SHS UIUC 170 Exam #1 Questions with correct answers
Language - ✔✔a system of abstract symbols and rule-governed structures, the
specific conventions of which are LEARNED. Arbitrary or abstract (A, B, G, Z) we
give them meaning with sound and grammar.
Speech - ✔✔oral expression of language (hearing and decoding; muscle and
physical movement)
Hearing - ✔✔Receiving and encoding acoustic information
Communication - ✔✔sending and receiving messages
Communication Disorder - ✔✔a difficulty sending and receiving messages
Communication Disability - ✔✔a person with...who is responsible for the
communication disability? One or both people involved? Is everyone, or just the
one with the disorder?
Functional - ✔✔no identified organic etiology. Generally result of learning,
psychological, or environmental factors
Organic - ✔✔caused by a demonstrable pathology of an organ system
Congenital - ✔✔not necessarily genetic
, Acquired - ✔✔caused by an event during life (a car accident, etc.)
Language Disorder - ✔✔difficulty attaining language system. Understanding
and/or using symbols of a language can be ACQUIRED later on (stroke); by a
DELAY (longer, slower to get there); DISORDER (may never get there). Both are
treated.
Speech Disorder - ✔✔difficulty with the production of a spoken language
Hearing Disorder - ✔✔difficulty detecting speech sounds. Discriminating between
different speech sounds. Understanding the meaning of spoken language.
Incidence - ✔✔Approximately 1 out of 10 preschool children experiences
problems learning to produce speech correctly. 5 out of 100 (5%) have significant
language delays or disorders. About 10% of elementary school age children have
some speech or language problem. Single largest handicapping condition in early
childhood
Prevalence - ✔✔Approximately 32 million people in the USA have hearing
impairments. 1 in 6 (about 17%) of people in the USA have some form of a
communication disorder involving hearing, speech, or language
Larynx - ✔✔voval folds are the source of sounds. Prevents food from entering
lungs.
Glottis - ✔✔space between the folds (NOT a structure, a SPACE). Abducted =
apart; adducted = together
Language - ✔✔a system of abstract symbols and rule-governed structures, the
specific conventions of which are LEARNED. Arbitrary or abstract (A, B, G, Z) we
give them meaning with sound and grammar.
Speech - ✔✔oral expression of language (hearing and decoding; muscle and
physical movement)
Hearing - ✔✔Receiving and encoding acoustic information
Communication - ✔✔sending and receiving messages
Communication Disorder - ✔✔a difficulty sending and receiving messages
Communication Disability - ✔✔a person with...who is responsible for the
communication disability? One or both people involved? Is everyone, or just the
one with the disorder?
Functional - ✔✔no identified organic etiology. Generally result of learning,
psychological, or environmental factors
Organic - ✔✔caused by a demonstrable pathology of an organ system
Congenital - ✔✔not necessarily genetic
, Acquired - ✔✔caused by an event during life (a car accident, etc.)
Language Disorder - ✔✔difficulty attaining language system. Understanding
and/or using symbols of a language can be ACQUIRED later on (stroke); by a
DELAY (longer, slower to get there); DISORDER (may never get there). Both are
treated.
Speech Disorder - ✔✔difficulty with the production of a spoken language
Hearing Disorder - ✔✔difficulty detecting speech sounds. Discriminating between
different speech sounds. Understanding the meaning of spoken language.
Incidence - ✔✔Approximately 1 out of 10 preschool children experiences
problems learning to produce speech correctly. 5 out of 100 (5%) have significant
language delays or disorders. About 10% of elementary school age children have
some speech or language problem. Single largest handicapping condition in early
childhood
Prevalence - ✔✔Approximately 32 million people in the USA have hearing
impairments. 1 in 6 (about 17%) of people in the USA have some form of a
communication disorder involving hearing, speech, or language
Larynx - ✔✔voval folds are the source of sounds. Prevents food from entering
lungs.
Glottis - ✔✔space between the folds (NOT a structure, a SPACE). Abducted =
apart; adducted = together
