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CID Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: What is a Speech-Language Pathologist? (SLP) ANS 🗹🗹: professionals who are
educated to evaluate and treat disorders of speech, language, cognitive-communication,
and swallowing
Q: What is an Audiologist? ANS 🗹🗹: healthcare professionals who provide patient-
centered care in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment
of hearing, balance, and other auditory disorders for people of all ages
Q: Where does a SLP work? (setting) ANS 🗹🗹: schools, private practice, acute care
hospital, outpatient hospital, pediatric hospital, pediatric hospital, rehab hospital,
skilled nursing facilities (SNF), tele practice, home health, gov't agencies, university
clinic, etc.
Q: Who are some SLP team members? ANS 🗹🗹: Educational: physical therapist,
occupational therapist, school psychologist, nurse, guidance counselor, teacher,
therapeutic staff support (TSS), principal, reading specialist, social worker
Medical: physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, physical therapist, occupational
therapist, dietician, social worker/case manager
Q: Where does an an AuD work? (setting) ANS 🗹🗹: hospital, rehabilitation center,
schools, community clinic, private practice office, state and federal gov't agency,
industries w/ hearing conservation programs, community hearing and speech center,
physicians' office, etc.
Q: Who are some AuD team members? ANS 🗹🗹:
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Q: What are the GE and certification requirements of a SLP? ANS 🗹🗹: -clinical masters
degrees (MA/MS)
-*2-year program then 9-month clinical fellowship*
-25 observation hours in a variety of settings
-minimum of 400 clock hours of supervised clinical experience
-pass the national certification exam
-clinical fellowship
-earn CCC's!
-complete 30 hours of continuing education every 3 years
Q: What are the GE and certification requirements of an Aud? ANS 🗹🗹: -doctoral degree
-1820 hours of supervised clinical experience within doctoral program
-pass the national certification exam
-earn CC's!
-30 hours of continuing education every 3 years
Q: What are the 3 components of the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) triangle? ANS 🗹🗹:
1. Clinical expertise/expert opinion
2. client/patient/caregiver perspectives
3. external scientific evidence
Q: What is communication? ANS 🗹🗹: includes all means by which information is
transmitted between a sender and receiver
Q: What is language? ANS 🗹🗹: -a highly sophisticated system of communication
-symbolic, rule based, and generative
-may be spoken, written, gestured, or signed
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Q: What are some examples of verbal communication? ANS 🗹🗹: language
Q: What are some examples of nonverbal communication? ANS 🗹🗹: gestures, writing,
etc.
Q: What is an organic disorder? ANS 🗹🗹: the cause of the communication disorder is
known
(there is an identifiable medical diagnosis or other condition that is causing the
communication disorder)
Q: What is a functional disorder? ANS 🗹🗹: there is no medical diagnosis or known
condition that explains why a person is experiencing a communication disorder
Q: What is the difference between an organic and functional disorder? ANS 🗹🗹:
organic: cause of disorder is known
functional: cause of disorder is *not* known
Q: What are some examples of disabilities/medical conditions that are associated with
communication disorders? Are these organic or functional? ANS 🗹🗹: organic: stroke,
neurodegenerative diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorder, genetic disorders/syndromes
functional: developmental language disorder, phonological disorder, functional voice
disorders
Q: What is habilitation? ANS 🗹🗹: helping someone *improve skill* or develop a skill
related to daily living
Q: What is rehabilitation? ANS 🗹🗹: helping someone *regain* a skill that has been lost,
usually from an underlying medical cause
CID Exam 1 Study Guide Questions and
Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: What is a Speech-Language Pathologist? (SLP) ANS 🗹🗹: professionals who are
educated to evaluate and treat disorders of speech, language, cognitive-communication,
and swallowing
Q: What is an Audiologist? ANS 🗹🗹: healthcare professionals who provide patient-
centered care in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment
of hearing, balance, and other auditory disorders for people of all ages
Q: Where does a SLP work? (setting) ANS 🗹🗹: schools, private practice, acute care
hospital, outpatient hospital, pediatric hospital, pediatric hospital, rehab hospital,
skilled nursing facilities (SNF), tele practice, home health, gov't agencies, university
clinic, etc.
Q: Who are some SLP team members? ANS 🗹🗹: Educational: physical therapist,
occupational therapist, school psychologist, nurse, guidance counselor, teacher,
therapeutic staff support (TSS), principal, reading specialist, social worker
Medical: physician, nurse, respiratory therapist, physical therapist, occupational
therapist, dietician, social worker/case manager
Q: Where does an an AuD work? (setting) ANS 🗹🗹: hospital, rehabilitation center,
schools, community clinic, private practice office, state and federal gov't agency,
industries w/ hearing conservation programs, community hearing and speech center,
physicians' office, etc.
Q: Who are some AuD team members? ANS 🗹🗹:
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Q: What are the GE and certification requirements of a SLP? ANS 🗹🗹: -clinical masters
degrees (MA/MS)
-*2-year program then 9-month clinical fellowship*
-25 observation hours in a variety of settings
-minimum of 400 clock hours of supervised clinical experience
-pass the national certification exam
-clinical fellowship
-earn CCC's!
-complete 30 hours of continuing education every 3 years
Q: What are the GE and certification requirements of an Aud? ANS 🗹🗹: -doctoral degree
-1820 hours of supervised clinical experience within doctoral program
-pass the national certification exam
-earn CC's!
-30 hours of continuing education every 3 years
Q: What are the 3 components of the Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) triangle? ANS 🗹🗹:
1. Clinical expertise/expert opinion
2. client/patient/caregiver perspectives
3. external scientific evidence
Q: What is communication? ANS 🗹🗹: includes all means by which information is
transmitted between a sender and receiver
Q: What is language? ANS 🗹🗹: -a highly sophisticated system of communication
-symbolic, rule based, and generative
-may be spoken, written, gestured, or signed
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Q: What are some examples of verbal communication? ANS 🗹🗹: language
Q: What are some examples of nonverbal communication? ANS 🗹🗹: gestures, writing,
etc.
Q: What is an organic disorder? ANS 🗹🗹: the cause of the communication disorder is
known
(there is an identifiable medical diagnosis or other condition that is causing the
communication disorder)
Q: What is a functional disorder? ANS 🗹🗹: there is no medical diagnosis or known
condition that explains why a person is experiencing a communication disorder
Q: What is the difference between an organic and functional disorder? ANS 🗹🗹:
organic: cause of disorder is known
functional: cause of disorder is *not* known
Q: What are some examples of disabilities/medical conditions that are associated with
communication disorders? Are these organic or functional? ANS 🗹🗹: organic: stroke,
neurodegenerative diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorder, genetic disorders/syndromes
functional: developmental language disorder, phonological disorder, functional voice
disorders
Q: What is habilitation? ANS 🗹🗹: helping someone *improve skill* or develop a skill
related to daily living
Q: What is rehabilitation? ANS 🗹🗹: helping someone *regain* a skill that has been lost,
usually from an underlying medical cause
