Question 1

If a person has a correct score of 75% in a vision-only condition and a correct score of 85% in an audition-plus- vision condition, what is the speechreading enhancement score using the normalized ratio method?

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The speechreading enhancement score using the normalized ratio method is calculated as (Audition-plus-Vision score - Vision-only score) / (100% - Vision-only score) = (85% - 75%) / (100% - 75%) = 10% / 25% = 40%.

Question 2

When seeking prosodic information about questions versus statements, lipreaders tend to focus more on the__________ face.

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Question 3

The sounds /b, m, p/ comprise a _______.

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Question 4

The word pairs rise and rice and blind and mite are examples of __________.

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Question 5

The term________ refers to an experiment in which discrepant auditory and visual speech were presented to participants, who sometimes perceived a third consonant that differed from the two syllables presented.

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Question 6

In the _________ Model, presentation of a spoken word activates a set of lexical candidates, which "compete" as a match for the incoming stimulus.

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Question 7

Investigators have suggested that the best angle for speechreading is a frontal viewing angle, or _________degrees azimuth.

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Question 8

In a recorded test of speech recognition administered in a vision-only condition, the visual signal is typically comprised of the talker's __________ , with the talker facing the patient head-on.

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Question 9

Speechreading enhancement is sometimes referred to as ________ .

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Question 10

What is the difference between lipreading and speechreading?

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Question 11

List three of the cognitive skills that may predict lipreading.

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Question 12

What are the five variables that compound the difficulty of lipreading?

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Question 13

What are the four factors that influence the speechreading process?

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Question 14

How do low levels of illumination affect speechreading performance, and how is the color of the speaker's skin relevant?

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Question 15

List five common sources of background noise in the home.

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Question 16

What are the four features of the Mueller-Walle method of speechreading training?

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Question 17

What are the five features of the Nitchie method of speechreading training?

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Question 18

What are the four features of the Jena Method of speechreading training?

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