Developmental Disability
A genetic chromosomal defect that can occur during fetal development and that results in intellectual impairment as well as certain physical characteristics, such as a round head with a flat occiput and slanted, wide-set eyes.
What is down syndrome?
A permanent lack of hearing caused by a lesion or damage of the inner ear.
What is sensorineural deafness?
Also known as difficulty swallowing.
What is dysphagia?
A special piece of medical equipment that takes over the function of one or both heart ventricles.
What is a ventricular assist device(VAD)?
These are placed into the stomach of patients who cannot adequately ingest fluids, food, or medication by mouth.
What is a gastrostomy tube or gastric tube or G-tube?
Insufficient development of the brain, resulting in some level of dysfunction or impairment.
What is development disability?
A device that makes sound louder for the hearing impaired.
What are hearing aids?
A group of disorders characterized by poorly controlled body movement.
What is cerebral palsy?
A surgical procedure to create an opening into the trachea; a stoma in the neck connects the trachea directly to the skin.
What is a tracheostomy?
Tubes that drain excess cerebrospinal fluid from the brain to another part of the body outside of the brain, such as the abdomen; lowers pressure in the brain.
What is a shunt?
A group of complex disorders of brain development, characterized by difficulties in social interaction, repetitive behaviors, and verbal and nonverbal communication.
What is autism spectrum disorder(ASD)?
This type of impairment may be a result from a congenital defect; disease; injury; or degeneration of the eyeball, optic nerve, or nerve pathway.
The inability to voluntarily move one or more body parts.
What is paralysis?
What is an apnea monitor?
A surgical procedure to create an opening between the colon and the surface of the body.
What is a colostomy?
A subset of development disability characterized by significant limitations in both intellectual functioning and skills needed for daily living.
This describes putting the earpieces of your stethoscope in the patients ears and speaking softly into the diaphragm of the stethoscope to amplify your voice.
What is reverse stethoscope?
Also known as unsteady gait.
What is ataxia?
An opening through the skin and into an organ or other structure.
What is a stoma?
LVAD
What is a left ventricular assist device?
This is where the first two cervical vertebrae meet.
What is the atlantoaxial joint?
Hearing loss caused by a faulty transmission of sound waves.
What is conductive hearing loss?
A development defect in which a portion of the spinal cord or meninges may protrude outside of the vertebrae and possibly even outside of the body, usually at the lower third of the spine in the lumbar area?
What is spina bifida?
This is a device implanted under the patient's skin to regulate the heart rate.
What is an internal cardiac pacemeaker?
A surgical procedure to create an opening between the small intestine and the surface of the body.
What is an ileostomy?