EDSP 162 – Final Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Speech - CORRECT ANSWER Sounds the mouth makes to produce words (respiration,
phonation, articulation, resonance).
Language - CORRECT ANSWER Words, symbol set to communicate meaning,
written/verbal/sign and receptive (reading & listening) or expressive (writing & speaking).
Normal Aging in Speech - CORRECT ANSWER remain overall typical
Slight decline in aging: Speech - CORRECT ANSWER processing of verbal language is slow
but is functional, reading slows, difficulty in word finding of proper names and confrontational
naming
Normal Aging in Language - CORRECT ANSWER language and comprehension intact
Slight decline in aging: Language - CORRECT ANSWER speech and voice remains typical
Cerebrum (Cerebral Cortex) - CORRECT ANSWER - Cortex: gray matter (cell bodies)
- White matter: tracts that connect parts of nervous system
valleys- Sulci
hills - Gyri
Cerebrum - Cerebral Hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER - longitudinal fissure: front to back
of the brain (most important speech landmark)
- corpus callosum: connects L & R
Cerebrum - Frontal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - motor speech & planning
- executive ability
- expressive language
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Speech - CORRECT ANSWER Sounds the mouth makes to produce words (respiration,
phonation, articulation, resonance).
Language - CORRECT ANSWER Words, symbol set to communicate meaning,
written/verbal/sign and receptive (reading & listening) or expressive (writing & speaking).
Normal Aging in Speech - CORRECT ANSWER remain overall typical
Slight decline in aging: Speech - CORRECT ANSWER processing of verbal language is slow
but is functional, reading slows, difficulty in word finding of proper names and confrontational
naming
Normal Aging in Language - CORRECT ANSWER language and comprehension intact
Slight decline in aging: Language - CORRECT ANSWER speech and voice remains typical
Cerebrum (Cerebral Cortex) - CORRECT ANSWER - Cortex: gray matter (cell bodies)
- White matter: tracts that connect parts of nervous system
valleys- Sulci
hills - Gyri
Cerebrum - Cerebral Hemisphere - CORRECT ANSWER - longitudinal fissure: front to back
of the brain (most important speech landmark)
- corpus callosum: connects L & R
Cerebrum - Frontal Lobe - CORRECT ANSWER - motor speech & planning
- executive ability
- expressive language
