Deck 21: Speech Therapy

Question 1

Which of the following can be corrected by starting with the yawn technique?

A)Pharyngeal fricative
B)Pharyngeal plosive
C)Glottal stop
D)ŋ/l
E)Velar plosive

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is not a therapy technique used to treat hypernasality, nasal emission, or compensatory productions?

A)Auditory feedback
B)Tactile feedback
C)Oral-motor exercises
D)Visual feedback
E)Nose pinch

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following can be corrected with speech therapy?

A)Short utterance length
B)Phoneme-specific nasal emission
C)Nasal grimace
D)Hypernasality
E)Weak consonants

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The yawn technique is used to correct which of the following?

A)Glottal stops
B)Lateral sibilants
C)Substitution of ŋ/l
D)Posterior nasal fricatives
E)Pharyngeal plosives

Question 5

What is the preferred method of treatment for velopharyngeal insufficiency?

A)Surgical intervention
B)A prosthetic device
C)Articulation placement therapy
D)Velopharyngeal exercises
E)Depends on the cause

Question 6

What is the best way to correct phoneme-specific nasal emission on /s/?

A)CPAP
B)Blowing and sucking exercises
C)Oral-motor exercises
D)Changing articulation placement
E)Increasing oral activity

Question 7

Which of the following is true about obligatory distortions?

A)They commonly occur with structural anomalies in the vocal tract.
B)They can be corrected with speech therapy.
C)Manner is maintained, but placement is altered.
D)One type of obligatory distortion is the glottal stop.
E)They always cause nasal emission.

Question 8

Speech therapy is effective for which of the following?

A)Hypernasality due to VPI
B)Compensatory productions secondary to VPI
C)Obligatory errors secondary to VPI
D)Nasal emission due to VPI
E)Nasal rustle due to VPI

Question 9

Which of the following will most affect the success of motor learning and motor memory for speech?

A)Auditory memory
B)Auditory perception and discrimination
C)Frequency of speech therapy
D)Use of oral-motor exercises
E)Feedback and frequent practice

Question 10

Pushing under the child's chin may help the child to achieve appropriate placement for which group of sounds?

A)Sibilants
B)Lingual-alveolars and /l/
C)Velars and /r/
D)Plosives
E)Fricatives

Question 11

Which of the following can be treated by starting with a /t/ sound?

A)Pharyngeal fricatives for /s/ and /z/
B)Pharyngeal plosive for velars
C)Glottal stop for plosives
D)Nasal snort for /s/ blends
E)Stopping of sibilants

Question 12

Which of the following is true about obligatory distortions?

A)They commonly occur with structural anomalies in the vocal tract.
B)They can be corrected with speech therapy.
C)Manner is maintained, but placement is altered.
D)One type of obligatory distortion is the glottal stop.
E)They always cause nasal emission.

Question 13

What is the most appropriate method of therapy for children with a history of VPI?

A)Blowing exercises
B)Oral-motor exercises
C)Articulation therapy
D)Increasing oral activity
E)Sucking exercises

Question 14

Which of the following is appropriate for correction of compensatory errors following correction of VPI?

A)Blowing exercises
B)Sucking exercises
C)Velopharyngeal exercises
D)Articulation placement procedures
E)Surgical correction

Question 15

Which of the following can be corrected with speech therapy when there is VPI?

A)Short utterance length
B)Placement errors
C)Nasal grimace
D)Hypernasality
E)Weak consonants

Question 16

Which of the following can be corrected with speech therapy?

A)Hypernasality due to VPI
B)Compensatory productions secondary to VPI
C)Obligatory distortions secondary to VPI
D)Nasal emission due to VPI
E)Nasal rustle due to VPI

Question 17

Which of these rules is generally not true for correction of speech sound errors?

A)Begin with anterior sounds.
B)Start with the voiceless cognate and then add voicing.
C)Establish correct placement and manner of productions in isolation.
D)Begin with the sound in the final word position.
E)Change one feature at a time when moving from one sound in a group to the next sound.

Question 18

In which of the following conditions is speech therapy not appropriate?

A)Compensatory articulation
B)Hypernasality and nasal emission due to apraxia
C)Obligatory errors
D)Post-operative nasal emission
E)Articulation errors due to mislearning

Question 19

Which of the following is not caused by significant nasal emission?

A)Short utterance length
B)Compensatory errors
C)Nasal grimace
D)Hypernasality
E)Weak consonants

Question 20

Which of the following is often co-articulated with an oral placement?

A)Pharyngeal fricative
B)Pharyngeal plosive
C)Glottal stop
D)Palatal-dorsal production
E)Velar fricative

Question 21

What speech sound should be inserted between the consonant and the vowel when trying to eliminate glottal stops?

A)/m/
B)/h/
C)/i/
D)/n/
E)/s/