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Explain and analyse speech production and speech perception in
relation to hearing therapy
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain speech
production; analyse the impact of hearing loss on speech production; explain
speech perception; and analyse the impact of hearing loss on speech
perception.
Subfield
Community Support
Domain
Hearing Therapy
Status
Registered
Status date
20 May 2008
Date version published
20 May 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Community Support Services Industry Training
Organisation Limited
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
The performance of all elements of this unit standard must comply with any relevant
cultural or legislative requirements including the rights and responsibilities of people
receiving services or supports as outlined in the Health and Disability Commissioner (Code
of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights) Regulations 1996.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Explain speech production.
Performance criteria
1.1
Breath control is explained in terms of its relationship to voice production.
Range
1.2
Speech sounds are explained in terms of articulators.
Range
1.3
lungs, vocal tract.
place – lips, teeth, tongue, dental ridge, hard palate, soft palate;
manner – plosive, fricative, approximant, nasal, affricate.
Factors affecting speech quality are explained with reference to resonators and
intonation.
Element 2
Analyse the impact of hearing loss on speech production.
Performance criteria
2.1
The relationship between the hearing loss and deterioration in speech
production is analysed in terms of intonation, articulation, and volume of
speech.
Element 3
Explain speech perception.
Performance criteria
3.1
The fit of speech sounds are explained in relation to the phonetic groups in
terms of plosives, fricatives, approximants, and vowels.
3.2
The fit of speech sounds are explained in relation to the speech spectrum.
3.3
The acoustic environment, speaker, message, and listener are explained in
terms of their effect on speech perception.
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Element 4
Analyse the impact of hearing loss on speech perception.
Performance criteria
4.1
Hearing loss is analysed in terms of the degree and shape.
Range
4.2
degree – slight, mild, moderate, severe, profound;
shape – sloping, notched, flat, unilateral, bilateral.
The impact of hearing loss on speech perception is analysed in terms of the
factors that influence speech perception.
Range
age at onset of hearing loss, need to use speech, hearing aid
history; accompanying problems such as cognitive ability, neuromuscular problems.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited
enquiries@cssito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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