Title: Chapter 9 Quiz
Course: Intro Communication Disorder/Treat (SLPA 111-SLPA 111) > Section: Assessments

Q: Significant craniofacial abnormalities typically cause speech disorders.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: In a complete cleft, the two palatal shelves are totally separated.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: A cleft of the primary palate is the same as a cleft of the soft palate.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: In many cases, a submucous cleft may not affect speech.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Normally, there is a perfect alignment of the two dental arches and their corresponding individual teeth.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: As children with clefts grow older, their language begins to resemble that of normal children.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: A cleft is an opening that passes through one or more structures that are normally closed.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: Nasal emission is audible air leakage through the nose during speech.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: In children with clefts of the palate, hoarseness of voice is more common than other kinds of voice disorders.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: In most cases, the cleft of the lip will be repaired when the child is 10 weeks old and weighs at least 10 pounds.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: An obturator is an artificial device that helps close an opening.
- True
- False
A: True

Q: The upper lip cannot have a cleft.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: Cleft palate refers to an opening through ____________________.
- the soft palate
- the bony roof of the mouth
- both a and b
- neither a nor b
A: both a and b

Q: The incidence of clefts is lowest in ______________.
- Native Americans
- Hawaiian islanders
- African Americans
- Japanese Americans
A: African Americans

Q: Children with palatal clefts tend to experience _____________________.
- sensorineural hearing loss
- mixed hearing losses
- conductive hearing losses
A: conductive hearing losses

Q: The most serious articulation errors are caused by ________________.
- clefts of the lip
- clefts of the alveolar ridge
- clefts of the hard or soft palates
A: clefts of the hard or soft palates

Q: Palatal surgical methods include the ____________________.
- von Langenbeck procedure
- pharyngeal flap procedure
- V-Y retroposition
A: (a choice with no text)

Q: In treating articulation disorders, the clinicians tend to target _____________________.
- stop consonants
- fricatives
- both and b
- neither a nor b
A: both and b

Q: The soft palate is also called the uvula.
- True
- False
A: False

Q: No prescription drug has been linked to clefts.
- True
- False
A: False