Unlock document.
This document is partially blurred.
Unlock all pages and 1 million more documents.
Get Access
Chapter 1 1
Chapter 1: A Brief Historical Review of Motor Speech Disorders
QUESTIONS
Multiple Choice
1. Motor speech disorders consist of:
A. six types of dysarthria and one type of apraxia
B. six types of dysarthria and two types of apraxia
C. five types of dysarthria and one type of apraxia
D. seven types of dysarthria and one type of apraxia
2. A “disordered utterance” literally means:
A. apraxia
B. dysarthria
C. dysphasia
D. dysphonia
3. “Without action” literally means:
A. apraxia
B. dysarthria
C. dysphasia
D. dysphonia
4. Why is it important to study the historical perspective of motor speech disorders?
A. It is good entertainment.
B. It gives us the ability to be critical of the work of ancient writers.
C. It adds a sense of depth and continuity.
D. It is important for science.
5. What was gleaned about the medical writers from studying the historical accounts of the
disorders?
A. They were correct about most details.
B. They were modern in their analytical approach to medicine.
C. They were unprofessional and unethical.
D. They were very unreasonable.
6. Some of the earliest accounts of ancient Greeks were found in what document?
A. the Hippocratic Corpus
B. the ancient book of speech language pathology
C. the Hearst Papyrus
D. a habeas corpus
7. It is believed that the Hippocratic Corpus was written by:
A. Hippocrates
B. Aristotle
Chapter 1 2
C. Hippocrates and one other ancient Greek physician
D. numerous writers
8. According to the historical accounts of the ancient Greeks, which of the following statements
is FALSE?
A. The ancient Greeks understood that speech difficulties could result from physical injury.
B. The ancient Greeks understood that speechlessness could be caused by injury to the head.
C. The ancient Greeks had a modern-day understanding of how voice, speech, and language
differ.
D. Early descriptions of speech language disorders did not end with the Greeks.
9. Prior to the theory that reasoning was housed in the four cerebral ventricles, it was believed
that the centers for speech and emotion were placed in the:
A. heart
B. lungs
C. left hemisphere
D. ear
10. Which famous artist believed in the theory of ventricular localization and depicted it in his
paintings?
A. Michelangelo
B. Raphael
C. Donatello
D. Leonardo da Vinci
11. During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, one theory of human reasoning stated that the
senses and movement were controlled by the:
A. extremities
B. inner ear
C. medulla
D. meninges
12. Who was the first to be credited for clearly describing apraxia?
A. Chomsky
B. Liepmann
C. Hippocrates
D. Wernicke
13. What type of apraxia did Liepmann describe the most in his report?
A. Nonverbal oral apraxia
B. Limb apraxia
C. Oral apraxia
D. Aphasia
14. Of which type of apraxia did Wernicke describe characteristics?
A. Nonverbal oral apraxia
Chapter 1 3
B. Limb apraxia
C. Oral apraxia
D. Aphasia
15. Who introduced a more standardized method of naming and classifying motor speech
disorders, as well as provided an invaluable listing of speech errors that occur in motor
speech disorders?
A. Darley
B. Wernicke
C. Freed
D. Aronson
Completion
16. One long-lasting theory of human reasoning was that reasoning was housed in the four
cerebral ventricles. Two lateral ventricles were believed to be where the body received
sensory information from the outside world, with the information then moving to the third
ventricle, which contained intellect. Intellect was believed to analyze the information and
extract meaning from the sensory system. The fourth ventricle was believed to be responsible
for ___________.
17. The impaired production of speech because of disturbances in the muscular control of the
speech system is called ___________.
18. A deficit in the ability to smoothly sequence the speech-producing movements of the tongue,
lips, jaw, and other parts of the speech mechanism is called ___________.
19. Apraxia of speech primarily affects articulation and ___________.
20. Case reports and medical descriptive writing became much more specific in the
___________s, from which time we begin to note numerous descriptors of modern-day
motor speech disorders.
ANSWERS
Chapter 1 4
Chapter 1 5
