Deck 6: Phonological Assessment Procedures

Question 1

A child's ability to be understood in conversational speech is referred to as:

A) Intelligence
B) Severity
C) Intelligibility
D) Clarity

Answer 1

Intelligibility

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of a child who would be eligible for speech therapy services:

A) A 9-year-old with a persistent /r/ error
B) A 3-year-old with an /r/ error
C) A 4-year-old with errors on /s, z, k, g/
D) A 6-year-old with a frontal lisp

Answer 2

A 9-year-old with a persistent /r/ error

Question 3

Children over 9-year-old with speech sound errors are said to have persistent errors.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

__________ refers to the degree or significance of a phonological impairment.

A) Intelligibility
B) Clarity
C) Intelligence
D) Severity

Question 5

Individuals with a dialectical variation should never be considered for phonological therapy, unless the individual elects to pursue accent modification.

Question 6

If an 8-year-old child is misarticulating the /s, r/ phonemes, clinicians should choose to:

A) Target neither
B) Target /s/ first and then /r/
C) Target both
D) Target /r/ first and then /s/

Question 7

Computer-assisted phonological analysis programs are time-consuming and not helpful.

Question 8

Working on earlier developing speech sounds will result in system wide phonological change.

Question 9

A child between the ages of 2.5 and 3 years who is unintelligible is typically recommended for services.

Question 10

Never provide services to a child who is stimulable for an errored phoneme.

Question 11

If a child is able to correctly produce a sound in certain contexts, but not others, this indicates that the sound is:

A) Incorrect
B) Stable
C) Consistent
D) Inconsistent

Question 12

If a child has multiple sounds in error, clinicians should examine the speech sample for patterns.

Question 13

If a child says "da" for "dog", that is an example of final consonant deletion.

Question 14

A child produces the word "ski" like "key". This is an example of:

A) Final consonant deletion
B) Cluster reduction
C) Initial consonant deletion
D) Metathesis

Question 15

If an individual feels handicapped vocationally or socially by a speech sound disorder, he/ she should:

A) Seek out speech therapy
B) Learn to adapt to the speech sound disorder
C) Read about speech sound disorders
D) Try not to speak in public

Question 16

Phonemes that are frequently occurring within the language will not affect intelligibility.

Question 17

Computer assisted phonological analysis can be described as:

A) The only tool needed for an assessment
B) Time-saving, but not a replacement for clinical judgment
C) A keen replacement for clinical judgment
D) A cumbersome tool that does not provide useful information

Question 18

A dialectical difference is:

A) A phonological delay and appropriate for therapy.
B) A phonological difference and not usually appropriate for therapy.
C) A phonological disorder and must be dealt with at once.
D) In need of therapy.

Question 19

Teachers and peers have been shown to show different expectations/ feelings towards individuals with speech sound disorders.

Question 20

A child produces the word "swing" like "sawing". The is an example of:

A) Cluster simplification
B) Metathesis
C) Epenthesis
D) Coalescence

Question 21

Describe the phonological pattern "coalescence" and give an example.

Question 22

Target selection is a critical piece to beginning treatment for children with speech sound disorders. There are 5 important factors to consider. Choose four of these factors and discuss how each one affects target selection.

Question 23

Take a look at the following speech sample. Calculate the PCC for this child and determine, based on the speech sample alone, if the child has a mild, moderate, or severe speech sound disorder.
Targeted paragraph: My name is Kate. I like squirrels. Yesterday I saw a squirrel in my backyard. It ran up a tree. My doggie chased it.
Child's production: /me8 n3m id t3t. e8 we8t twez. l2t1d3 e8 te e twe 8n me8 bqtyed. 8t wqn 4 4 ti. me8 ded8 t3s 8t./

Question 24

Discuss the two ways in which "developmentally appropriateness" can be determined.

Question 25

Name the three ways that intelligibility can be measured.

Question 26

Name the two reasons phonological patterns are useful.