Praxis Exam II with Complete Solutions

Cricothyroid - ANSWER-Tenses vocal folds to increase pitch Miniere's Disease - ANSWER-disease of the inner ear SS: vertigo, tinnitus, nerve deafness Characteristics of hearing loss from Miniere's disease - ANSWER-Fluctuating levels of hearing loss Conduction Aphasia - ANSWER-a speech disorder characterized by the inability to repeat words with intact spontaneous speech production and comprehension; usually due to injury to the arcuate fasciculus Broca's aphasia characteristics - ANSWER-Agrammatism; effortful speech; short, telegraphic phrases; presence of apraxia; slow speech rate, lacking intonation; poor reading & writing ability; relatively good auditory comprehension Conduction aphasia is caused by damage to the - ANSWER-arcuate fasciculus Anosagnosia - ANSWER-"neglect". ignorance of the presene of disease. non-dominant parietal lobe damage (associate areas) Class II malocclusion - ANSWER-overbite Class I Malocclusion - ANSWER-normal orientation of molars but abnormal orientation of incisors Class III Malocclusion - ANSWER-underbite acoustic reflex - ANSWER-a reflex that protects the ear from intense sounds, via contraction of the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles acoustic reflex triggered by what level - ANSWER-85 dB spondee words - ANSWER-two-syllable words with equal stress on each syllable Speech Reception Threshold (SRT) - ANSWER-the lowest presentation level for spondee words at which 50% can be identified correctly Facial nerve - ANSWER-VII trigeminal nerve - ANSWER-CN V Vagus nerve - ANSWER-CN X accessory nerve - ANSWER-CN XI Glossopharyngeal Nerve - ANSWER-CN IX hypoglossal nerve - ANSWER-CN XII The Mini Mental State Examination - ANSWER-Screening for cognitive dysfunction. Max= 30 21-24= mild cognitive impairment 16-20= mod cognitive impairment 15 or less=severe impairment What technique is most effective in treating phonation in a patient with spastic dysarthria - ANSWER-head and neck relaxation exercises Spastic Dysarthria etiology - ANSWER-Results from bilateral damage to upper motor neurons. Lesions in multiple areas, including cortical areas, basal ganglia, internal capsule, pons, and medulla are common Spastic Dysarthria Speech Characteristics - ANSWER-shallow breathing, strained strangulated voice imprecise consonants due to slow reduced movements of articulators hypernasality slow speech rate pitch and loudness variations reduced Flaccid Dysarthria speech Characteristics - ANSWER-Imprecise consonants Voice may be breathy No variation of pitch or loudness Flaccid dysarthria lesion - ANSWER-Lower motor neuron Ataxic Dysarthria lesion - ANSWER-cerebellum