Speech Pathology Praxis Test Questions and 100%
Correct Answers
Nasometer
an instrument used to measure the acoustic correlate of nasality
basal ganglia
Strophic changes to what structure(s) causes Huntington's chorea
Myasthenia laryngis
Vocal fold bowing and increasing fatigue, resulting in hoarseness and lower pitch from use
Reflection
Counseling technique-thoughtful response to validate client's feelings
12yo with no hx of cleft presents with nasal emissions and reduced intraoral pressure on
fricatives and plosives
Refer to determine organic cause
What is a sign of normal dysfluency?
Whole word repetitions
Metathesis
switching of the order of two sounds, each taking the place of the other
random assignment
Which is the best approach for assigning participants to a treatment condition
, null hypothesis
the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed
difference being due to sampling or experimental error.
clavicular breathing
Respiration in which the upper chest and shoulders are elevated and lowered; named for the
clavicles (collarbones).
To implement speech and language therapy, the competent clinician must...
Demonstrate a high level of technical and interpersonal skills
Passavant's Pad
a bulging of the posterior wall of the nasopharynx created by contraction of the muscles that
comprise the superior pharyngeal constrictors—-hyponasality; may accompany a cleft
What could be the effect of an elongated adenoid pad
Hyponasality
Which speech sounds are vulnerable to deterioration in a postlingually deaf person
Final consonants
The source of a functional disorder is...
Unknown
Listeners differentiate between vowel sounds primarily based on...
Formant frequencies
Correct Answers
Nasometer
an instrument used to measure the acoustic correlate of nasality
basal ganglia
Strophic changes to what structure(s) causes Huntington's chorea
Myasthenia laryngis
Vocal fold bowing and increasing fatigue, resulting in hoarseness and lower pitch from use
Reflection
Counseling technique-thoughtful response to validate client's feelings
12yo with no hx of cleft presents with nasal emissions and reduced intraoral pressure on
fricatives and plosives
Refer to determine organic cause
What is a sign of normal dysfluency?
Whole word repetitions
Metathesis
switching of the order of two sounds, each taking the place of the other
random assignment
Which is the best approach for assigning participants to a treatment condition
, null hypothesis
the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed
difference being due to sampling or experimental error.
clavicular breathing
Respiration in which the upper chest and shoulders are elevated and lowered; named for the
clavicles (collarbones).
To implement speech and language therapy, the competent clinician must...
Demonstrate a high level of technical and interpersonal skills
Passavant's Pad
a bulging of the posterior wall of the nasopharynx created by contraction of the muscles that
comprise the superior pharyngeal constrictors—-hyponasality; may accompany a cleft
What could be the effect of an elongated adenoid pad
Hyponasality
Which speech sounds are vulnerable to deterioration in a postlingually deaf person
Final consonants
The source of a functional disorder is...
Unknown
Listeners differentiate between vowel sounds primarily based on...
Formant frequencies
