Final Exam SHS 421: Questions With Complete Answers
What percent of children with hearing loss have other handicapping
conditions that can impact speech-language development? Right Ans - 40%
A Hispanic American family speaking only Spanish seeks speech-language
services and the best approach would be to use: Right Ans - clinician
proficient in spanish
Children with hearing loss have more limited access to language used in
everyday routines because:
a. of their hearing loss
b. they miss out on incidental learning
c. they experience fewer daily routines
a and b Right Ans - a and b
Yoshinaga-Itano et al. (1998) found substantially better language competence
for children whose hearing loss was identified by: Right Ans - 6 months
Historically, the research literature has demonstrated the impact of late-
identified hearing loss on school age children with findings of poorer __________.
Right Ans - lexical-semantic skills, pragmatic skills and syntactic morphologic
skills
Language tests normed on normal-hearing children: Right Ans - may be
used with the exception of IQ & mental age scores on children with hearing
loss
The approach in which ASL is developed as the child's first language is:
Right Ans - bilingual-bicultural
The best means for providing feedback for the development of speech is:
Right Ans - residual hearing
Recognizing that other variables can influence the quality of speech in those
with hearing loss, which of the following is most likely to produce articulation
problems in an adult whose speech was normal prior to the onset of hearing
, loss? Right Ans - a loss which has progressed from a PTA of 60dB to 90dB
HL in the past year
When comparing implanted children from LSL and total communication
programs, there is evidence for better speech production for those in
___________, and an early advantage in receptive communication for children in
____________. Right Ans - LSL communication programs, total communication
(TC) programs
morphology is the study of word meanings and word relations T/F? Right
Ans - False
pragmatics refers to the functional use of language T/F? Right Ans - true
criterion referenced assessments are checklists of skills that occur at certain
ages or stages T/F? Right Ans - True
.The primary consequence from deteriorated speech signal secondary to HL
which robs the child of information regarding form, content and use of
language is: Right Ans - language delay
Three factors that account for differences in language acquisition of children
with hearing impairment are: Right Ans - degree of loss, age of onset, and
other disabling conditions
Hearing loss during the critical period of language development has impact on
language and literacy skills. The critical period of language development
occurs from: Right Ans - birth to 3 years of age
Which of the following is a characteristic of the syntax of a child with hearing
impairment? Right Ans - Infrequent use of adverbs, auxiliaries, and
conjunction
Which is not a characteristic of the semantics of a child with hearing
impairment? Right Ans - poor articulation of words
Which is not a characteristic of the pragmatics of a child with hearing
impairment? Right Ans - Equal of knowledge as hearing peers regarding
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