Exam 8: Assessment of Conversational Fluency and Communication Difficulties

What provides a forum for class members to discuss communication issues?

Match the following examples with their procedures. -Requires self-monitoring

Which of the following procedures for measuring conversational fluency and communication needs is quick and easy to administer?

When using a/an _________ to assess communication needs, it is possible to miss communication problems that are specific to an individual.

What are the six goals of an initial assessment of an individuals' conversational fluency?

Match each purpose with its self-report questionnaires: -Measures what people consider are the main problems resulting from hearing impairment.

Match each purpose with its self-report questionnaires: -To identify factors that affect the patient in daily life and to assess hearing handicap.

List three procedures used to measure conversational fluency and communication needs.

Match the following examples with their procedures. -"Raise your hand before you speak, so that everyone will know who is talking."

Self-monitoring can be a/an procedure

Match each purpose with its self-report questionnaires: -Identifies up to five areas of listening difficulty and the degree of benefit obtained compared to that expected for similar persons in similar situations.

Match the following examples with their procedures. -TOPICON

Match the following examples with their procedures. -Did you ask someone to face you when they spoke today? If yes, how many times?

What four factors help to define conversational fluency?

A/An_________ is an abstract or general idea that is inferred from a constellation of measures or forms a group of specific instances.

Match each purpose with its self-report questionnaires: -Assesses the efficacy of non-hearing-aid-based interventions.

A equal mean length turn ratio (MLT ratio) is often characteristic of fluent conversations.

A/An _________ begins when one communication partner begins to speak.

List the five guidelines to consider when developing a daily log.

List three tips to remember when interviewing a patient for the first time.