COMD 4500 EXAM 1 REVIEW ACQUIRED
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
What are the steps of the communication chain? - Answers -- cognitive processing
- linguistic processing
- motor speech programming
- neuro-motor execution
What are the two main categories for communication disorders ? - Answers -
Developmental and Acquired
What are some common etiologies of acquired communication disorders ? - Answers --
CVA/stroke
- TBI
- Brain tumors
- Surgical trauma
- Infection
- Seizures
- Degenerative neurological diseases
Where would you work with clients with acquired communication disorders? - Answers
-- Acute care hospital
- Inpatient rehabilitation
- Skilled nursing facility (SNF)
- Outpatient rehabilitation
- Home health
- Children's hospital
- Schools
What is Cognitive Processing? - Answers -How a person thinks (take speed, memory,
etc into account)
Cognitive Communication Disorder is usually used when referring to what? - Answers --
Right hemisphere Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Dementia
Communication in individuals with a cog-comm disorder is usually impaired due to
what? - Answers -- Orientation
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Function
, What are the four division of cognition - Answers -- Orientation
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Function
What is Orientation - Answers -knowing person, place, time, event (knowing whats
going on)
What are the four types of attention? - Answers -- Sustained
- Selective
- Alternating
- Divided
What is sustained attention? - Answers -Pay attention for a long time
Ex: can stay focused for a whole class period or activity
What is selective attention? - Answers -Choose what to pay attention to
Ex: can tune things out/in
What is alternating attention? - Answers -Can switch between two tasks
Ex: feeding a baby and making dinner
What is divided attention? - Answers -Paying attention to two things at one time -
(multitasking)
Ex: watching TV and folding clothes
Name the six types of Memory - Answers -- Working
- Short-term
- Long-term
- Procedural
- Declarative
- Episodic
What is Executive Function? - Answers -- problem solving
- inference making
- organization
- planning
What are the four main functions of the right hemisphere? - Answers -- Attention &
Perception
- Emotion
- Facial Expression
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
What are the steps of the communication chain? - Answers -- cognitive processing
- linguistic processing
- motor speech programming
- neuro-motor execution
What are the two main categories for communication disorders ? - Answers -
Developmental and Acquired
What are some common etiologies of acquired communication disorders ? - Answers --
CVA/stroke
- TBI
- Brain tumors
- Surgical trauma
- Infection
- Seizures
- Degenerative neurological diseases
Where would you work with clients with acquired communication disorders? - Answers
-- Acute care hospital
- Inpatient rehabilitation
- Skilled nursing facility (SNF)
- Outpatient rehabilitation
- Home health
- Children's hospital
- Schools
What is Cognitive Processing? - Answers -How a person thinks (take speed, memory,
etc into account)
Cognitive Communication Disorder is usually used when referring to what? - Answers --
Right hemisphere Disorder
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Dementia
Communication in individuals with a cog-comm disorder is usually impaired due to
what? - Answers -- Orientation
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Function
, What are the four division of cognition - Answers -- Orientation
- Attention
- Memory
- Executive Function
What is Orientation - Answers -knowing person, place, time, event (knowing whats
going on)
What are the four types of attention? - Answers -- Sustained
- Selective
- Alternating
- Divided
What is sustained attention? - Answers -Pay attention for a long time
Ex: can stay focused for a whole class period or activity
What is selective attention? - Answers -Choose what to pay attention to
Ex: can tune things out/in
What is alternating attention? - Answers -Can switch between two tasks
Ex: feeding a baby and making dinner
What is divided attention? - Answers -Paying attention to two things at one time -
(multitasking)
Ex: watching TV and folding clothes
Name the six types of Memory - Answers -- Working
- Short-term
- Long-term
- Procedural
- Declarative
- Episodic
What is Executive Function? - Answers -- problem solving
- inference making
- organization
- planning
What are the four main functions of the right hemisphere? - Answers -- Attention &
Perception
- Emotion
- Facial Expression
