Cranial nerves
This nerve is associated with the face and facial paralysis. You may see drooping around the lips/nose
What is the CN VII or Facial Nerve
This structure passively inverts during the swallow to protect the airway.
What is the epiglottis?
______________is a motor speech disorder related to weakness/discoordination of muscles in the mouth, face, voice and respiratory systems. There are 7 different types of this motor disorder.
What is dysarthria?
Another term for "fluent" aphasia where a person speaks fluently but it usually contains nonsensical words (neologisms) is called ______________
What is Wernickes aphasia?
Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome is a type of dementia associated with excessive use of this.
What is Alcohol abuse?
This cranial nerve has 3 branches. One wraps around the heart, which occasionally results in voice/swallowing deficits following neck/heart surgery.
What is CN X or Vagus nerve?
_________is when food enters the airway to the level of the focal folds, while ____________is the term used for when food/drink goes past the vocal folds to the lungs.
What is penetration?
What is aspiration?
Patients who have no weakness but have trouble with speech production including inconsistent errors and groping, 2/2 the brain's programming is misfiring have this disorder.
What is Apraxia
The term for when a person mixes up similar words (i.e., "fork" for "spoon" is called ______________.
There are 8 muscles in the tongue, including one that is just for sticking your tongue out
True or False
What is True?
Hypoglossal nerve CNXII
Cranial nerve _________ is in charge of almost all muscles in the tongue.
What is CN XII or hypoglossal nerve?
The chin tuck is a maneuver that is safe and helpful for ALL patients.
True or False
What is False?
A generalized term for deficits in voice is called ________
What is dysphonia?
Aphasia is a disorder of memory, cognition, and intellect?
True or False
What is False?
Disturbances of attention, memory and executive function are the most common neurocognitive consequences of this type of injury.
What is a traumatic brain injury (TBI)?
This cranial nerve helps move posterior muscles in the tongue and move the uvula up during swallowing.
What is CN IX or the glosspharyngeal nerve?
What is oral care?
Men and women have an "Adam's apple" which houses the vocal folds and serve to move the airway of the way during the swallow. The technical term for "adam's apple" is ___________________
What is the thyroid cartilage?
Communication isn't always verbal. What is another form of communication?
What common foods are not considered thickened liquids because they melt at room temperature?
What is ice cream, sherbet, milkshakes and jello?
Cranial nerve _____________is responsible for the neck rotation due to the sternocleidomastoid.
What is CN XI or the Accessory nerve?
Kidney function, hydration and blood sugar can be affected by this type of diet modification.
What is thickened liquids?
__________-________ is when you have the patient do two separate tasks at a time, like walking and naming items in a category.
What is dual-tasking?
Everyone with aphasia should be given an AAC board.
True or False
WHY?
What is False?
People with receptive language deficits may not understand the images/words.
This should not be added to thickened liquids because it will make them thinner
What is ice?
What is CN V or the trigimenal nerve?
Voice deficits such as reduced volume, reduced respiratory coordination for speech, raspy/strained vocal quality or wet voice can be a sign of potential swallowing deficits.
True or False
What is True?
This is the term for someone who has had their entire larynx removed due to head and neck cancer. Due to this, they may use other forms of communication, like esophageal speech, electrolarynx, or TEP.
What is a laryngectomee?
This is placed on a trach to help restore natural sensation and airflow to improve swallowing and voice production.
What is a Passy Muir Valve (PMV)?
Less common signs of _______________include: wet voice/poor secretion management, frequent PNA, breathing coordination issues, multiple swallows and weight loss.
What is dysphagia?