Assessment Techniques & Diagnostic Procedures Flashcards
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The Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn) is a language sample measure that evaluates:
Answer: The variety of syntactic and morphological structures used
IPSyn scores the diversity of grammatical structures in a 50-utterance sample, providing a profile of syntactic development.
Which standardized measure is most appropriate for diagnosing social communication disorder by assessing pragmatic language abilities?
Answer: Children's Communication Checklist-2 (CCC-2)
The CCC-2 includes scales for pragmatic aspects of communication such as inappropriate initiation, coherence, and social relations.
In acoustic voice analysis, a high jitter percentage primarily indicates:
Answer: Cycle-to-cycle frequency perturbation of vocal fold vibration
Jitter measures the variability of the fundamental frequency period between consecutive vocal fold cycles, with elevated values indicating irregular vibration.
When differentiating a language difference from a language disorder in a bilingual child, the most valid approach is to:
Answer: Assess in both languages and determine whether difficulties are present across both
A true language disorder persists across all languages the child speaks; errors present in only one language may reflect a difference, not a disorder.
During an oral-peripheral examination, limited tongue lateralization and reduced velopharyngeal closure are most relevant to assessment of:
Answer: Motor speech production and resonance
Tongue lateralization affects lingual consonant production, while velopharyngeal closure impacts resonance and nasal airflow during speech.
A patient scores well on single-word naming tasks but shows marked difficulty on the Cookie Theft picture description. This dissociation is most characteristic of:
Answer: Connected speech or discourse-level deficits despite intact naming
Some individuals perform adequately on isolated naming but struggle to organize and produce extended connected discourse, revealing discourse-level deficits.
Which feature of the Preschool Language Scales-5 (PLS-5) makes it particularly useful for infants and toddlers?
Answer: It begins at birth (0 months) and incorporates caregiver interaction items
The PLS-5 is normed from birth through 7;11 and includes items assessed through observation of caregiver–child interaction at the earliest age levels.