Constraint-induced language therapy limits the patient's response modality strictly to __ production through the use of __ barriers.

Constraint-induced language therapy limits the patient's response modality strictly to __ production through the use of __ barriers.

• A. limits, verbal, visual
• B. restricts, written, auditory
• C. expands, spoken, tactile
• D. allows, gestural, olfactory

Answer: (A)

Constraint-induced language therapy works by forcing the person to rely on spoken language and by blocking other ways of communicating. The goal is to make verbal production the sole response channel, so nonverbal ways of getting meaning across—such as gesturing or writing—are discouraged through barriers. Using visual barriers helps prevent the patient from compensating with nonverbal cues that people often use when communication is difficult, thereby keeping the response strictly verbal. The other options don’t fit because they either suggest the wrong direction (expands or allows), the wrong response modality (written, gestural, etc.), or inappropriate types of barriers (auditory, tactile, olfactory) that wouldn’t enforce a verbal-only production in this therapeutic approach.

Constraint-induced language therapy works by forcing the person to rely on spoken language and by blocking other ways of communicating. The goal is to make verbal production the sole response channel, so nonverbal ways of getting meaning across—such as gesturing or writing—are discouraged through barriers. Using visual barriers helps prevent the patient from compensating with nonverbal cues that people often use when communication is difficult, thereby keeping the response strictly verbal. The other options don’t fit because they either suggest the wrong direction (expands or allows), the wrong response modality (written, gestural, etc.), or inappropriate types of barriers (auditory, tactile, olfactory) that wouldn’t enforce a verbal-only production in this therapeutic approach.