WorksheetsAssessment of heard and spoken language
Total questions: 40
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Auditory comprehension refers to one's ability,
to understand what you read
to say something
to write a message
to understand a text that is read by someone
None of the above
A task that can NOT be used for assessing verbal expression is,
repetition
reading comprehension
reading aloud
naming
Stimulus characteristics that affect a single word reading task are,
imageability
frequency
regularity
lexicality
Word length
Word imageability is,
The number of syllables in the word
How frequently the word is used
How easily the word produces a mental image
If the word is a real word or a non word.
An error analysis does not involve,
calculation of correct and incorrect responses
identifying the best modality of input
Identifying error types and patterns
identifying the frequency of errors
Measuring response time
The comparison of word and non word repetition ability allows the assessment of the,
Phonological Output Buffer
Phonological Output Lexicon
Phonological input to output conversion
Phonological Input Lexicon
Phoneme to grapheme conversion
A task to assess orthographic to phonologic conversion is,
repetition of the word 'fish'
repetition of 'finak'
naming a picture of a cat
pointing to a picture named by the clinician
reading the word 'hurricane'
State if TRUE or FALSE.
Mr. T does a heard word to picture matching task. He has more errors on shorter words than longer words. This indicates a breakdown at the level of the phonological output buffer.
TRUE
FALSE
Needs more information
unsure
Conduite d’approche , a repetitive effort to approximate the appropriate word or phrase,
is indicative of spared auditory comprehension
seen in those with impaired auditory comprehension
manifests difficulty in stringing phonemes together
cooccurs with severe difficulties in repetition
Seen when aphasia cooccurs with dyspraxia
The cognitive neuropsychological model assesses the processing of language at,
single word level
sentence level
discourse
single word and sentence level only
A word that is least suitable for a picture naming test is,
roof
banana
boat
strong
lamp
You are testing the target word 'whale' in a naming test. Identify 3 other distractors suitable to use with this stimulus.
pail
turtle
fall
fail
house
Sub-lexical route is involved in processing,
Known words of unknown meaning
words learnt for the first time
Non words
Known words whose meaning is known
Response methods that can be used in a task that exclusively assesses auditory comprehension ability are,
yes/no
repetition
naming
pointing
selecting
For testing auditory comprehension at single word level, the clinician must,
ask the patient to name the word
ask the patient to repeat the word
say the word and ask the patient to point
write the word and ask the patient to read
Ask the patient to write the word when said
The clinician says the word 'boat'. The patient points to the ship. This is a,
Phonologically related error
non lexical error
semantically related error
unrelated error
Mixed error
The lexical store of the spoken word is known as the,
phonological output buffer
auditory phonological analysis
phonological output lexicon
semantic system
phonological input buffer
Using irregular words in testing assesses the,
sub lexical route for grapheme to phoneme conversion
visual orthographic analysis
visual orthographic lexicon
lexical route in word reading
phonological output buffer
Mr. K's naming test shows more incorrect responses to low frequency words. A possible level of language breakdown is,
semantic system to POL access
PIL to semantic system access
POL
phonological output buffer
semantic system
Possible observations in pure word deafness are,
semantic and phonological errors
Greater errors on shorter words than longer words
dependent on lip reading
difficulty in understanding if a word is real or a nonword
difficulty in written comprehension
The patient is shown a picture of a a 'frog'. The patient replies, ' that one... that is.. frock'. This is a,
phonological paraphasia
neologism
circumlocution
formal error type
semantically related error type
A task not suitable to test the auditory comprehension modality are,
identifying a heard target as a word or non word
asking the patient to verbally answer questions based on a passage read by the clinician
minimal pair naming task
repetition of non words only
Patient reads a sentence and pointing to a picture that matches it
Responses given by patient R is as follows.
Target- boat.
Tasks:
1. Lexical decision- correct
2. Heard word to picture matching - delayed. correct
3. Repetition- correct
4. Minimal pair involving distractor 'goat' - correct
5. defining the word - no response.
6. Written naming- no response
This is a profile indicates a possible,
Word form deafness
Auditory verbal agnosia
Word meaning deafness
breakdown at the Semantic system
semantic paraphasia
State how word frequency affects naming in healthy persons
(Please respond in ONE sentence)
The phonological output buffer is most likely to be effected by,
word regularity
word imageability
word frequency
word length
none of the above.
The following is an image from the Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT, 2004)
The above stimulus tests,
auditory comprehension
written expression
written comprehension
prepositions
verbal expression
Errors in word selection varie only in their type, across healthy adults and speakers with aphasia.
TRUE
FALSE
You are asked to test,
A- auditory comprehension at discourse level
B- verbal expression at single word level
c- If there is an impairment at the level of the semantic system
Write the most suitable tasks to test A, B and C.
(word count for answer- LESS than 50)
Listen to the word I say and point to it.
Point to 'cat'.
This task is known as (a)_____________ and tests the (b)_________________
(a) Discrimination of written minimal pairs
(b) Auditory phonological analysis
(a) Heard word to picture matching
(b) phonological input lexicon
(a) Discrimination of auditory minimal pairs
(b) Phonological input lexicon
(a) Discrimination of auditory minimal pairs
(b) Auditory phonological analysis
(a) Heard word to picture matching
(b) auditory comprehension pathway
Target word: 'cat'
Patient response: 'caterpillar'
This specific error type is known as a (a)
The stimulus characteristics included in a picture naming test are,
frequency
regularity
imageability
word length
lexicality
Mr. T was asked to read the following.
The route assessed in the above task is,
(a)
Mr T was asked to read aloud the word 'house' which was printed on a flash card.
The pathway assessed in the above task is,
SS --> POL --> POB
visual object recognition --> SS --> POL --> POB
APA --> PIL --> SS --> POL --> POB
VOA--> grapheme to phoneme conversion --> POL --> POB
VOA--> OIL--> SS --> POL --> POB
Observations that do not indicate a breakdown at the level of the POL is,
a frequency effect observed in error analysis
consistency in responses is observed across several naming re-trials
Phonological errors or production of a part of the target word
Intact or comparatively spared written naming
Phonetic cues lead to a response that is semantically related to the target.
Target word in a naming task: Kangaroo
Write one example each for the following error types;
A: Related circumlocution
B: Neologism
C: formal error
D: Mixed error
Naming pictures- 3/30
Repetition- 9/10
Reading words aloud - 17/20
Reading non words- 8/10
The breakdown is possibly at the level of
POL
Semantic system to POL access
OIL to semantic system access
PIL to semantic system access
OIL
A task that is NOT used to test the POB is,
Spoken picture naming
Written picture naming
Repetition of varied in word length
Repetition of real words
Repetition of non words
A response in spoken picture naming is categorized as delayed when response time exceeds,
(a)
A direct lexical route (DLR) differs from a semantic lexical route (SLR) in that,
the DLR processes unfamiliar real words with unknown meaning and SLR processes non words
the DLR processes real words with known meaning and SLR processes unfamiliar real words with unknown meaning
the DLR processes unfamiliar real words with unknown meaning and SLR processes real words with known meaning
the DLR processes non words and SLR processes words
Both DLR and SLR processes only familiar words of known meaning.
Factors that must be considered during the assessment of language in a patient with aphasia are,
(Note: if all are true, tick only the last option)
the languages spoken by the patient
the familiarity of the stimuli you plan to use with the patient
the patients hearing level and vision
the patients attention span
All of the above
