Exam (elaborations) Praxis SLP

Praxis SLP Exam 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS A client comes to your clinic complaining that he is having difficulty with his hearing. He states that he can understand men's voices better than women's voices, has difficulty hearing alarms and cell phones. Discrimination testing indicates that he has difficulty differentiating fricatives, sibilants and plosives. What would you expect his hearing profile to look like? A. Adequate hearing in the lower frequencies with reduced hearing in the higher frequencies. B. Normal hearing but poor discrimination. C. Reduced hearing at both low and high frequencies. D.Adequate hearing in the higher frequencies with reduced hearing in the lower frequencies. - ANSWER Your Answer: Adequate hearing in the lower frequencies with reduced hearing in the higher frequencies. The correct answer: Adequate hearing in the lower frequencies with reduced hearing in the higher frequencies. Brainy! People with adequate hearing in the lower frequency ranges (low tones), and reduced hearing in the higher frequencies may merely find it difficult to differentiate between words that begin with sounds such as the fricatives or sibilants, z, or th, or the plosives d, t, b, or p. They may be unable to hear thin, high-pitched or metallic noises, such as birds chirping or singing, clocks ticking, etc. Often, they are able to hear and understand men's voices better than women's. The following statement "Mark left for the store. I think is coming back soon" is considered Spanish-influenced English because of which of the following rules? A. The use of a semantic rule B. The use of a grammatical style C. The use of an inflection D. The use of a syntactic rule - ANSWER The correct answer: The use of a syntactic rule O.K.! Syntactic rules enable you to combine morphemes into sentences. Like the rules making up the other components, syntactic rules become increasingly complex. From combining 2 morphemes, to combining words with suffixes or inflections and then creating questions, statements, and commands. Then you will go on to combine 2 ideas into 1 complex sentence, and so on