SSDs Factors, Classification, and Assessment

These are known factors that can negatively impact Speech Sound Development

• OMEs in early childhood

• cognitive status

• cleft lip

• genetic factors

Speech Perception is the same as Speech Detection

• True

• False

When conducting an Oral Motor/Functional Exam, we are looking at the structure and function of the

• Teeth

• Soft Palate

• Lips

• Epiglottis

• Tongue

Kids can grow out of Speech Sound Disorders without intervention

• True

• False

Examples of organically based SSDs include

• Glossectomy

• Surgical removal of a section of the hard palate

• Phonological Disorder

• Cleft Palate

• Dysarthria

These should be included in an assessment battery for SSDs

• Hearing Screening

• Single-Word Sampling

• Intelligibility Rating

• OME

• Speech Sample

Intelligibility and Severity should be the same

• True

• False

We use an SSD assessment battery to determine....

• eligibility

• severity

• nature of the problem

• cognitive status

• intervention targets

Emily speaks the dialect of

• MAE

• GAE

• SAE

• Emily doesn't have a dialect