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Biomedical Aspects Of Speech And Hearing Question Paper

Biomedical Aspects Of Speech And Hearing

Course:Bachelor Of Special Needs Education

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2008

KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS 2007/2008
INSTITUTIONAL BASED PROGRAM
EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
(SPECIAL EDUCATION)
PSE 117: BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS OF SPEECH AND HEARING

DATE: Thursday 28th August, 2008

TIME: 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.

INSTRUCTIONS
Answer ALL questions in SECTION ONE and any TWO in Section TWO.

SECTION ONE – (30 MARKS)

1.
Explain the following terms with relevant examples
(a)
Conductive hearing loss
[3 marks]
(b)
Sensorineural hearing loss
[3 marks]
(c)
Mixed hearing loss
[3 marks]

2.
Tabulate the five categories of hearing losses showing the different bands of decibels dB. [5 marks]

3.
Explain how otosclerosis may affect a child’s hearing; which gender does it most affect? [4 marks]

4.
What is hardwax/impacted wax? How would a learner with such a problem be assisted. [4 marks]

5.
(a)
What is articulation? Identify the most active articulator in the human vocal organs? [2 marks]
(b)
Explain what bilabials are giving two relevant examples. [2 marks]

6.
Why are children between 0 – 5 years more prone to getting infections in the middle ear cavity? What is the most common cause of childhood infection which when not treated early may lead to hearing loss?

[4 marks]

SECTION TWO (40 MARKS)
7.
Describe the causes of otitis media highlighting the stages of its development and treatment. [20 marks]

8.
(a)
With the help of a diagram show the positions of the following speech
organs
-
lips
-
the tongue
-
nasal cavity
-
soft palale
-
mandible
-
hard palate
-
teeth rudge
-
nasopharynx
-
vocal folds
-
teeth
[10 marks]
(b)
In the following paid of speech sounds (phonemes) explain their place of production, stating of the two pairs which is voiced and which is voiceless.
(i)
| t |, | d |
(ii)
| k |, | g |
(iii)
| p | | b |
(iv)
|
f
|
|
v
|
[10 marks]

9.
Compare and contrast speech and language development of a child with hearing impairment with a hearing child up to 12 months of age. [20 marks]

10.
From your own observation in schools for the hearing impaired learners, explain the reasons why learners is not effective. [20 marks]

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