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| Cerebral Vascular Accident, or a stroke |
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| blood vessel wall gets weak and swells up. |
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| lack of oxygen to the brain |
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| Lou Gehrig's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. progressive loss of muscle control; loss of tone, strength, muscle atrophy and accompanying muscle fatigue |
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| rigidity of muscles, reduced movement, tremor |
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| progressive disorder characterized by demyelization (deterioration of the myelin sheath) |
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| muscle weakening because neural impulses can not be transmitted to the muscle properly |
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| Three factors important for movement |
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| Motor Speech Disorders affect... |
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| planning, coordination, timing, and execution of movement patterns in the speech system |
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| a group of impairments that may affect speed, range, direction, strength, and timing of movements as a result of paralysis or weakness |
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| Bell's Palsy, one side of the face hangs down |
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| problem with motor organization, control, affects timing and coordination |
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| too much movement, caused by subcortical damage |
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| lack of appropriate movement - example, Parkinson's Disease |
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| affects the selection and sequencing of speech sounds |
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| vibration that has specific characteristics of pitch and intensity |
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| connects middle ear with pharynx for equalization of pressure |
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| bones = malleus, incus, stapes |
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| center of the cochlea; contains sensory receptors responsible for encoding auditory information for the brain + semicircular canals (help with balance and spatial orientation) |
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| People with some degree of hearing loss |
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| malfunction or obstruction in outer or middle ear |
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| damage to the structures of the inner ear |
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| Moderately Severe Hearing Loss |
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| Brainstem Auditory Evoked Response |
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| measures electrical brain activity using specialized electrodes and computer software - can relay information about auditory function without using voluntary patient response |
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Central Auditory Processing Disorder, can "hear" speech or noise signal but cannot "process"
affects the auditory nervous system or Heschl's gyrus |
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| Audiologists need to have |
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AuD, CCC-A, state license; work with infants, young children, adolescents, adults and geriatric patientshave a strong interest in science and problem solving; identify, diagnose, treat and
prevent hearing problems; work in clinics, hospitals, operating rooms, schools, university clinics, private
practice; work on team with SLP, ENT, physician, teacher, parent |
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| average fundamental frequency |
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| suitable pitch for individual |
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| caused by rupture of blood vessel |
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| tissue reaction to trauma, may begin with vocal misuse |
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| basic unit of the nervous system |
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| problem solving, judgement reason, executive function and logic |
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| vision and visual processing |
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| speech and auditory information |
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| smooth raised areas of the brain |
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| speech production and programming |
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| language processing and formulation |
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| automatic functions (breathing, heart rate, hunger, thirst, body temperature, and blood pressure) |
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| sending and receiving information to and from the sensory motor areas |
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| responsible for regulating and controlling purposeful movements including fine and gross muscle movements and sensation, equilibrium; basal ganglion maintains postue and tone (regulates tonicity and background movement) |
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| direct route from motor cortex to cranial and spinal nerves, impulses are carried through the pyramidal route |
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| indirect connections throughout the brain, makes lots of stops, connects to networks in the thalamus, brain stem, basal ganglia, and cerebellum |
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| Contralateral Functioning |
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| nerves and pathways cross each other, specialized functions, processing and analysis |
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| cerebral vascular accident |
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| partial blockage of blood vessels to the brain |
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| blood vessel breaks and blood fills up the cavity in the brain |
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| Transient Ischemic Attack |
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| temporarily blood gets stopped to the blood vessel, can lead to dementia |
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| Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination |
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| evaluates speaking, listening, reading, writing, and gesture |
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| Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia |
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| comprehensive and measures all areas of language. |
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| paralysis on one side of the body |
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| weakness on one side of the body |
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| loss of sight in one visual field of both eyes |
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-Change in personality
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