INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION
WHAT IS VERBAL COMMUNICATION?
THE MEDICAL TERM FOR INFLAMMATION OF THE CLEAR MEMBRANE OF THE EYE, COMMON IN CHILDHOOD
WHAT IS CONJUNCTIVITITS?
INFECTION OF THE MIDDLE EAR THAT IS COMON IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN
WHAT IS OTITIS MEDIA?
DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING BOTH SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORDS
WHAT IS APHASIA?
THIS IS A DEFENSE MECHANISM IN WHICH A PERSON DAYDREAMS AS A WAY TO ESCAPE REALITY
WHAT IS FANTASIZING?
THE TERM FOR HOW A PERSON VIEWS EVENTS AND UNDERSTANDS MESSAGES
WHAT IS PERCEPTION?
THE CLOUDING OF THE LENS THAT CAUSES BLURRY VISION
WHAT ARE CATARACTS?
AN CONDITION IN WHICH THERE IS AN INCREASE OF FLUID IN THE EAR, THAT CAUSES VERTIGO.
WHAT IS MENIERES DISEASE?
THE INNABILITY TO MOVE THE MUSCLES USED TO SPEAK DUE TO BRAIN INJURY
WHWAT IS APRAXIA?
A TECHNIQUE USED TO GET SOMEONE TO PROVIDE THOUGHTS, FEELINGS OR IDEAS
WHAT IS OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS?
AN EFFORT TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTENT OF THE MESSAGE, BUT ALSO THE UNDERLYING FEELINGS
WHAT IS ACTIVE LISTENING?
EYE DISEASE THAT CAUSES INCREASED PRESSURE WITHIN THE EYE, LEADING TO TUNNEL VISION.
WHAT IS GLAUCOMA?
THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE RINGING IN THE EARS
WHAT IS TINNITUS?
WEAKNESS OF THE MUSCLES USED FOR SPEECH
WHAT IS DYSARTHRIA?
A WRITING SYSTEM USED BY PEOPLE WITH VISION IMPAIRMENET THAT USES RAISED DOTS IN A CERTAIN PATTERN
WHAT IS BRAILLE?
QUALITIES THAT AFFECT COMMUNICATION SUCH AS POSTURE, GESTURES AND APPEARANCE.
WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE?
THE CONDITION THAT CAUSES INABILITY TO FOCUS ON CLOSE OBJECTS, ASSOCIATED WITH BEING OVER THIS AGE.
WHAT IS PRESBYOPIA, 40?
GRADUAL HEARING LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH AGING, AND WHAT AGE IT OCCURS AFTER
WHAT IS PRESBYCUSIS, 50?
THE COMBINATION OF EXPRESSIVE AND RECEPTIVE APHASIA, WHERE THERE IS DIFFICULTY SPEAKING AND UNDERSTANDING LANGUAGE.
WHAT IS GLOBAL APHASIA?
A DISODER WHERE THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT IS HEARD AND WHAT IS UNDERSTOOD
WHAT IS AN AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER?
RESTATING ANOTHER PERSON'S MESSAGE IN ONE'S OWN WORDS
WHAT IS PARAPHRASING?
A DISORDER CAUSED MAINLY BY T1DM IN WHICH THE BLOOD VESSELS IN THE RETINA ARE DAMAGED.
WHAT IS DIABETIC RETINOPATHY?
WHAT IS OTOSCLEROSIS?
THE NAME OF THE INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH CARE TEAM MEMBER WHO WORKS CLOSELY WITH CLIENTS EXPERIENCING SPEECH AND LANUAGE DISORDERS.
WHAT IS AN SLP?
LIMITING A CONVERSATION TO A CERTAIN TOPIC
WHAT IS FOCUSING?