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| An exchange of ideas between sender(s) and receiver(s). |
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| The study of influences such as cultural identity, setting, and participation on communicative variables |
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| A socially shared code for representing concepts through the use of arbitrary symbols and rule-governed combinations of those symbols |
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| A language user's underlying knowledge about the system of rules pertaining to his or her native language; linguistic competence |
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| Capable of being freshly created; refers to the infinite number of sentences that can be created through the application of grammatical rules |
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| Characterized by energy or effective energy, changing over time |
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| The study of the sound systems of language |
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| The study of the way in which phonemes are combined and arranged in syllables and words of a particular language or dialect. |
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| Aspect of language concerned with rules governing change in meaning at the intraword level |
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| The smallest meaningful unit of lanuage |
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| The portion of a word that can stand alone and designate meaning; root morpheme |
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| A morpheme that must be attached to a free morpheme to communicate meaning; grammatical morpheme |
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| How words are arranged in sentences |
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| The study of word and language meaning |
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| The pieces of meaning that come together to define a particular word |
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| The use, function, or purpose of communication; the study of communicative acts and contexts |
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| Smoothness of rhythm and rate |
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| The speed at which something occurs. In speech this may be the number of words or syllables in a given period of time |
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| A listener's perception of how low or high a sound is, which is the frequency associated with the speed of vocal fold vibration;measured in hertz |
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| The basic frequency level than an individual uses most of the time. |
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| The study of bodily movement and gesture (body language) |
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| Assumed but not directly expressed |
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| The study of physical distance between people |
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| The study of the effect of time on communication |
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| Cause or origin of a problem; also the study of cause |
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| A linguistic variation that is attributable primarily to geographic region or foreign language background. Includes form, content, and use. |
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| Pertaining to the whole;multidimensional |
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| Rapid and coordinated movement of the tongue, teeth, lips, and palate to produce speech sounds |
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| One of several motor-speech disorders that involve impaired articulation, respiration, phonation,or prosody as a result of paralysis, muscle weakness, or poor coordination. Motor function may be excessively slow or rapid, decreased in range or strength,and have poor directionality and timing |
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| Developmental disfluency/stuttering |
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| Whole-word repetitions and other self-conscious nonfluency that is apparent in many young children |
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| Utterances such as "er," "um," and "you know" that are used within production. Sometimes characteristic of dysfluent speech and/or stuttering |
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| A pause before or between parts of utterances. If used excessively, it may be considered a sign of dysfluency or stuttering |
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| In fluency analysis, the process of repeating a word or part of a word, as in "the-the-the" or "b-b-ball." |
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| In fluency analysis, the process of holding a phoneme longer than is typical; For example, "sssssso." |
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| A disorder of speech fluency characterized by hesitations, repetitions, prolongations, tension, and avoidance behaviors |
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| Any of several behaviors, including smoking and yelling, that can result in damage to the laryngeal mechanism |
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| A voice quality that is characterized by a rough, usually low-pitched qualitu |
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| Assistive listening devices(ALD) |
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| The general term applied to electronic devices designed to enhance the reception of sound by those who are hearing-impaired |
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| An electronic amplification device that is surgically placed in the cochlea and provides electrical stimulation to the surviving auditory nerve fibers |
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| Listening activities designed to maximize a hearing-impaired person's ability to detect, discriminate, identify, and comprehend auditory information |
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| Loss of hearing on one side |
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| A loss of auditory sensitivity due to malformation or obstruction of the outer and/or middle ear; people with this type of loss report that sounds are too soft |
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| Sensorineural hearing loss |
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| Permanent hearing loss as a result of absence, malformation, or damage to the structures of the inner ear |
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| The simultaneous presence of conductive and sensorineural hearing loss |
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| The total number of cases of a disorder at a particular point in time in a designated population |
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