Communication Impairment Professionals

What are the two professions that share the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders (COSD)?

• Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology

• Nursing and Audiology

• Speech-Language Pathology and Medicine

• Medicine and Nursing

What is the role of a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP)?

• Prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat disorders related to hearing and balance

• Prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat disorders related to speech, language, cognition, and swallowing

• Diagnose and treat disorders related to vocal quality

• Assess and treat disorders related to prosody

Which disorders are associated with the history of speech-language pathology in the United States?

• Mutitas, Aphonia, Psellismus, Paraphonia

• Dysphagia, Dysarthria, Aphasia, Apraxia

• Tinnitus, Vertigo, Otitis, Meniere's disease

• Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia

What are the three areas of elocution related to communication impairments?

• Articulation, Inflections, The Voice

• Hearing, Balance, Speech

• Language, Cognition, Swallowing

• Prosody, Rhythm, Tone

What is the primary focus of Audiologists in their profession?

• Prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat disorders related to hearing and balance

• Diagnose and treat disorders related to speech and language

• Assess and treat disorders related to cognition and swallowing

• Prevent and treat disorders related to vocal quality

In what year was the National Association of Elocutionists established?

• 1872

• 1882

• 1910

• 1925

Who opened a school for children with communication impairments in 1872?

• Sarah Stinchfield Hawk

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Albert Einstein

What is the American Academy of Speech Correction known as today?

• National Association of Elocutionists

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Speech Correction Institute

• Speech and Hearing Society

Which of the following is a type of speech disorder characterized by a disruption to the smooth and effortless flow of speech?

• Dysarthria

• Apraxia

• Fluency disorders

• Voice disorders

What type of language disorder involves a reading impairment?

• Dysgraphia

• Dyslexia

• Developmental language delay/disorder

• Apraxia