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Match the medical term to its definition. 

What speech diagnosis would you give this person, and why? Give specifics about the type of dysarthria and neurological structures involved, and justify your answers. 

Case study option 1 Watch the following video, then do a case study writeup where you answer the following questions:  1. Describe this person’s speech in precise clinical terms, and referencing specific examples. Use sufficient detail that another clinician could recognize their speech from another recording. Pay particular attention to their PROSODY, ARTICULATION, and PHONATION during speech tasks. Make reference to specific words/phrases or tasks in your description. (10 points) 2. Provide your diagnostic hypothesis (choose from control circuit dysarthrias only). Be specific–in particular, remember that we discussed how there are many kinds of hyperkinetic dysarthrias. (5 points)  3. Justify your hypothesis above. Make sure to follow our class rules for case studies! Consider the whole person; explain all symptoms; keep it simple. (10 points) 4. Based on your speech diagnosis and any other information you can gather from the video, do you think this patient is a good candidate for behavioral speech therapy? Why or why not? (10 points)  BONUS QUESTION (up to 2 points):

How many tablets will you dispense is a dog needs 2T q8h X 7 days?

Brainstem stroke

One-year-old Pierre notices that when their dad watches football on television, he shouts at the screen. The next time a football game come on, Pierre shouts at the screen. Peyton’s behavior best exemplifies ________________.

Wendell can tell that the trees on the mountain are very far away, because he just perceives a big green patch rather than being able to see individual trees. Which depth cue best describes this?

Jolanda’s grandparent says “Why don’t you play with the doll in my bedroom?” Jolanda says, “There’s no doll in your bedroom. Doll has red hair and sleeps in my room.” Jolanda’s behavior is best explained by

The lack of understanding that one’s internal state may not match an external state is called ____________.

In what structure are cones located?