CSD 444 Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
Incidence - Answers The number of new cases occurring in a particular time period (ex: one year)
Prevalence - Answers The number of people affected by a disease at a particular moment in
time
Lifetime incidence - Answers The number of all cases ever exhibited of a disorder whether
currently or in the past
Prevention - Answers Incidence is important information to help
Treatment - Answers Prevalence is important information for
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health - Answers ICF
World Health Organization - Answers WHO
ICF - Answers A classification system of health conditions for people that was developed by
WHO in 2001
Disability - Answers An umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation
restriction
Contextual factors - Answers Environment and personal factors that interact with and can make
a disorder appear different in different people
Environmental factors - Answers Contextual factors not within the person's control (social
support, work, laws)
Personal Factors - Answers Specific background of a person independent of his/her health
condition
Certification of clinical competence - Answers CCC
Acute care hospital - Answers Provides services to someone in critical/sever phase of illness
Acute care hospital - Answers Includes specialized units and ICUs
Acute care hospital - Answers Shorter length of stay (3-10 days)
Acute care hospital - Answers Often patients here receive their first therapy experience from an
SLP
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers A patient in this setting is still in their early stages of injury but
are much more stable
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Past acute phase of illness
, Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Patient has increased endurance for therapy
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Patient is given therapy daily by all disciplines (OT, PT, SLP)
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Length of stay is about 2-6 weeks
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Patient is past acute phase of illness and becoming more stable
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Patient has less intensive therapy program than acute inpatient
rehab
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Seen by SLP 3-5 times per week
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Rehab takes place within nursing home setting
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Length of stay is about 1-5 months
Outpatient - Answers Patient is healthier than in acute care hospital/acute rehab
Outpatient - Answers Patient is seen in the office or outpatient hospital
Outpatient - Answers Patient is seen 1-3 times per week
Outpatient - Answers Provides less intensive rehab
Home Health - Answers The patient is medically stable to go home but not strong enough to get
to clinic
Home Health - Answers Seen 1-3 times per week
Organic - Answers Problems arise from physical anomalies affecting structures or functions of
the speech mechanism
Functional - Answers Problems for which no physical cause has been determined
Neurogenic Communication Disorders - Answers A type of organic communication disorder
which is a consequence of nervous system damage
Falls - Answers Leading cause of TBI
Motor vehicle crashes - Answers Second leading cause of TBI
Penetrating head injury - Answers Occurs when the skull is fractured and the meninges are torn
Non-Penetrating head injury - Answers Something has happened to the brain but the skull and
meninges remain in tact
Acceleration injury - Answers Produced when the unrestrained head is struck by a moving object
or the moving head strikes a stationary object
Incidence - Answers The number of new cases occurring in a particular time period (ex: one year)
Prevalence - Answers The number of people affected by a disease at a particular moment in
time
Lifetime incidence - Answers The number of all cases ever exhibited of a disorder whether
currently or in the past
Prevention - Answers Incidence is important information to help
Treatment - Answers Prevalence is important information for
International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health - Answers ICF
World Health Organization - Answers WHO
ICF - Answers A classification system of health conditions for people that was developed by
WHO in 2001
Disability - Answers An umbrella term for impairments, activity limitations and participation
restriction
Contextual factors - Answers Environment and personal factors that interact with and can make
a disorder appear different in different people
Environmental factors - Answers Contextual factors not within the person's control (social
support, work, laws)
Personal Factors - Answers Specific background of a person independent of his/her health
condition
Certification of clinical competence - Answers CCC
Acute care hospital - Answers Provides services to someone in critical/sever phase of illness
Acute care hospital - Answers Includes specialized units and ICUs
Acute care hospital - Answers Shorter length of stay (3-10 days)
Acute care hospital - Answers Often patients here receive their first therapy experience from an
SLP
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers A patient in this setting is still in their early stages of injury but
are much more stable
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Past acute phase of illness
, Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Patient has increased endurance for therapy
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Patient is given therapy daily by all disciplines (OT, PT, SLP)
Acute Inpatient rehab - Answers Length of stay is about 2-6 weeks
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Patient is past acute phase of illness and becoming more stable
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Patient has less intensive therapy program than acute inpatient
rehab
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Seen by SLP 3-5 times per week
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Rehab takes place within nursing home setting
Sub-acute rehab - Answers Length of stay is about 1-5 months
Outpatient - Answers Patient is healthier than in acute care hospital/acute rehab
Outpatient - Answers Patient is seen in the office or outpatient hospital
Outpatient - Answers Patient is seen 1-3 times per week
Outpatient - Answers Provides less intensive rehab
Home Health - Answers The patient is medically stable to go home but not strong enough to get
to clinic
Home Health - Answers Seen 1-3 times per week
Organic - Answers Problems arise from physical anomalies affecting structures or functions of
the speech mechanism
Functional - Answers Problems for which no physical cause has been determined
Neurogenic Communication Disorders - Answers A type of organic communication disorder
which is a consequence of nervous system damage
Falls - Answers Leading cause of TBI
Motor vehicle crashes - Answers Second leading cause of TBI
Penetrating head injury - Answers Occurs when the skull is fractured and the meninges are torn
Non-Penetrating head injury - Answers Something has happened to the brain but the skull and
meninges remain in tact
Acceleration injury - Answers Produced when the unrestrained head is struck by a moving object
or the moving head strikes a stationary object
