Chapter 9
Speech and Language Disorders in the Home, School, and Community
Multiple Choice Questions
1. If it is said that the prevalence of stuttering in the United States is 1%, this means that:
a. 1% of the U.S. population experiences stuttering at some point in their lifetime
b. 1% of the U.S. population has received therapy for stuttering
c. 1% of the U.S. population currently stutters
d. 99% of the U.S. population has never stuttered
e. B and C
2. If it is said that the incidence of stuttering in the United States is 4%, this means that:
a. 4% of the U.S. population experiences stuttering at some point in their lifetime
b. 4% of the U.S. population has received therapy for stuttering
c. 4% of the U.S. population currently stutters
d. 96% of the U.S. population is not currently receiving therapy for stuttering
e. C and D
3. Van Riper and Erickson’s definition of impaired speech includes the following three characteristics:
a. Impaired physical structures, limited function and decreased activities and participation
b. Significantly decreased intelligibility, stressful, social consequences
c. Interferes with communication, provokes distress, calls attention to itself
d. Decreased activities and participation, onset before age 22, underlying organic cause
e. Causes frustration, social consequences, affects learning
4. As defined in our textbook, SLI stands for what?
a. Speech Language Impairment
b. Speech Language Idiosyncrasy
c. Speech Language Identification
d. Specific Language Impairment
e. Specific Language Idiosyncrasy
5. Which of the following is not a type of hearing loss?
a. Conductive
b. Mixed
c. Functional
d. Sensorineural
e. A and B
6. Developmental disability is a broad term used when the disability occurs prior to the age of ________ years.
a. 3
b. 6
c. 10
d. 18
e. 22
7. In regard to complications at birth that lead to neurological damage, which of the following statements is true?
Circle all that apply
a. The causing event is called anorexia or hyperexia
b. With early intervention, the problems are reversible
c. Often results in severe communication disorders, motor disorders, impaired cognition, and feeding and
swallowing disabilities
d. Caused by lack of oxygen to the brain, which results in severe damage to the cerebral cortex
e. None of the above
8. A communication disorder is considered functional:
a. If the best diagnostic technologies don’t allow us to determine what environmental factor was responsible
b. If it affects a person’s ability to function in typical everyday activities
c. If the best diagnostic procedures available don’t provide us with a pathology of an organ system
d. If it makes a person unwilling to function in typical everyday activities
e. B and C
9. The primary focus of concern for children with autism is:
a. Severe language impairment
b. Impaired cognition
c. Decreased speech intelligibility
d. Impaired motor function
e. Fluency issues characterized by irregular rate and lack of pausing
10. Children with __________________________________________often exhibit the following symptoms: highly
distractible, may perseverate, have a low threshold for frustration, make statements during conversations that are
not topic focused, have problems organizing their thoughts into language forms, and have difficulty expressing
complex ideas orally and in written form.
a. Autism
b. Traumatic brain injury
c. Cluttering
d. Vision impairment
e. Psychogenic voice disorders
11. Children with vision impairment often exhibit the following types of challenges: Circle all that apply
a. Tend to rely on others to initiate language
b. Slow word learning as it occurs through incidental encounter with new objects and experiences
c. Difficulty learning meanings of verbs, prepositions, and pronouns
d. Difficulty seeing social cues for adequate pragmatic skills
e. Potential for normal language development is high, even with early intervention and continued support
12. Intellectual disability, according to AAIDD, occurs when a person has significant limitations in intelligence, as
determined by an IQ test score below _______, and limitations in _________________________________.
a. 70, all developmental domains
b. 60, cognitive adaptions
c. 75, problem solving
d. 60, all developmental domains
e. 70, adaptive behaviors
13. The type of dysarthria that a person has is directly caused by:
a. Environmental factors contributing to dysarthria
b. Age of onset
c. Age of identification and management
d. Where in the system the neurological problem exists
e. The type of symptoms exhibited
14. Which of the following is not considered a major category of voice problems?
a. Organic
b. Sensorineural
c. Muscle tension dysphonia
d. Neurogenic
e. Psychogenic
15. The onset of the symptoms associated with __________________________________________tend to be
sudden and appears to be associated with a specific, identifiable psychological trauma. The patient tends to be so
completely unconcerned about this problem that s/he is essentially detached from it.
a. Neurogenic voice disorders
b. Neurogenic stuttering
c. Psychogenic stuttering
d. Muscle tension dysphonia
e. Spastic dysarthria
Short Answer & Fill-in-the-Blank Questions
Please do not use abbreviations to answer the following questions.
1. __________________________________________ is a general term that is used to designate difficulties in
acquiring spoken language, written language and mathematical skills.
2. A _________________________________________________________________ is commonly called a stroke.
3. Name two causes for an organic voice disorder.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. What is the most commonly treated communication disorder in prekindergarten?
__________________________________________________________________________________________
5. Name two factors that can contribute to the degree and type of communication disorder seen in children with
hearing loss.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
Essay Questions
1. Describe environmental factors that may play a role in communication disorders.
2. Describe fluency disorders as a whole, as well as three specific types of fluency disorders. What makes fluency
disorders hard to define?
3. Describe traumatic brain injury and name at least three potential causes.
4. Discuss the criteria listed in the DSM-5 for an autism spectrum disorder.
Speech and Language Disorders in the Home, School and Community
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