PSY345H5 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Conductive Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implant
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Pragmatics is a subfield of linguistics which studies the ways in which context contributes to meaning. Aphasia is the disturbance in formulation and comprehension of language. Augmentative and alternative communication (aac) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language. Aac is used by those with a wide range of speech and language impairments, Occlusion: the manner in which the upper and lower teeth come together when the mouth is closed. Stuttering also known as stammering is a speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds. Mixed hearing loss: sometimes a conductive hearing loss occurs in combination with a sensorineural hearing loss (snhl). In other words, there may be damage in the outer or middle ear and in the inner ear (cochlea) or auditory nerve.
