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Chapter 6
SPED class
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| cleft palate or lip | A condition in which a person has a split in the upper part of the oral cavity or the upper lip. |
| dialect | A language variation that a group of individuals uses and that reflects shared regional, social, or cultural/ethic factors. |
| speech | The oral expression of language. |
| language | A structured, shared rule-governed, symbolic system for communicating. |
| phonology | The use of sounds to make meaningful syllables and words. |
| phonemes | The rules and sequencing of individual speech sounds. |
| morphology | The system that governs the structure of words. |
| morpheme | The smallest meaningful unit of speech. |
| syntax | The rules for putting together a series of words to form sentences. |
| semantics | The meaning of what is expressed. |
| pragmatics | The use of communication in contexts. |
| social interaction theories | Theories that emphasize that communication skills are learned through social interactions. |
| Articulation | A speaker's production of individual or sequenced sounds. |
| substitutions | An articulation error when a child substitutes one sound for another. |
| omissions | When a child leaves a phoneme out of a word. |
| distortions | Modifications of the production of a phoneme in a word. |
| pitch | The rate of vibration of the vocal chords. |
| duration | The length of time any speech sound requires. |
| intensity | The loudness or softness of a sound. |
| resonance | The perceived quality of someone's voice. |
| hypernasality | A resonance trait that allows too much air to pass through the nasal cavity. |
| hyponasality | A resonance trait that does not allow enough air to pass through the nasal cavity |
| specific language impairment | A language impairment not related to any physical or intellectual disability. |
| organic disorders | A speech and language disorder caused by an identifiable problem in the neuromuscular mechanism of the person. |
| functional disorder | A speech and language disorder with no identifiable organic or neurological cause. |
| congenial disorder | A disorder that occurs before birth. |
| acquired disorder | A disorder that occurs after birth. |
| bilingual | To be able to use two languages well. |
| bidialectal | To be able to use two variations of a language. |
| System for Augmenting Language | A system that augments the speech between communication partners by activating the communication device in naturally occurring interactions at home and school and in the community. |