Comd 4500 exam 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Functions of the Larynx breathing voicing/phonation airway protection Laryngeal Structures laryngeal skeleton (bone+cartilages) laryngeal joints soft tissue folds laryngeal muscles (extrinsic+intrinsic) Laryngeal Skeleton hyoid bone cartilages Hyoid Bone free floating bone Laryngeal Cartilages thyroid cricoid arytenoid corniculate epiglottis laryngeal joints cricoarytenoid cricothyroid Cricoarytenoid Joints -attach to base of arytenoids & superior surface of cricoid. -enable movement in ma...

acquired -occurs later in life -exposure, event, or injury-identified source of problem -problems that affect an "intact" communication or swallowing system communication chain cognitive processing, linguistic processing, motor speech programming, neuromotor execution cognitive processing -generate intent to communication -deciding what you want to say -thinking about the effect it will have on the listener linguistic processing -using knowledge of meanings of words, grammar, rules of langu...

Communication Chain Cognitive Processing Linguistic Processing Motor Speech Programming Neuromotor Execution Cognitive Processing Generate intent to communication, deciding what you want to say, and thinking about the effect it will have on the listener. Linguistic Processing Using knowledge of meanings of words, grammar, rules of language to put together an utterance. Generate verbal symbols and symbols are organized according to the rules of the language. Motor Speech Programming Translate ...

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ABductor (spasmodic dysphonia) - answer-_increased opening of the VF -voice: breathy, pitch breaks ABductor Muscle (intrinsic) (open the glottis & separate VFs) - answer--posterior cricoarytenoids (PCA) Acoustic - answer--frequency/ amplitude/ duration ADductor (spasmodic dysphonia) - answer--increased closing of the VF (slamming together) -voice: strained-strangled, choppy speech ADductor Muscles (intrinsic) (close the glottis & bring VF together) - answer--lateral cricoarytenoi...