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SpEd Chapter 6
Question | Answer |
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speech disorder | difficulty producing sounds as well as disorders of voice quality or fluency of speech, often referred to as stuttering, |
language disorder | difficulty receiving, understanding, or formulating ideas and information |
receptive language disorder | difficulty receiving or understanding information |
expressive language disorder | difficulty formulating ideas and information |
cleft palate or lip | condition in which a person has a split in the upper part of the oral cavity or the upper lip |
dialect | language variation that a group of individuals uses and that reflects shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors |
speech | oral expression of language |
language | structured, shared, rule-governed, symbolic system for communicating |
phonology | use of sound to make meaningful syllables and words |
phonemes | individual speech sounds |
morphology | system that governs the structure of words |
morpheme | smallest meaningful unit of speech |
syntax | rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences |
semantics | meaning of what is expressed |
pragmatics | use of communication in contexts |
social interation theories | emphasize that communication skills are learned through social interactions |
articulation | speaker's production of individual or sequences sounds |
substitutions | when a child replaces some sounds with others such as /t/ for/k/ |
omissions | when a child leaves a phoneme out of a word |
apraxia | motor speech disorder that affects the way in which a student plans to produce speech |
pitch | affected by the tension and size of the vocal folds, the health of the larynx and the location of the larynx |
duration | length of time any speech sound requires |
intensity | loudness or softness, is determined by the perception of the listener and by the air pressure coming from the lungs |
resonance | perceived quality of someone's voice |
hypernasality | when too much air passes through the nasal cavity during speech |
hyponasality | when not enough air passes through the nasal cavity during speech |
fluency | rate and rhythm of speaking |
specific language impairment | not related to any physical or intellectual disability |
organic disorders | those cheated by an identifiable problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person |
functional disorders | those with no identifiable organic or neurological cause |
congenital disorder | occurs at or before birth |
acquired disorder | occurs well after birth |
oral motor exam | test appearance, strength, and range of motion of the lips, tongue, palate, teeth, jaw |
bilingual | uses two languages equally well |
bidialectual | uses two variations of a language |
System for Augmenting Language (SAL) | focuses on augmented input of language |