neurological exam
The one who performs a neurological exam.
Who is a neurologist?
The principal principle of neuroplasticity
What is "structure alters function and function alters structure"? Or "Use it or lose it"?
This is a phonemic cue for the word "spaghetti".
What is /s/?
These are some ways to prepare for an assessment in a medical setting.
What are reading available medical records, selecting tests, reading the doctor's orders, and preparing to reduce distractions and make them comfortable?
In this phase, chewing happens.
What is the oral preparatory phase?
The one who may benefit from interpreting the neurological exam.
Who is an SLP or audiologist?
This principle says something about old dogs and new tricks.
What is "age matters"?
This is a semantic cue for "computer"
What is "electronic"? etc.
These are reasons for performing an assessment.
What are "gather information," "hypothesize, test, and make a diagnosis," "make a prognosis," and "plan for therapy if indicated"?
In this phase, the bolus is transferred from the oral cavity to the pharynx.
What is the oral transport phase?
Damage to this cranial nerve might lead to drooling.
What is CN VII (the facial)?
This principle implies exercise or neuromodulary approaches can impact neuroplasticity.
What is transference?
This is a characteristic of a word having to do with how it is processed in the mind.
What is a psycholinguistic variable?
These are ways to help someone be more comfortable during an assessment session.
What are giving them a chair, telling them who you are, asking them questions, avoiding elderspeak, tell them what you are doing and how long it will take, include family members if the patient desires?
This structure gets smaller in diameter during the pharyngeal transport phase.
What is the oropharynx?
Damage to this cranial nerve could cause difficulty saying your /l/ /r/ /t/ and /d/ sounds.
What is CN XII (hypoglossal)?
This principle states that you need to practice something to get better at it (i.e., you can't get better at it by practicing something else).
What is specificity?
True or false: negative feedback is never okay.
What is false?
This technique involves holding your tongue between your teeth and swallowing to strengthen your tongue base.
What is the Masako?
Damage to this cranial nerve would leave your jaw hanging open.
What is CN V (the trigeminal)?
This is the technical term for a hint that an SLP gives to help someone perform a certain behavior.
What is a cue?
This is the reason assessment should ideally occur regularly throughout the treatment process.
What is "to account for individual variability"?
This phase involves peristalsis.
What is the esophageal transport phase?