COMD 5070 Exam 3 ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Velopharyngeal Port Resistance = ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral Pressure /
Nasal Flow
Oral Sounds (like stops...Normal Voice) = high or low resistance - CORRECT ANSWER -
High
Velopharyngeal port resistance in a disorder voice is ________, because of _____ around the
edge of the velum. - CORRECT ANSWER - reduced, leakage
Velopharyngeal port resistance is? - CORRECT ANSWER - how well the velopharyngeal
port is closing
Electromypgraphy abbreviation? - CORRECT ANSWER - EMG
An EMG involves sticking little tiny _______, into the muscles of the _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - electrodes, velum
3 Research equip. to assess Velopharyngeal function - CORRECT ANSWER - EMG, X-
ray studies, X-ray microbeam
2 clinical equip. to measure Velpharyngeal function - CORRECT ANSWER - Nasometry,
Aerodynamic measures
What is (one) type of x-ray movie? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluoroscopy
What shows live speech structures moving (clearly see velum moving up & down) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fluroscopy
, What involves tiny beams of radiation to gold pellets hooked onto aritculatory structures. -
CORRECT ANSWER - X-ray microbeams
What represents a degress of nasalance over time? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nasometer
Concerning nasal (nose) air flow vowels should be what - CORRECT ANSWER - low
Concerning nasal (nose) air flow pressure consonants should be what - CORRECT
ANSWER - about zero
On a Nasometer, totally nasal sounds (/m/ or /n/) the nascence reading would be what -
CORRECT ANSWER - high
On a Nasometer, totally oral sounds (vowel) the nascence reading would be what - CORRECT
ANSWER - low
The OroNasal Mask measures what? - CORRECT ANSWER - nasal & oral air flow
Speech Aerodynamics refers to what (3) things? - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure, flow,
resistance
What is the "driving force of the speech?" - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure
What's another term for low pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER - atmospheric pressure
(Air) pressure measurements? - CORRECT ANSWER - pascals, kilopascals
Pressure is defined as what? - CORRECT ANSWER - force per unit area
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Velopharyngeal Port Resistance = ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER - Oral Pressure /
Nasal Flow
Oral Sounds (like stops...Normal Voice) = high or low resistance - CORRECT ANSWER -
High
Velopharyngeal port resistance in a disorder voice is ________, because of _____ around the
edge of the velum. - CORRECT ANSWER - reduced, leakage
Velopharyngeal port resistance is? - CORRECT ANSWER - how well the velopharyngeal
port is closing
Electromypgraphy abbreviation? - CORRECT ANSWER - EMG
An EMG involves sticking little tiny _______, into the muscles of the _______. - CORRECT
ANSWER - electrodes, velum
3 Research equip. to assess Velopharyngeal function - CORRECT ANSWER - EMG, X-
ray studies, X-ray microbeam
2 clinical equip. to measure Velpharyngeal function - CORRECT ANSWER - Nasometry,
Aerodynamic measures
What is (one) type of x-ray movie? - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluoroscopy
What shows live speech structures moving (clearly see velum moving up & down) - CORRECT
ANSWER - Fluroscopy
, What involves tiny beams of radiation to gold pellets hooked onto aritculatory structures. -
CORRECT ANSWER - X-ray microbeams
What represents a degress of nasalance over time? - CORRECT ANSWER - Nasometer
Concerning nasal (nose) air flow vowels should be what - CORRECT ANSWER - low
Concerning nasal (nose) air flow pressure consonants should be what - CORRECT
ANSWER - about zero
On a Nasometer, totally nasal sounds (/m/ or /n/) the nascence reading would be what -
CORRECT ANSWER - high
On a Nasometer, totally oral sounds (vowel) the nascence reading would be what - CORRECT
ANSWER - low
The OroNasal Mask measures what? - CORRECT ANSWER - nasal & oral air flow
Speech Aerodynamics refers to what (3) things? - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure, flow,
resistance
What is the "driving force of the speech?" - CORRECT ANSWER - pressure
What's another term for low pressure? - CORRECT ANSWER - atmospheric pressure
(Air) pressure measurements? - CORRECT ANSWER - pascals, kilopascals
Pressure is defined as what? - CORRECT ANSWER - force per unit area
