CSD 110 Midterm Exam Questions with
Detailed Answers.
Communication disorder - Answer impair the ability to receive, send, and process and
comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic info. May affect any and all aspects of
communication.
Speech disorder - Answer atypical production of speech sounds, interruption in the flow of
speaking, or abnormal production and/or absences of voice quality, including pitch, loudness,
resonance, and/or duration
language disorder - Answer impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or
other symbol systems
hearing disorder - Answer a result of impaired sensitivity of the auditory or hearing system.
Central auditory processing disorder - Answer deficits in the processing of information from
audible signals
augmentative communication - Answer AAC devices.
What is an audiologist? - Answer identify, assess, manage, and prevent disorders of hearing
and balance. Includes auditory processing disorders. May dispense hearing aids. 3-5 years of
professional education beyond the bachelor's degree.
what is an SLP? - Answer identify, assess, treat, and prevent expressive and receptive
communication disorders in all modalities. Provide services for swallowing disorders. Most
states require a master's degree. ASHA CCC-SLP certification.
What is a speech scientist? - Answer basic research in anatomy, physiology, and physics of
speech-sound production. Use technology to learn more about typical and pathological
communication
What is EBP - Answer clinical decision making. Scientific evidence, clinical experience, client
needs.
Efficacy- ideal conditions.
Effectiveness - average conditions.
Efficiency- quick, effective methods bringing about greatest positive change.
, What is langauge? - Answer socially shared code used to represent concepts. Uses arbitrary
symbols combined in rule-governed ways.
Primary components of language? - Answer form, content, use
Form - Answer Phonology- sound system of a language. English consists of approximately 43
phonemes. Phonotactic rules how sounds can be arranged.
o Morphology- structure of words. Morphemes are the smallest grammatical units. Free
morphemes can stand alone (i.e. game). Bound (attached) morphemes change the meanings of
words (i.e. pregame-means before the game).
oSyntax- How words are arranged in a sentence and how words affect each other (i.e let's eat
vs, let's not eat).
content - Answer Semantics- the meaning of language. Semantic features: pieces of meaning
that together define a word (i.e milk and cheese share the semantic feature of being made from
cow's milk but one is a solid and one is a liquid). Each word has multiple meanings. Language
form and use determine which definition is most appropriate in context (i.e the committee chair
took her seat vs. the team leader sat on the chair).
Use - Answer Pragmatics- the purpose of language; varies with culture. (i.e code switching:
change the version of yourself depending on who we are with).
what is speech? - Answer the process of producing the acoustic representation of language
(our speech sounds).
What is articulation? - Answer the way speech sounds are formed (using tongue, lips, teeth,
etc).
what is Prosody? - Answer rate and rhythm
what is fluency? - Answer smooth, forward flow of communication
what is rate? - Answer the speed at which we talk
what is pitch? - Answer perception of high or low a sound is
Nonverbal communication - Answer ⅔ of meaning is nonverbal. Encompasses
suprasegmentals, nonvocal (without voice) aspects. Non linguistic aspects-eyes, hands, etc. I.e:
Artifacts (appearance/ possessions), Kinesics (body language), Proxemics (physical distance
Detailed Answers.
Communication disorder - Answer impair the ability to receive, send, and process and
comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic info. May affect any and all aspects of
communication.
Speech disorder - Answer atypical production of speech sounds, interruption in the flow of
speaking, or abnormal production and/or absences of voice quality, including pitch, loudness,
resonance, and/or duration
language disorder - Answer impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written, and/or
other symbol systems
hearing disorder - Answer a result of impaired sensitivity of the auditory or hearing system.
Central auditory processing disorder - Answer deficits in the processing of information from
audible signals
augmentative communication - Answer AAC devices.
What is an audiologist? - Answer identify, assess, manage, and prevent disorders of hearing
and balance. Includes auditory processing disorders. May dispense hearing aids. 3-5 years of
professional education beyond the bachelor's degree.
what is an SLP? - Answer identify, assess, treat, and prevent expressive and receptive
communication disorders in all modalities. Provide services for swallowing disorders. Most
states require a master's degree. ASHA CCC-SLP certification.
What is a speech scientist? - Answer basic research in anatomy, physiology, and physics of
speech-sound production. Use technology to learn more about typical and pathological
communication
What is EBP - Answer clinical decision making. Scientific evidence, clinical experience, client
needs.
Efficacy- ideal conditions.
Effectiveness - average conditions.
Efficiency- quick, effective methods bringing about greatest positive change.
, What is langauge? - Answer socially shared code used to represent concepts. Uses arbitrary
symbols combined in rule-governed ways.
Primary components of language? - Answer form, content, use
Form - Answer Phonology- sound system of a language. English consists of approximately 43
phonemes. Phonotactic rules how sounds can be arranged.
o Morphology- structure of words. Morphemes are the smallest grammatical units. Free
morphemes can stand alone (i.e. game). Bound (attached) morphemes change the meanings of
words (i.e. pregame-means before the game).
oSyntax- How words are arranged in a sentence and how words affect each other (i.e let's eat
vs, let's not eat).
content - Answer Semantics- the meaning of language. Semantic features: pieces of meaning
that together define a word (i.e milk and cheese share the semantic feature of being made from
cow's milk but one is a solid and one is a liquid). Each word has multiple meanings. Language
form and use determine which definition is most appropriate in context (i.e the committee chair
took her seat vs. the team leader sat on the chair).
Use - Answer Pragmatics- the purpose of language; varies with culture. (i.e code switching:
change the version of yourself depending on who we are with).
what is speech? - Answer the process of producing the acoustic representation of language
(our speech sounds).
What is articulation? - Answer the way speech sounds are formed (using tongue, lips, teeth,
etc).
what is Prosody? - Answer rate and rhythm
what is fluency? - Answer smooth, forward flow of communication
what is rate? - Answer the speed at which we talk
what is pitch? - Answer perception of high or low a sound is
Nonverbal communication - Answer ⅔ of meaning is nonverbal. Encompasses
suprasegmentals, nonvocal (without voice) aspects. Non linguistic aspects-eyes, hands, etc. I.e:
Artifacts (appearance/ possessions), Kinesics (body language), Proxemics (physical distance
