What is Dysphagia?
Dysphagia is difficulty in swallowing. It can cause food to enter the
airway, resulting in coughing, choking, inadequate nutrition and/or hydration
with resultant weight loss and/or an infection in the lungs called aspiration
pneumonia. this can be due to problems in nerve or muscle control secondary to a
neurological event.
What is Dysarthria?
Dysarthria is a weakness or paralysis of the muscles used for speech and results
in a person's speech being slurred and difficult to understand.
What is Aphasia?
Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that impairs a person's ability to
process language, but does not affect intelligence. Aphasia can impair the
ability to understand or produce language including verbal, written, and
gestural language, usually due to neurological impairment, such as a stroke
(approximately 25-40% of stroke survivors acquire aphasia).
What is Apraxia of Speech?
This is a motor planning problem which affects the ability to formulate the
sounds of speech.
What is Cognitive-Linguistic Deficits?
Cognitive-linguistic deficits are an impairment in the complex interaction
between cognition (including attention, memory, reasoning, problem solving, and
social behavior) and language (the transmission of spoken, written, and
nonverbal messages).
What is Stuttering?
Stuttering is a communication disorder in which the flow of speech is broken by
repetitions (li-li-like this), prolongations (lllllike this), or abnormal
stoppages (no sound) of sounds and syllables. There may also be unusual facial
and body movements associated with the effort to speak. Although there is no
certain cause, stuttering is likely caused by a combination of several factors,
including genetics, neurology, language development and family dynamics.
What is Voice?
Voice difficulties include pitch, voice quality (such as hoarseness, nasality
and breathiness) or loudness of the voice.
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