PRAXIS SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Components of VF ligament - ANSWER-Intermediate and
deep layers
Phonation quotient - ANSWER-Rate of air expelled through
glottis per second during sustained phonation
Ventricular vocal folds - ANSWER-False vocal folds
Superior to true vfs
Low fundamental freq
Compress in coughing or lifting heavy items
Internal thyroarytenoids - ANSWER-Also: vocalis
Shortens vocal folds and lowers pitch
X SLN
,Below deep layer of lamina propria
External thyroarytenoids - ANSWER-Also: muscularis
Also shortens VF and lowers pitch
X SLN
Transverse arytenoid - ANSWER-Adductor X SLN
Digastric - ANSWER-Elevates hyoid or if hyoid is fixed, lowers
mandible - VII
Thyroarytenoid - ANSWER-Two muscle masses
Internal is Vocalis muscle responsible for fundamental
frequency
External is muscularis
X SLN
Best way to prepare tools for assessment for an initial AAC
eval - ANSWER-Select standardized assessment measures and
vary response mode to see how the child best responds
** there are no current standardized assessment batteries for
AAC
,Message co-constructionist - ANSWER-the person with CCN
supplies the content elements of his/her message, then the
communicative partner confirms. The partner then expands
these components into a fully developed communicative
message
Unaided AAC devices - ANSWER-the use of only the body to
communicate, with no external aid or equipment (i.e.: eye
gaze)
Aided AAC devices - ANSWER-utilizes external aids or
equipment to improve communicative effectiveness (i.e.:
labeled symbols)
When should AAC be explored as an option as a means for
communication? - ANSWER-when an individual presents with
a significant disorder and minimal ability to compensate on
his/her own
Digitized speech - ANSWER-human speech that has been
recorded, stored and reproduced for use in an AAC system
cannot be used to generate novel utterances due to its
prerecorded nature
, Computerized and Synthesized speech - ANSWER-
words/messages are entered via text; stored speech
Hybrid Speech - ANSWER-utilizes both synthesized and
digitized speech
Visual screen display - ANSWER-an image or picture that
captures both environmental and action/interaction aspects
of the communicative contexts
Alphabet display - ANSWER-literacy-based approach in which
letters are used for easy access
Pragmatic organization dynamic display - ANSWER-form of
AAC in which pragmatic functions are purposefully added to
every page in the AAC user's device
Grid display - ANSWER-symbols, words and messages are
arranged in a grid pattern
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as it relates to AAC -
ANSWER-states that hospitals must provide effective means
of communication for patients, families, and hospital visitors
who are deaf or hard of hearing
EXAM LATEST 2024 QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS GRADED A+
Components of VF ligament - ANSWER-Intermediate and
deep layers
Phonation quotient - ANSWER-Rate of air expelled through
glottis per second during sustained phonation
Ventricular vocal folds - ANSWER-False vocal folds
Superior to true vfs
Low fundamental freq
Compress in coughing or lifting heavy items
Internal thyroarytenoids - ANSWER-Also: vocalis
Shortens vocal folds and lowers pitch
X SLN
,Below deep layer of lamina propria
External thyroarytenoids - ANSWER-Also: muscularis
Also shortens VF and lowers pitch
X SLN
Transverse arytenoid - ANSWER-Adductor X SLN
Digastric - ANSWER-Elevates hyoid or if hyoid is fixed, lowers
mandible - VII
Thyroarytenoid - ANSWER-Two muscle masses
Internal is Vocalis muscle responsible for fundamental
frequency
External is muscularis
X SLN
Best way to prepare tools for assessment for an initial AAC
eval - ANSWER-Select standardized assessment measures and
vary response mode to see how the child best responds
** there are no current standardized assessment batteries for
AAC
,Message co-constructionist - ANSWER-the person with CCN
supplies the content elements of his/her message, then the
communicative partner confirms. The partner then expands
these components into a fully developed communicative
message
Unaided AAC devices - ANSWER-the use of only the body to
communicate, with no external aid or equipment (i.e.: eye
gaze)
Aided AAC devices - ANSWER-utilizes external aids or
equipment to improve communicative effectiveness (i.e.:
labeled symbols)
When should AAC be explored as an option as a means for
communication? - ANSWER-when an individual presents with
a significant disorder and minimal ability to compensate on
his/her own
Digitized speech - ANSWER-human speech that has been
recorded, stored and reproduced for use in an AAC system
cannot be used to generate novel utterances due to its
prerecorded nature
, Computerized and Synthesized speech - ANSWER-
words/messages are entered via text; stored speech
Hybrid Speech - ANSWER-utilizes both synthesized and
digitized speech
Visual screen display - ANSWER-an image or picture that
captures both environmental and action/interaction aspects
of the communicative contexts
Alphabet display - ANSWER-literacy-based approach in which
letters are used for easy access
Pragmatic organization dynamic display - ANSWER-form of
AAC in which pragmatic functions are purposefully added to
every page in the AAC user's device
Grid display - ANSWER-symbols, words and messages are
arranged in a grid pattern
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as it relates to AAC -
ANSWER-states that hospitals must provide effective means
of communication for patients, families, and hospital visitors
who are deaf or hard of hearing
