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Dysphagia and Patients with Alzheimer's
October 2, 2006
Could you please describe the methods involved with spoon feeding a patient with Alzheimer's disease who has a hyperactive gag reflex? Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Dysphagia (Adult)
Promoting Speech Production in a Functional Communication Framework
September 25, 2006
For nine months, I have been working with a nonverbal nine year old child with Down Syndrome in a self contained-collaborative classroom. Though I can see where the student makes attempts to imitate,... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders AAC Developmental Language Disorders Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
Generalizing Target Sounds Into Conversation
September 18, 2006
I have 2 students with a lateral lisp. Both are able to stretch a /t/ and use a straw to direct airflow for a correct /s/ sound. The HS student is also able to say words, phrases and sentences monitor... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
Severe Pharyngeal Dysphagia and Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction
September 11, 2006
I have a patient with severe pharyngeal dysphagia including complete dysfunction of the cricopharyngeus muscle. He was referred to a GI doctor for dilation, but this did not help at all. The only way... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Managing Populations that are Culturally Linguistically Diverse
September 4, 2006
I am in the process of evaluating a Spanish-speaking preschool student. No English is spoken in the home. I have used an interpreter to complete the testing and am now determining eligibility for serv... Read More
Developmental Language Disorders Cultural Competence
The Role of the Educational Audiologist
August 28, 2006
What is the job of an educational audiologist? What do they do? Read More
Developmental Language Disorders School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Cluttering Defined
August 14, 2006
I have a student diagnosed with cluttering. However her dysfluency is only in oral reading, not in conversation. Her 2 sisters, however, do what she does only in conversation. They do not speak rapidl... Read More
Fluency, Atypical Disfluency, and Stuttering
Transdiciplinary Service Model for Early Intervention
August 7, 2006
Are there guidelines for or questions an IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) team should ask themselves when deciding whether an infant or toddler with developmental delays or disabilities, unde... Read More
Developmental Language Disorders School-Based Intervention and Collaboration Early Intervention
Tongue Position for /s/ with Open Bite
August 7, 2006
How do you teach proper tongue placement to a child with an anterior open bite for the /s/ sound who has a frontal lisp? Secondly, Does a tongue thrust swallow always coexist with an interdental lisp? Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders
The Mendelsohn Maneuver for Dysphagia
July 31, 2006
I am currently a Graduate Student who is working on a report concerning the efficacy of the Mendelsohn Maneuver. I have found a few articles about this topic, but I am interested in hearing first-hand... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Highly Unintelligible Third Grader
July 24, 2006
I was wondering what therapy approach or technique I should use with a client who is in 3rd grade and is highly unintelligible. Read More
Motor Speech Disorders (Adults) Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Developmental Language Disorders
Dysphagia, Dysarthria, and Dysphonia with ALS
July 17, 2006
I have 77 year old patient who had a post-operative onset of dysphagia, dysarthria and dysphonia following anterior cervical spine surgery. Laryngoscopy revealed a unilateral vocal cord paralysis. The... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult) Voice Disorders
Using a Rake to Treat Tongue Thrust
July 10, 2006
I have a 9 year old child at school who is on his Second Rake for his tongue thrust. He demonstrates a resting position of the lower lip under his upper teeth (f) placement when he is at rest. Mom is... Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders School-Based Intervention and Collaboration
Hypersensitive Gag Reflex with /k/ and /g/
July 3, 2006
I am currently working on /k/ and /g/ with a 4 Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Dysphagia (Adult)
Echolalia and Autism
June 26, 2006
I am currently working with a 5 year old child who is certified as having Autism Spectrum Disorder through the school system. What advice should I offer the parents regarding how to deal with and appr... Read More
Pre-Reading Speech and Language Disorders and Dyslexia
June 19, 2006
Is there any relationship between pre-reading speech and language disorder and dyslexia? Read More
Developmental Language Disorders School-Based Intervention and Collaboration Literacy Development and Phonological Awareness
Cerebellar Lesions and Dysphagia
June 12, 2006
In our facility we have a 50 year old patient suffering from dysphagia as a result of a cerebellar stroke. He has been in the facility for 2 weeks on a kaofeed but has shown no real progress with his... Read More
Dysphagia (Adult)
Age Appropriateness of Drinking From a Straw
June 5, 2006
Is it age appropriate for a 12 month old child to be able to drink from a straw but then spit out the liquid? If this is not appropriate are there any techniques to work on for the child to hold the l... Read More
School-Based Intervention and Collaboration Early Intervention
Cervical Versus Thoracic Auscultation
May 22, 2006
What is the current view on cervical auscultation for determining if a patient has aspirated following trials? I work with nurses who will state "I listened to his lungs and he sounded clear after the... Read More
Ventricular Phonation Post Trach Removal
May 15, 2006
How can I treat ventricular phonation in a 4 year old child which is most likely a result of having a trach since birth that has been recently removed? Cognition is normal. Read More
Articulation, Phonology, and Speech Sound Disorders Voice Disorders