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Praxis Vocab

Part 2

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Final Common Pathway (FCP) One of the four major divisions of the motor system responsible for mediation of all motor activity, including speech and voice
Finite Measurable Having limits.
Frenum Piece of tissue or skin that restricts the displacement of a structure.
Fundamental Frequency Basic component of a complex sound wave; measured in Hertz (Hz).
Galvanometer An instrument used to measure electrical currents.
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) A condition in which stomach contents flow out of the stomach and into the esophagus.
Generalization Transfer of a learned behavior from one environment to another.
Genetics The study of the similarities and differences among organisms. Also usedto refer to the science dealing with the makeup and development of genes.
Geriatric Term used to refer to old age or senescence.
Gestational Age (GA) Measured by calculating the term ofpregnancy from the last day of normal menstruation.
Gibberish Speech that is characterized by unintelligible, disorganized sounds and words.
Glasgow Coma Scale Test battery used to measure degree of unconsciousness. Eye opening, verbal ability, and motor ability are each assigned a score and then converted into a composite which is used to determine the seriousness of the condition
Glissando Term used to refer to gliding up or down a scale.
Globus A term used to describe the sensation of a lump. For example: Globus
Pharyngeus refers to the sensation of a lump in the throat.
Glottal Fry Term used to refer to a rattle of the vocal folds producing a dull tone.
Glottis Term used to refer to the vocal folds and/or the larynx.
Habilitation The act of developing a new functional skill.
Habit Unconscious behavior.
Habituation The act of carryover.
Hallucination False imagery.
Hammer Term used to refer to the malleus bone of the middle ear.
Handedness Ones individual hand preference.
Hard Contact Term used to refer to the use of a hypertensed articulatory posture while Speaking
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Hard Glottal Attack A hypertensed approximation of the vocal folds at the onset of phonation.
Harmonic A whole-number multiple of thefundamental frequency. These higher frequencies are also referred to as overtones.
Hearing Process of involving the ear and the sense of hearing in order to perceive auditory stimuli.
Hearing Aid An amplification device consisting of a microphone, amplifier, and receiver used to increase gain of auditory stimuli.
Hearing Impairment Partial or complete loss of hearing.
Hearing Level (HL) The dB level above 0 dB in which an individual is able to perceive auditory information.
Hearing Protection Device (HPD) An instrument used to protect the hearing mechanism from noise (Ear plugs, Earmuffs).
Hematoma A focal pooling of blood.
Hemorrhage Term used to refer to bleeding or the escape of blood from blood vessels.
Hypokinesia Term used to refer to reduced movement.
Hypothyroidism An endocrine disturbance. The result of not enough secretion of thyroxin by the thyroid gland. May result in a voice disorder characterized by hoarseness and extremely low pitch.
Idea Mental imagery.
Ideation Formulation of ideas.
Identification The act of recognizing features of a construct.
Ideographs A symbol that is used to represent an idea. Ideographs are sometimes used in an AAC device to represent sounds, words, or sometimes phrases.
Idiopathic Term used to refer to something of an unknown cause.
Illocution The act of speaking.
Illusion A false representation of a perceivedobject.
Image Knowledge of Self.
Imagination The act of mental imagery.
Imitation Referring to the repetition of a stimulus.
Immature Referring to either an organism or behavior that is not yet fully developed.
Immittance The opposition of flow through a system.
Impedance Resistance.
Impulse Acting out without considering the consequences of such actions.
Intensity Psychological correlate of loudness.
Jargon Term used to refer to a speech impairment noted by uninterrupted speech that is unintelligible. Also used to label the verbal behavior ofchildren from about 9 months of age and lasting until about 18 months of age.
Jaw Made up of a mandibular (lower) and maxillary (upper) bone.
Jitter Short term cycle to cycle variation in frequency.
Joint Place of junction.
Juvenile Referring to youth.
Kilocycle (KC) One thousand cycles per second.
Kinematic Term used to refer to movement. For example: a kinematic analysis (analysisof movement).
Kinesics The science of body language.
Kinesiology Referring to the study of muscle movement
Kinetic Referring to movement.
Kinetic Analysis The analysis of how an individual produces sounds.
Labeling Designating.
Labial Of the lips.
Labial Cleft Cleft of the lip.
Labialization Rounding, pursing, or protrusion of the lips.
Labiodental Sound A sound that is produced by placing the articulators between the lips andteeth.
Labyrinth Referring to the cavities and interconnecting canals that make up the inner ear.
Lacrimal Of and relating to tears, secretion of tears, and the structures involved.
Lag Interval between the presentation of a stimulus and the desired response.
Lalling Synonymous with babbling.
Language Symbolic representation of ideas used to communicate feelings, thoughts, and emotions.
Language Acquisition Device (LAD) Referring to the innate capacity for language.
Language Disorder Impairment in the ability to understand or use language.
Language Processing The act of perceiving, discriminating, storing and understanding language.
Language Sample A diagnostic procedure that involves the collection of an individuals spoken utterances and non-verbal behavior for analysis of language structure and use.
Language Theories A collection of hypotheses relating to the process of language development.
Laryngeal Web Localized growth of scar tissue formation between the vocal folds.
Laryngitis Generalized swelling/inflammation of the larynx.
Laryngology Refers to the study of the larynx.
Lower Motor Neuron (LMN) Refers to the final common pathway. This final common pathway is also referred to as the final link in the sequela of neuromuscular activity that leads to movement.
Macrocephaly Enlarged skull.
Macroglossia Enlarged tongue.
Macrognathia Enlarged jaw.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) An imaging procedure used to view the brain and spinal cord structure. MRI is a more precise imaging technique than CT Scan. With this technique, the patient is placed in a cylindrical compartment which contains a magnetic field that produces an electrom
Mainstreaming Education of children with multiple handicaps, learning, emotional, and/or psychosocial disabilities in the least restrictive environment.
Maintenance With regard to conditioning of a learned stimulus, providingintermittent reinforcement as not to lose the behavior learned.
Malignant Referring to a tumor or growth that has the potential to spread and destroy neighboring tissue.
Malingerer Referring to a person who falsifies illness in order to avoid work or receive compensation.
Malleus The largest bone of the ossicular chain.
Malocclusion Deviation from normal alignment.
Mandible Lower jaw bone.
Manometer An instrument used to measure air pressure.
Manual English Sign English.
Masking The introduction of noise as to interfere with the audibility of another sound.
Mastication Preparing food to be swallowed.
Medialization Laryngoplasty A procedure used to bring the vocal folds to midline for restoration of vocal function, especially following paralysis.
Modified Barium Swallow Procedure in which videofluoroscopy is used to evaluate pharyngeal motility and function during the swallow.
Mononeuropathy Nerve disease of a single nerve.
Motility Speed and ROM.
Muscle Tension Dysphonia A voice disorder noted by an abnormal or excessive recruitment of laryngeal muscles during phonation.
Myasthenia Gravis (MG) A chronic disease marked by a weakening of voluntary muscle activity with repeated use and typically an improvement with cease of activity.
Myelitis Term that refers to inflammation of the spinal column.
Myelopathy A toxic or metabolic disease of the spinal column.
Myopathy Diseases of the muscle.
Naris Nostril.
Narrative An account of a series of events.
Nasal Coupling Process of lowering the velum to allow air to pass through the nasal cavity.
Nasal Emission Audibility of air escapage through the nose.
Nasal Septum The cartilage that separates the nasal cavities.
Nasalance Ratio of nasal resonance to oral resonance.
Nasality Referring to a sound produced with the resonation of the nares.
Nasalization The process of producing a vowel with a certain degree of nasality.
Nasalization usually occurs when a vowel is next to a nasal sound.
Nasopharynx The area above the soft palate which opens into the nasal cavity.
Natal Pertaining to birth.
Native Innate.
Natural Phonological Process A sound change used to make producing a sound simpler.
Natural Phonological Process A sound change as a result of an attempt to simplify the production of the original sound.
Negation To refuse.
Neuralgia Term used to refer to pain or discomfort associated with nerve damage.
Neuritis A nerve disorder resulting from inflammatory disease.
Neuropathy An umbrella term used to describe nerve disease.
Object Permanence Awareness that an object still exists even after it has been removed from ones visual field.
Objective A goal.
Observation Systematic evaluation of behavior.
Obturator A prosthetic device used to occlude an opening, such as a cleft of the palate.
Occupational Safety and Health Act Federal legislation that set out (OSHA) standards for acceptable occupational noise levels, and hearing conservation programs
Octave A doubling of frequency.
Palatal Lift A prosthetic device used to reduce nasal resonance.
Palate Term used to refer to the roof of the mouth.
Palatography Method of measuring tongue displacement.
Palilalia Chronic repeating of utterances associated with an increase in rate and decrease in loudness.
Palpate Using touch or pressure.
Palsy Denoting paralysis or paresis.
Papilloma A benign growth of epithelial tissue.
Paradigm Conceptual design; model.
Paralanguage The use of non-verbal expression and gesture to convey meaning.
Parallel Talk Technique used in therapy whereby the clinician provides a narrative of the client's actions.
Paralysis Damage to a nerve resulting in total deprivation of input to a muscle(s).
Paresis Damage to a nerve resulting in weakness of muscle(s).
Peripheral Neuropathy A nerve disorder of the PNS.
Permanent Threshold Shift (PTS) An irreversible change of hearing sensitivity, commonly a result of prolonged noise exposure.
Plexopathy PNS neuropathy at the site of spinal nerve plexuses.
Polyneuropathy Diffuse, bilateral neuropathic involvement of the PNS.
Positron Emission Tomography (PET) A function related imaging procedure that allows for imaging of metabolic activity in the brain. The radioactive image is made possible by injecting the individual under observation with a radioactive substance that diffuses throughout the brain and is s
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