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Module 7- StudyGuide
Neuro
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Developmental Dysarthria | A speech disorder resulting from damage to the immature nervous system. This disorder is characterized by weakness, paralysis, and incoordination of speech musculature. |
| List the three developmental mortor speech disorders. | Developmental dysarthria, Developmental anarthria, and Developmental Apraxia of speech |
| Developmental anarthria | A speech disorder showing complete lack of speech due to profound paralysis, weakness, and incoordination of the speech musculature. |
| Developmental apraxia of speech | The imapaired ability to voluntarily use the right movements in speech without paralysis, weakness, or incoordination of the speech muscles. |
| Bilingualism | A speech disorder that occurs when a bilingual person switches between languages within a sentence or conversation. |
| Specific Language Impairment | A term used to describe a group of children with a consistent history of developmental speech and language delay. |
| Developmental Dyslexia | A reading disorder in which the child has difficulty attaching sound and meaning to written words. The child struggles with reading orally and comprehending what is being read. |
| How does Asperger's effect speech? | Older children see the effects of this syndrome durring conversational speech, as it is usually one-sided. |
| Myelination | Brain maturation that allows for more rapid transmission of neural information. |
| Myelogenesis | A cycle where certain neural regions and systems begin the maturation process early and others much later. |
| cerebral plasticity | A state before age one when certain cortical areas are not matured. At this stage in development, a child could have damage to the left hemisphere, but shift language function to the right hemisphere. |
| Mixed dominance | An occurance that happens when there is an inconsistancy in laterality of speech and other motor functions. |
| Acquired childhood aphasia | A disorder found in children who began to develop language normally and then sustains a language disturbance as a result from cerebral damage. |
| Landau-Kleffner Syndrome | A type of childhood aphasia associated with convulsive seizures. |
| Stuttering | the inability to sequence motor movements for fluent speech. |
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