SPAA 344 Exam 3 Prep Solved Correctly
To Score A+
what age range do these characteristics best describe: reacts to loud sounds with a
startle, reacts to sounds that are close by, responds to low-frequency sounds (vowels)
better than high-frequency sounds (consonants), and recognizes mother's voice?
CORRECT ANSWERS birth-3 months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: turns eyes/head to search for
sounds, enjoys hearing own sounds, enjoys sounds of musical toys, responds to voices,
begins to differentiate sounds? CORRECT ANSWERS 4-6 months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: turns eye/head/body to sound
source in sitting position, responds to simple requests, imitates speech and non-speech
sounds, responds to name, and attends to music/singing? CORRECT ANSWERS 7-9
months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: responds physically to music,
responds to questions by searching, can look for named object that is out of sight, and
understands some common phrases? CORRECT ANSWERS 10-12 months
what range of frequencies can most humans detect? CORRECT ANSWERS 20-20,000
Hz
Up to what intensity can most humans detect? CORRECT ANSWERS 140 dB SPL
What intensity is faint speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 45 dB SPL
What intensity is average speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 65 dB SPL
What intensity is loud speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 85 dB SPL
Below what frequency does the greatest amount of energy found in speech occur?
CORRECT ANSWERS 1000 Hz
What is the name for areas of energy concentration that result from resonances
occurring the vocal tract? CORRECT ANSWERS formants
What are the five features of consonants? CORRECT ANSWERS voicing, nasality,
affrication, duration, and place of articulation
What are intonation, rhythm, stress and pitch referred to as? CORRECT ANSWERS
suprasegmental features
, What are the two temporal parameters of speech? CORRECT ANSWERS duration and
rate of speech
What are the four auditory skill levels? CORRECT ANSWERS detection, discrimination,
identification, and comprehension
What are the two physical properties of speech? CORRECT ANSWERS vowel and
consonant perception
What are the three types of constraint? CORRECT ANSWERS syntactic, semantic, and
situational
What are the three types of noise? CORRECT ANSWERS source degradation,
environmental degradation, and receiver limitations
what is a pro of assessing phonemes? CORRECT ANSWERS independent of vocab
level
what is a con of assessing phonemes? CORRECT ANSWERS poor face validity
what is a pro of assessing words? CORRECT ANSWERS used in daily conversation
what is a con of assessing words? CORRECT ANSWERS affected by vocab level
what is a pro of assessing phrases and sentences? CORRECT ANSWERS high face
validity
What type of test has a set of words to choose from? CORRECT ANSWERS closed-set
What type of test does not have a set of words to choose from? CORRECT ANSWERS
open-set
what test is used for ages 2-3 and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT ANSWERS
ESP
What test is used for ages 2-5, has 50 items, and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT
ANSWERS NU-CHIPS
What test is used for ages 5-8, has 50 items, and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT
ANSWERS WIPI
what open-set test is used for ages 4-5, tests 50 items, and looks at monosyllabic
words? CORRECT ANSWERS LNT
what open-set test is used for ages 5-9 and has three lists of 50 words? CORRECT
ANSWERS PBK
To Score A+
what age range do these characteristics best describe: reacts to loud sounds with a
startle, reacts to sounds that are close by, responds to low-frequency sounds (vowels)
better than high-frequency sounds (consonants), and recognizes mother's voice?
CORRECT ANSWERS birth-3 months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: turns eyes/head to search for
sounds, enjoys hearing own sounds, enjoys sounds of musical toys, responds to voices,
begins to differentiate sounds? CORRECT ANSWERS 4-6 months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: turns eye/head/body to sound
source in sitting position, responds to simple requests, imitates speech and non-speech
sounds, responds to name, and attends to music/singing? CORRECT ANSWERS 7-9
months
what age range do these characteristics best describe: responds physically to music,
responds to questions by searching, can look for named object that is out of sight, and
understands some common phrases? CORRECT ANSWERS 10-12 months
what range of frequencies can most humans detect? CORRECT ANSWERS 20-20,000
Hz
Up to what intensity can most humans detect? CORRECT ANSWERS 140 dB SPL
What intensity is faint speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 45 dB SPL
What intensity is average speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 65 dB SPL
What intensity is loud speech? CORRECT ANSWERS 85 dB SPL
Below what frequency does the greatest amount of energy found in speech occur?
CORRECT ANSWERS 1000 Hz
What is the name for areas of energy concentration that result from resonances
occurring the vocal tract? CORRECT ANSWERS formants
What are the five features of consonants? CORRECT ANSWERS voicing, nasality,
affrication, duration, and place of articulation
What are intonation, rhythm, stress and pitch referred to as? CORRECT ANSWERS
suprasegmental features
, What are the two temporal parameters of speech? CORRECT ANSWERS duration and
rate of speech
What are the four auditory skill levels? CORRECT ANSWERS detection, discrimination,
identification, and comprehension
What are the two physical properties of speech? CORRECT ANSWERS vowel and
consonant perception
What are the three types of constraint? CORRECT ANSWERS syntactic, semantic, and
situational
What are the three types of noise? CORRECT ANSWERS source degradation,
environmental degradation, and receiver limitations
what is a pro of assessing phonemes? CORRECT ANSWERS independent of vocab
level
what is a con of assessing phonemes? CORRECT ANSWERS poor face validity
what is a pro of assessing words? CORRECT ANSWERS used in daily conversation
what is a con of assessing words? CORRECT ANSWERS affected by vocab level
what is a pro of assessing phrases and sentences? CORRECT ANSWERS high face
validity
What type of test has a set of words to choose from? CORRECT ANSWERS closed-set
What type of test does not have a set of words to choose from? CORRECT ANSWERS
open-set
what test is used for ages 2-3 and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT ANSWERS
ESP
What test is used for ages 2-5, has 50 items, and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT
ANSWERS NU-CHIPS
What test is used for ages 5-8, has 50 items, and is a picture-pointing test? CORRECT
ANSWERS WIPI
what open-set test is used for ages 4-5, tests 50 items, and looks at monosyllabic
words? CORRECT ANSWERS LNT
what open-set test is used for ages 5-9 and has three lists of 50 words? CORRECT
ANSWERS PBK
