56    SAJCD • Vol 58 • October 2011

CPD October 2011

1. True (A) or false (B): 
  The Music Perception Test (MPT) was designed to evaluate rhythm, 

timbre, pitch and melody.

2. True (A) or false (B):
 Audiologists can use the MPT as a counselling tool. 

3. True (A) or false (B):
  All participants performed poorly on the rhythm section of the 

MPT.

4. True (A) or false (B):
  A variety of tests evaluating music perception in hearing aid users 

are available.

5. True (A) or false (B):
  Approximately 15% of individuals with mild traumatic brain injury 

(MTBI) complain of debilitating symptoms up to 1 year after injury.

6. True (A) or false (B):
  MTBI will always have a mild impact on an individual’s 

communication abilities.

7. True (A) or false (B):
  Discourse analysis is a quantitative approach to examine individuals’ 

perceptions.

8. True (A) or false (B):
   One of the participants in the MTBI study, P1, viewed loss of temper 

as a form of communication.

9.  True (A) or false (B):
  Irritability and associated loss of temper are always permanent 

consequences of MTBI.

10.  True (A) or false (B):
 Executive function is associated with the frontal lobes of the brain.

11.  True (A) or false (B):
  Individuals with MTBI do not experience word retrieval difficulties.

12. True (A) or false (B):
  The terms dizziness and vertigo both refer to exactly the same 

symptom.

13. True (A) or false (B):
  Vertigo is a perception of motion when there is an external source 

for that sensation.

14. True (A) or false (B):
  The Vertigo Symptom Scale evaluates two areas, namely the 

experience of dizziness and psychological symptoms.
 
15. True (A) or false (B):
  The Afrikaans Vertigo Symptom Scale presented with good 

sensitivity and poor specificity in relation to vertigo.

16. Services for people with communication disorders:
 a) are often well understood 
 b) are well resourced
 c) often have low priority in health care systems
 d) are well established worldwide.

17. Indigenous knowledge should be used:
 a) with caution
 b)  to drive the process of development of contextually relevant 

resources
 c)  in conjunction with external and scientific knowledge to 

produce locally relevant resources
 d) b & c.

18. Adaptation of a test developed elsewhere:
 a) is the best way to develop local assessment resources
 b) is not necessary when used in another context
 c) could assist in developing local knowledge and resources
 d) none of the above.

19. Studies in the local context are necessary to:
 a)  determine the prevalence of communication disorders in South 

Africa
 b) obtain legislative support for service delivery
 c) describe the status of services currently available
 d) all of the above.

20. Speech-language therapists in public hospitals:
 a)  fulfil different roles in neonatal nurseries, as determined by their 

context
 b) have sufficient time to participate in ward rounds
 c) are all involved in discharge planning
 d) all of the above.

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