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SPED 725 Ch. 6
Chapter 6 Vocabulary Words
Question | Answer |
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Refers to difficulty in producing sounds as well as disorders of voice quality (for example: a hoarse voice) or fluency of speech, often referred to as stuttering | Speech Disorder |
Entails difficulty receiving, understanding, or formulating ideas and information | Language Disorder |
Characterized by difficulty in receiving or understanding information | Receptive Language Disorder |
Characterized by difficulty in formulating ideas and information | Expressive Language Disorder |
Describes a condition in which a person has a split in the upper part of the oral cavity or the upper lip | Cleft Palate or Lip |
A variation of language that a group of individuals uses and that reflects shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors | Dialect |
The oral expression of language | Speech |
A structured, shared, rule-governed, symbolic system for communicating | Language |
The use of sounds to make meaningful syllables and words | Phonology |
Individual speech sounds and how they are produced, depending on their placement in a syllable or word | Phonemes |
The system that governs the structure of words | Morphology |
The smallest meaningful unit of speech | Morpheme |
Provides rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences | Syntax |
Refers to the meaning of what is expressed | Semantics |
Refers to the use of communication in contexts | Pragmatics |
Emphasize that communication skills are learned through social interactions | Social Interaction Theories |
A speaker's production of individual or sequenced sounds | Articulation |
Occurs when a person substitutes one sound for another | Substitutions |
When a child leaves a phoneme out of a word | Omissions |
When a student places a vowel between two consonants | Additions |
Modifications of the production of a phoneme in a word | Distortion |
A motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech | Apraxia |
Affected by the tension and size of the vocal folds, the health of the larynx, and the location of the larynx. | Pitch |
Length of time any speech sound requires | Duration |
Based on the perception of the listener and is determined by the air pressure coming from the lungs through the vocal cords; (loudness or softness) | Intensity |
The perceived quality of someone's voice, is determined by the way in which the tone coming from the vocal folds is modified by the spaces of the throat, mouth, and nose. | Resonance |
When air is allowed to pass through the nasal cavity on sounds other than /m/, /n/, and /ng/. | Hypernasality |
Air cannot pass through the nose and comes through the mouth instead; speaker may sound as if they have a cold or are holding their nose | Hyponasality |
Rate and rhythm of speaking | Fluency |
Describes a language disorder with no identifiable cause in a person with apparently normal development in all other areas; not related to any physical or intellectual disability | Specific Language Impairment |
Disorder caused by an identifiable problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person | Organic Disorders |
Disorder with no identifiable organic or neurological cause | Functional Disorders |
A disorder that occurs at or before birth | Congenital Disorder |
A disorder that occurs well after birth | Acquired Disorder |
The examination of the appearance, strength, and range of motion of the lips, tongue, palate, teeth, and jaw | Oral Motor Exam |
Refers to someone who uses two languages equally as well | Bilingual |
Refers to someone who uses two variations of a language | Bidialectal |
An instructional strategy that focuses on augmented input of language | System of Augmenting Language (SAL) |