Quiz - Childhood Apraxia of Speech and Hearing Loss

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Multiple Choice: Select the one best answer

1. According to the organization Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EDHI), what is the ideal timeline for conducting a newborn hearing screening?

a. Within the first 30 days of life

b. Within the first 3 months of life

c. Within the first 6 months of life

d. None of the above

2. Which communication options for children with hearing loss may incorporate spoken language?

a. Cued speech

b. Listening in spoken language (LSL)

c. Total communication

d. Both b and d

3. Which of the following is one of the main purposes of developing the auditory feedback loop (AFL)?

a. To amplify sound

b. To help people correct their own speech production errors

c. To improve the child’s ability to explain their hearing loss to others

d. A piece of assistive listening device hardware

4. True or false: a handful of research studies may indicate that children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) have difficulty with speech perception?

a. True

b. False

5. Which of the following speech-language features may be present in children with CAS OR children with hearing loss?

a. Vowel and voicing errors

b. Prosodic errors

c. Difficulties with literacy

d. Increased difficulty with multisyllabic words

e. All of the above

6. How can a speech-language pathologist (SLP) better determine the cause of an inconsistent voicing error in a child with both CAS and hearing loss?

a. Review medical and hearing history

b. Study a child’s most recent audiogram

c. Assess the child’s auditory feedback loop (AFL) status using an auditory discrimination task

d. All of the above

7. True or false: a speech-language pathologist (SLP) is assessing a child with hearing loss for CAS using the Mayo 10+1. If the child exhibits 4 or more signs and symptoms of CAS across 3 or more speech tasks, the SLP should diagnose the child with CAS.

a. True

b. False

8. Why should a clinician conduct a listening check at the beginning of each session while treating a child with co-occurring CAS and hearing loss?

a. To ensure that data collected during the session is valid and reliable

b. To aid in troubleshooting with assistive listening technology

c. To determine whether adjustments must be made to the child’s audiological maps and/or programs

d. All of the above

9. When determining whether to integrate a speech target into a child’s speech therapy when a child presents with both CAS and hearing loss, a clinician should first consider which of the following:

a. The acoustic energy of the speech target

b. The acoustic and phonemic context of the speech target

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

10. True or false: under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), schools in America are legally responsible for the maintenance of children’s assistive listening technology/devices while a child is in school?

a. True

b. False

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