act of communicating
language via verbal means: words formed by coordination of lips, vocal cords, tongues
language is a system of communication defined by rules shared between two people
what is a communication disorder - Answer significant difficulty in the ability to formulate,
transmit, receive or comprehend a message, when both parties share the same language,
dialect and culture. For our purposes, something has gone wrong in speech, language, hearing
or cognitive aspects of communication
prevalence - Answer the extent a disease/disorder exists in a population at a given time- how
much exists
incidence - Answer the rate of occurrence of new cases - how often it occurs
what affects prevalence - Answer -population growth
-aging population
-increased survival of at-risk babies
-increased scope of practice
-increased visibility/awareness
-early identification
why are baby boomers a big part of communication disorders - Answer now the baby
boomers are getting older so increase hearing loss, stroke, alzheimers
speech language pathologist - Answer professional involved in prevention, diagnosis, and
treatment of disorders: speech, language, swallowing
-most work in elementary school setting
-entry level: masters degree (400 hrs. clinical, 9mo. clinical fellowship)
audiologist - Answer professional involved in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of
disorders: hearing, balance
-entry level: clinical doctorate (AuD) or research doctorate (PhD)
, -most work in schools, hospitals, nursing care, teach at universities, community clinics
clinician triangle - Answer research, education, clinician
works as part of a team
ASHA - Answer american speech and hearing
national organization for 160,000 professionals- effective communication- empowering and
supporting their professionals
assessment - Answer systematic process of gathering information about an individual
-often multidisciplinary
-more than testing
why we do assessments - Answer -as measurement tools for learning
-to prove a biological state
-to calculate risk for things like investments
-to put people into categories
what are some caveats to assessment tools - Answer culture and value dependent
change over time for good reason
not necessarily based on good thinking
sensitivity - Answer a measurement of how well something can catch a disease or disorder-
produces true positive
specificity - Answer a measurement of how well something can rule out a disease or
disorder- produces true negative
outcomes of assessment - Answer true positive
false positive
false negative
true negative
purposes of assessment - Answer -to identify skills in an area or communication a person
lacks
