SLP Praxis (SLP)

A _____________ may or many not be a speech sound; the term refers generally to any sounds that can be produced by the vocal tract Correct Answer: Phone The influence of one phoneme upon another in production and perception wherein two different articulators move simultaneously to produce two different speech sounds Correct Answer: Coarticulation _________ are produced when the dorsum of the tongue contracts the velum. Describing consonants this way is according to place Correct Answer: ...

What are Piaget's stages of cognitive development? Correct Answer: Sensorimotor (0-2) Preoperational (2-7) Concrete (7-11) Formal (11+) What are the muscles involved in inspiration? Correct Answer: Diaphragm External intercostal muscles: raise the ribs up and out Serrates posterior superior: elevates rib cage Levator costarium brevis: elevates rib cage Levator costarum logies: elevates rib cage What are the muscles involved in expiration? Correct Answer: Internal intercostal m...

Which of the following should be the primary focus of early language intervention for at-risk infants? A.Establishing object permanence through play activities B.Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning C.Creating readiness activities in the context of play D.Enhancing social communication through play activities Correct Answer: Training primary caregivers to facilitate language learning The figure above shows the oral, pharyngeal, and esophageal structures involved in...

2 parts to outer ear Correct Answer: auricle/pinna and external auditory meatus auricle/pinna Correct Answer: outside cartilage; funnels in sound external auditory meatus Correct Answer: from pinna to ear drum (ear canal) frequency distribution on tympanic membrane Correct Answer: entire thing - low frequency sounds only some areas - high frequency sounds 3 bones of ossicular chain Correct Answer: malleus, incus, stapes amplification of sound by ossicular chain Correct Ans...

Developmental norms: birth - 1 month Correct Answer: phonation: reflexive sounds, vocalizations, and nasals Developmental norms: 2-4 months Correct Answer: Cooing: reflexive smiling, vocalizing vowels, and laughing Developmental norms: 4-6 months Correct Answer: expansion/exploring stage: bilabials, look towards named family members, more adult like vowels, control of articulators Developmental norms: 6-10 months Correct Answer: canonical/reduplicated babbling: begin to gesture and ...

Respiration relies on the muscles of inspiration and expiration. The thick, dome-shaped muscle that seperates the abdomen from the thorax is called the: - diaphragm Most pharyngeal muscles are innervated by cranial nerves: - X, XI (Vagus, Spinal Accessory) The primary muscle of the lips is the: - orbicularis oris The neurons that transmit information away from the brain are called: - Efferent neurons An important structure adjacent to the brainstem that contains the hypothalamus and the tha...

A 6-year old child produces [t] for /s/, [d] for /z/, [p] for /f/, and [b] for /v/. Intervention for this problem would target language at the level of a) morphology b) syntax c) phonology d) pragmatics e) semantics - c) phonology What is the most important acoustic cue that distinguishes between an unreleased final /p/ and an unreleased final /b/, as in "cap" vs. "cab"? a) frequency of third formant b) locus of frequency of burst c) voice onset time d) vocal fundamental frequenc...

Infants begin to send intentional purposeful messages via communication means sure as babbling and gesturing at about what age? - 10 mo Tommy is 7 mo and recently began babbling. He produces chains such as "mama" and "dada." What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating? - CVCV syllable chains At about what age do typically developing children have approximately 200-300 words in their expressive vocabulary? - 24 mo By 3 mo, typically developing infants may consistently do which of the f...

A _____________ may or many not be a speech sound; the term refers generally to any sounds that can be produced by the vocal tract - Phone The influence of one phoneme upon another in production and perception wherein two different articulators move simultaneously to produce two different speech sounds - Coarticulation _________ are produced when the dorsum of the tongue contracts the velum. Describing consonants this way is according to place - Linguavelrs; Place The fundamental frequency...