INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNICATION DISORDERS EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The nature of communication disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅audiologists, speech- language
pathologists, or speech/language scientists
A Communication Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅impairs the ability to both receive and send, and
also process and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic information.
- May affect hearing, language, and/or speech-processes
-may range from mild to profound severity
- developmental or acquired
- one or a combination of disorders may be presented in individuals
- can affect gestures
A Speech Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may be evident in the atypical production of speech sounds,
interruption in flow of speaking, or abnormal production and/or absences of voice quality
- including pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration
A Language Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is an impairment in comprehension and/or use of spoken,
written, and/or other symbol systems
A Hearing Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a result of impaired sensitivity of the auditory or hearing
system
Central Auditory processing disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅deficits in the processing of information
from audible signals
Augmentative/Alternative Communication Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Used to compensate and
facilitate for impaired communication using different methods
Audiologists - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are specialists who measure hearing ability and identity , assess, ,
manage, and prevent disorders of hearing and balance
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The nature of communication disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅audiologists, speech- language
pathologists, or speech/language scientists
A Communication Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅impairs the ability to both receive and send, and
also process and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic information.
- May affect hearing, language, and/or speech-processes
-may range from mild to profound severity
- developmental or acquired
- one or a combination of disorders may be presented in individuals
- can affect gestures
A Speech Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅may be evident in the atypical production of speech sounds,
interruption in flow of speaking, or abnormal production and/or absences of voice quality
- including pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration
A Language Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is an impairment in comprehension and/or use of spoken,
written, and/or other symbol systems
A Hearing Disorder - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is a result of impaired sensitivity of the auditory or hearing
system
Central Auditory processing disorders - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅deficits in the processing of information
from audible signals
Augmentative/Alternative Communication Systems - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Used to compensate and
facilitate for impaired communication using different methods
Audiologists - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are specialists who measure hearing ability and identity , assess, ,
manage, and prevent disorders of hearing and balance
