Swallowing
Insufficient saliva impedes adequate bolus formation which occurs in this phase.
Oral preparatory
Oral phase
The most used manual sign system in the United States is ASL which stands for __________ __________ _________, but there are others including signed English and American Indian manual signs.
American Sign Language
The outer consists of the pinna and the external _____________ ______________.
External auditory meatus
This instrument allows a visual inspection of the ear canal and the eardrum.
Otoscope
During an AAC evaluation, the measuring of language abilities across dimensions is the assessment of _____________ competence.
Linguistic
Infants and children with swallowing disorders might experience inadequate growth, learning difficulties, and difficulty with relationships between _________ and child.
Parent
Braille, fingerspelling, and writing fall under this category of AIDED AAC symbols.
Orthographic symbols
The footplate of the stapes rests against the ______________ window.
Oval
A ______________ plots the middle-ear compliance based on changes in ear pressure.
Tympanogram
Selection of AAC symbols may be guided by the potential user's willingness of communication partners, ease of learning the system, and _____________ ability.
Cognitive
This is the most common cause of neurogenic pediatric dysphagia.
Cerebral palsy
Voice output communication devices can have speech that is digitized, synthesized and ____________ using an individual's own voice from an earlier time.
Recorded
This is the inflammation of the mucous membrane lining of the middle ear cavity and the most common cause of conductive hearing loss in children.
Otitis media
This form of habilitation and rehabilitation is involves interventions aimed at minimizing and alleviating the communication difficulties associated with hearing loss.
Aural Rehabilitation/Habilitation
An individual in a wheelchair will have an AAC device ____________________ and appropriately positioned for their visual field and accessibility.
mounted
Children with ______________ have behaviors that can interfere with feeding, including social withdrawal, impaired communication, stereotypic behaviors, and sensory hypersensitivity.
Autism spectrum disorder
When considering assessment for AAC, how a person USES and AAC system is measuring their __________________ competence.
Operational
These are inserted into the eardrum in children with chronic otitis media to serve the same purpose as the Eustachian tube.
PE (pressure equalizing) tubes
A _________ ___________ is a neuro prosthesis that bypasses the damaged hair cells of the cochlea and directly stimulates the surviving auditory nerve fibers with electrical energy.
Cochlear implant
Aspiration pneumonia may lead to respiratory infection, affects up to 1/3 of stroke patients, can occur with all food types and ____________, and can lead to death.
liquids
Radiation for cancer of the mouth, throat, or larynx may result in taste changes, mouth sores, and diminished production of ________________ .
Saliva
An individual's ability to problem-solve during an AAC assessment is considered their ___________ competence.
Strategic
Noise induced hearing loss
The bones of the middle ear include the malleus, _________, and the stapes.
Incus
The main features that an SLP is observing when assessing a patient's laryngeal function include vocal cord function, breathing issues, and the ___________ reflex.
Cough