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Evaluation

Back 1

the process of arriving at a diagnosis
Informal probes
Trial therapy techniques
Gathering generalized data
Two major goals
1. evaluate and arrive at good understanding or diagnosis of the clients problem.
2. To monitor client's progress in treatment

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Diagnosis

Back 2

Distinguising a person's problem from the large field of potential disabilities.

The act of or process of identifying or determining the nature of a disease through examiniation

Front 3

Evidence Based Practice

Back 3

Integration of the best research evidence, clinical techniques and patient values.

Measuring treatment effects to determine response

Choosing treatment approach that has empirical support for use with client who is similar to research participants studied.

Front 4

Static Assessment

Back 4

Passive Participants - child does task without help

Examiner observes - scores test +/-

Results identify deficits -results profile deficits (can/cannot do)

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Dynamic Assessment

Back 5

Active participants - participates with adult

Examiner participates - give feedback, help child

Results describe modifiably - show how responsive the child is given help.
Administration - fluid, response - not standardized

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Norm-Referenced Test

Back 6

Always standardized
Comparison of an individual's performance to a larger group.
"How does the client compare to average?"

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Normal Distribution

Back 7

Test results from administration of a test to a representative sample group.

Provides a range of scores by which others are judged when they take the same test.

Bell curve - symmetrical

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Raw Score

Back 8

The actual number you arrive at when grading a test

Typically the number of correct responses given on a test

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Percentile Rank

Back 9

tells the percentage of people scoring at or below a particular score.

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Criterion Referenced Test

Back 10

Identify what a client can and cannot do compared to a predefined criterion.

How does the client's performance compare to an expected level of performance

Used more often when assessing neurogenic disorders, fluency, voice disorders

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Impairment

Back 11

any loss or abnormality of psychological, physiological, or anatomic structure or function

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Disability

Back 12

any restriction or lack (resulting from an impairment) of ability to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being

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Handicap

Back 13

disadvantage for a given individual resulting from impairment or a disability that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role that is normal for that individual.

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Sensorineural Hearing Loss

Back 14

Hair cells of the cochlea or accoustic nerve are damaged. Considered permanent.

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Conductive Hearing Loss

Back 15

Transmission of sound is interrupted in the outer ear or in the middle ear. (more frequent)

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Speech banana

Back 16

Phonemes and other sounds plotted on an audiogram according to frequency and loudness according to normal conversational speech.

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Phonological Disorder

Back 17

Functional cases that involve multiple phoneme errors

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Articulation Disorder

Back 18

cases who misarticulate only one or two phonemes.

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Coarticulation

Back 19

effects of one sound or another can cross word and syllabic boundaries.