SLP Praxis

A 78-year-old female is reporting loss of taste. A videofluoroscopy reveal age-related changes. Which treatment?

At what age does treatment for stuttering shift to management of symptoms?

Following a screen, you suspect that a patient has dysarthria. What is important to include in assessment process?

. The occurrence of new cases of disease in a population over a specific period of time refers to ______.

By 3 months old, typically developing infants may consistently do which of the following:

Characteristic features include hypotonia, up slant eyes, cardiac problems, and language and articulation deficits.

This sentence exhibits what type of disfluency? “My m-m-m-mouth is w-w-w-watering when I look at that sandwich.”

Which of the following best describes the etiology of stuttering?

Ankyloglossia may be an organic articulation or phonological disorder. Ankyloglossia is a medical term for what?

What type of hearing loss is present when air and bone conduction thresholds are equal and both display a hearing loss?

Disfluent speech, intact repetition skills, and impaired writing are characteristics of which type of aphasia?

Cranial nerve IX (Glossopharyngeal) is a motor nerve, a sensory nerve, or both?

Which of the following criteria must be met prior to using and implementing an AAC device with your patient(s)?

Which organ at the top of the neck is responsible for breathing, sound production, and aspiration prevention?

Tom consistently says “top” for “stop” and “poon” for “spoon.” These are characteristics of which phonological process?

The diaphragm contracts and the thoracic cavity expands during which phase of respiration?

Which of the following sentences contains an example of contractible auxiliary?

Identify the phoneme described based on the following distinctive features: - voice, +alveolar, +stop

At about what age do infants begin to send intentional and purposeful messages via babbling and gesturing?

Downgrading a patient’s diet to puree textures is an example of what type of dysphagia treatment?

Which type of fibers connect regions of the cerebral cortex within each hemisphere?

No smiling by 6 mos, no gesturing by 12 mos, no first words by 16 mos, & a lack of interest in other children by 24 mos

Jimmy is 3 years old.. He says “ship” instead of “chip.” Which phonological process is he demonstrating?

Language is often classified into three components: form, content, and use. Which is an example of language form?

Which of the following is a relaxation technique aimed to minimize tension of vocal hyper function and improve pitch?

Jen's mother reports that Jen is constantly asking “why?” Based upon typical development, what age is Jen closest to?

Amplitude is perceptually related to the intensity of a sound as frequency is related to the _______ of a sound.

Which language theory is based upon the belief that children learn language through conditioning?

Reduplication and denasalization are examples of which type of typical phonological processes?

Which of the following grammatical morphemes are acquired first in typically developing children?

At about what age do typically developing children have about 200-300 words in their expressive vocabulary?

Which of the following list of frequencies are tested during pure tone audiometry?

Hyperkinetic dysarthria is associated with damage to what site?

Alex has difficulty with words that begin with ‘k, m, and g.’ Alex is 5 years old. What would you recommend for Alex?

Which of the following professional(s) must be included in every IEP team?

Which type of stroke is caused by a blocked artery? It is also known as the most common cerebrovascular accident.

By 48 months, a child’s speech is about _____ % intelligible.

Which cranial nerve innervates (unilaterally) all intrinsic muscles of the tongue and all but one extrinsic muscle?

Protection of confidential health information is a part of which of the following legislation acts?

What type of muscle is the palatoglossus muscle?

Tommy is 7 months old. He produces chains such as “mama” and “dada.” What type of babbling is Tommy demonstrating?

Which cranial nerve is responsible for the motor function of mastication?

Which type of validity measures the degree to which a new test correlates with an established test of known validity?

When referring to speech sound disorders, which of the following examples of traditional ‘SODA’ errors?

A patient with dementia completes a puzzle independently for 30 minutes. Which best describes this therapy?

Which of the following would be commonly observed in a typically developing 24-month-old child?

Which of the following phonological processing errors is atypical?

The smallest unit of language that can change meaning of words but does not have meaning on its own is know as:

Which cranial nerve controls movement of certain neck muscles and innervates the Sternocleidomastoid muscles?

Theory: deaf babies babble, grammar rules are not directly taught, & kids follow a sequence of developmental milestones.

The nurse reports “coughing & shortness of breath” on your new patient that had a stroke last week. What's the plan?

The motor speech disorder is characterized by inconsistent artic errors, groping, and trouble w/complex repetition tasks

Which etiology would muscle tension dysphonia be classified as?

Which of the following treatment examples is based upon motor learning feedback?

______ is a perturbation measure of frequency instability.

Identify the # of morphemes in the following sentence: “It was undeniable that she was the happiest girl in her class.”

Which intrinsic muscle of the larynx is the only abductor muscle of the vocal folds?

Which of the following is an organic, structural voice disorder?

The cranial nerves are composed of 12 pairs of nerves and belong to the _____ nervous system?

A _______ is an alternate hole created through the incision in the neck to access the airway.

Which of the following is a key component when differentially diagnosing Autism from Social Communication Disorder (SCD)

Sally had a stroke. Her balance & coordination present like she is drunk. Based on these symptoms, which type of stroke?

Which of the following vowels is characterized as a high front vowel in the English language?

In the word “make” the first vowel sound can be transcribed by which of the following diphthongs?

There are ___ intrinsic muscles and ___ extrinsic muscles of the tongue.

Which of the following describes a level 1 (i.e., strongest) research design?

When Sal overdosed there was a period of time where his brain was deprived of oxygen. What type of injury did Sal have?

The motor speech disorder characterized by a loss of coordination of articulators despite having normal muscle function

Obligatory errors that result from velopharyngeal insufficiency may benefit most from which of these treatment plans?

When conducting a phonetic analysis, a clinician looks to identify sounds that the child _________.

Which sampling procedure is first divided into attribute categories before randomly choosing participants?

Eye movements, twitching, and phonation breaks are overt examples of ______ behaviors

Which of the following symptoms are typical of Anomic Aphasia?

Which manner of articulation is made by complete vocal tract closure followed by a sudden release of constriction?

A ______ type of assessment is used to identify what the client can and cannot do. May or may not be standardized.

Which of the follow is a muscle that originates and extends within the tongue?

The presence of excess air through the nasal cavity on oral consonants describes which type of resonance?

Based on IDEA, early intervention is provided from ___ to ___ years old.

Identify the phoneme described based on the following distinctive features: + voice, +labiodental, +fricative

Select which of the following statements best describes a typical developing 1st grader.

Broca’s aphasia is another term for which of the following types of aphasia:

To innervate a muscle, the brain sends signals down via which motor neurons?

Classifying errors based on voice, place, and manner of articulation relates to what system of speech sound disorders?

_____ is an esophageal phase swallowing disorder that is characterized by food collecting in a “pouch.”

Children who present with stuttering-like disfluencies are likely to recover completely up until about what age?

The lowest pure tone component of a sound is also called the sound’s ______.

According to the Bernoulli effect, constriction of the glottis increases airflow speech which in turn decreases what?

Holding the larynx in an elevated position while swallowing is a component of which swallowing maneuver?

What does the letter “O” in SODA errors of articulation stand for?