This disorder is sometimes called Lou Gehrig's Disease. It attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles. It affects the client's ability to speak LOUDLY & CLEARLY
What is AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS)?
100
Inability to move the muscles used to speak. Usualy caused by brain injury.
What is APRAXIA (of speech) ?
100
The breakdown of the macula, the central part of the retina. Is the most common cause of blindness in people over 50.
What is MACULAR DEGENERATION?
100
Ringing in the ear.
What is TINNITUS?
100
Infection of the middle ear. Common in infants/children. May be acute or chronic.
What is OTITIS MEDIA?
200
This occurs when blood flow to the brain in stopped or there is bleeding in the brain, depriving the brain of oxygen. Clients most often experience APHASIA and have problems taking turns in convo, using appropriate tone of voice, speak unclearly or too softly.
What is a STROKE?
200
Difficulty in speaking clearly. Caused by weakness or paralysis of the muscles used for speech.
What is DYSARTHRIA?
200
The gradual inablilty to focus on close objects.
What is PRESBYOPIA?
200
Dizziness, caused by dysfuntion in the inner ear.
What is VERTIGO?
200
The gradual loss of hearing associated with aging.
What is PRESBYCUSIS?
300
A disorder of the brain that causes problems with movement, thinking and behaviour. Muscle weakness causes problems with swallowing and speech, such as; APRAXIA, DYSARTHRIA, and talking too quickly.
What is HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE?
300
Partial or complete loss of speech and language skills, caused by brain injury or stroke.
What is APHASIA?
300
The separating of the retina from the supporting tissue.
What is RETINAL DETACHMENT?
300
A writing system from the blind that uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet.
What is BRAILLE?
300
An often hereditary condition in which there is hardening of the ossicles in the middles ear.
What is OTOSCLEROSIS?
400
This is a cancer that occurs in the VOICE BOX (larynx), causing the client's voice to change or become hoarse.
What is LARYNGEAL CANCER?
400
Type of aphasia, where the client has difficulty in speaking or writing.
What is EXPRESSIVE APHASIA?
400
A disorder caused by diabetes, in which the blood vessels in the retina are damaged. May cause blood to leak from the blood vessels, thus resulting in blindness.
What is DIABETIC RETINOPATHY?
400
This may be caused by blockage of the ear canal with ear wax. Hearing then improves when the earwax is removed by a physcian or nurse.
What is TEMPORARY HEARING LOSS?
400
The impairment of nerves used to hear. Sometimes, the disease starts in early childhood and progresses, but often begins in early/middle adulthood.
What is DOMINANT PROGRESSIVE HEARING LOSS?
500
This type of cancer affects speech and swallowing and depending on location and size of the growth can limit movement of the lips, resulting in unclear sounds.
What is ORAL CANCER?
500
Difficulty understanding language, usually caused by stroke or barin damage.
What is RECEPTIVE APHASIA?
500
An eye disease that causes pressure within the eye and vision loss.
What is GLAUCOMA?
500
Clouding of the eye's lens.
What is CATARACT?
500
An increase of fluid in the inner ear canal causing pressure in the middle ear. Can lead to vertigo, tinnitus and hearing loss.