significant difficulties with cognitive or linguistic abilities that support language. Limitation in language form, content, or use that interfere with participation in social academic activities.
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patterns of language impairment
content (semantics), form (syntax, morphology, phonology), use (pragmatics)
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impairments of language form
infants/toddlers (normal is 2 by 2)
\-low frequency of vocalization
\-lack of syllable productions in babbling
preschoolers (2-5)
\-immature or disordered phonology
\-grammatical morphology errors
school-age children (5-18)
\-difficulties with complex sentences
\-poor narratives and expository texts
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impairments of language content
infants/toddlers (0-2)
\-understands few words in context
\-less than 50 words by 2
preschoolers (2-5)
\-restricted vocabulary size
\-reduced comprehension of basic concepts
school-age children (5-18)
\-incoherent stories
\-difficulties with figurative language
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immpairments of language use
infants/toddlers
\-lack of intentionality
\-restricted range of communicative functions (appear to be passive observers)
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Indicators of language disorders in children
\-test scores
\-language sample measures
\-negative social, psychological, educational, and vocational consequences
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diagnostic conditions characterized by a language disorder
\-specific language impairment (SLI)
\-neurodevelopmental disorders
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Specific language development
\-significant developmental delays despite normal cognitive functioning, normal childhood experiences, normal hearing and vision, no signs of neurological impairment.
\-approximately 7% of the school-age children
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intellectual disability
\-significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning (IQ below 70)
\-significant limitations in adaptive functioning (self-care, home living, social/interpersonal skills)
\-2% of the population
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autism spectrum disorder
pervasive impairments in reciprocal social interaction skills, communication skills, stereotypical behaviors, interests, and activities
\-1% of the population
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specfic learning disorder
\-difficulty in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning, or mathematical abilities
\-cannot be explained by intellectual disabilities, sensory problems, neurological disorders, or poor instruction
\-many professionals believe that learning disorders in the areas of speaking and listening are language disorders
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transdisciplinary team approach
one professional is coordinator of care
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multidisciplinary team approach
everyone does their own assessment
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norm-referenced standardized testing
testing against their peers
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Assessment of infants and toddlers
\-Known etiologies easiest to diagnose
\-Prediction: Which delays will lead to normal development and which will not?
\-Parent report is very important (asks how often they have longer sentences, ask questions, and use grammatical morphemes)
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Assessment of Preschoolers
(using language samples of at least 100 udderances) Mean length of utterance, syntactical structures, vocabulary knowledge
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Assessment of School-Age Children
\-usually referred by teacher because of academic performance
\-narrative analysis (read and retell - looking for form, content, or use issues)
\-word-finding problems (difficulty finding names of objects, pictures, and concepts. paraphasias and circumlocution)
\-fluent speech
\-good comprehension (good receptive)
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transcortical aphasia
\-"watershed strokes"
\-widespread damage to the frontal lobe (transcortical motor)
\----good conversation but difficulty initiating utterances
\-widespread damage to parietal lobe (transcortical sensory)
\----poor auditory comprehension but good repetition (looks like wernickies but can repeat phrases. EVERYTHING is a repetition task for people with this aphasia)
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global aphasia
\-wide lateral damage to the left hemisphere (typically to larger arteries)
\-all parts of language processing severely impaired
\-nonfluent, poor reading+writing skills, poor comprehension, poor repetition, hardest to work with
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aphasia assessment
\-immediately following brain injury
\-spontaneous recovery (SR)
\-more formal assessment after SR: focusing on expressive, receptive, reading, and writing,
\-faster we get them into rehab, better we can take advantage of neuroplasticity
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aphasia intervention
empower the patient to communicate successfully -> communication tasks to activate neural plasticity mechanisms ->cues and prompts (pictures, phonemic cues, phonological rhyming) -> compensatory strategies ->family support groups
\-"life participation model"
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right hemisphere stroke
\-emotional recognition impaired
\-demonstrate sensory neglect
\-narrative and conversational discourse skills impaired \\n -over-detailed
\-don’t remain of topic
\-visual neglect
\-"walky-talkies"
\-lack deficit awareness
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brain injury
\-lack of deficit awareness
\-cognitive processing, pragmatics, word finding are most prominent deficits
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dementia
\-Alzheimers disease is most frequent etiology
\-progressive degeneration of both hemispheres of the brain
\-problems with working memory, orientation, reasoning, judgment
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generating sound
\-object requires mass
\-requires elasticity
\-example: guitar string or vocal folds (stiff= higher pitch, less tension= lower pitch)
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wavefrom (graph) terminology
simple vs. complex waves
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simple vs. complex waves
simple waves
\-vibrates at a single frequency
\-rarely occurs in real world
\-pure-tone
complex waves
\-vibrations that contain 2 or more frequencies
\-nearly all sounds in real world are complex
\-speech, music, applause
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sound propagation
\-vibrations cause molecules in air to move
\-molecules bump into other molecules making them move
\-sound travels at roughly 350 meters per second (roughly 7783 mph)
\-as you move further from the sound source the amplitude decreases due to friction in the air
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the ear
outer ear
\-funnels sound waves
middle ear
\-amplifies waves
inner ear
\-turns waves into electrical impluses
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auditory nervous system
auditory nerve, brainstem, auditory cortex
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sound propagation through the ear
\-acoustic sound in the ear canal
\-sound waves impinge on the TM which vibrates
\-causes the ossicular chain to move
\-moves the oral window
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outer ear
pinna
\-visible flap of cartilage attached to the head
external auditory meatus (external ear canal)
\-oil gland secrete cerumen (ear wax) - used to protect middle ear pinna
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middle ear
tympanic membrane (ear drum)
\-an elastic membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear
\-converts the acoustic wave into a mechanical wave
ossicular chain
\-malleus -connected to tympanic membrane
\-incus
\-stapes-connected to oval window
eustachian tube
\-connected to throat, helps equalize pressure in middle ear.
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inner ear
\-hollowed-out portion of the temporal bone
\-starts at oval window, ends at the round window
contains three sensory organs
\-cochlea (hearing)
\-vestibule (balance)
\-semicircircular canals (balance)
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cochlea
\-hollow tube with 2 1/2 turns
\--starts at the oval window
\--ends at the round window
\-has 3 sections
\--scala vestibuli (SV) - filled with perilymph
\--scala media (SM) - filled with endolymph
\--scala tympani (ST) - filled with perilymph
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basilar membrane
\-separates the scala tympani from scala media
\-moves in a wavelike manner
\-loud sounds create large waves
\-soft sounds create small waves
\-tonotopic
\--high pitches are at beginning of membrane
\--low pitches are at the end of membrane
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organ of corti
\-tonotopic organization
\--traveling wave (determined by amplitude and frequency of the sounds)
\--hair cells
\-outer verses inner
\-shearing motion
\-depolarization (mechanically gated let channels)
\-transduction of energy (cranial nerve VIII-CNS (primary auditory cortex of temporal lobe)) tonotopically organized
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the traveling wave
1. response always begins at the base of cochlea 2. amplitude grows as it travels apically
3. reaches a peak at a point determined by frequency of the sound 4. vibration then dies out rapidly
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auditory nerve
\-8th cranial nerve
\-contains 30000 neurons that conduct information in one direction (afferent=neurons from cochlea to brain which conduct sensory information) (efferent=neurons from brain to cochlea which provides feedback for protective functions)
\-reverberation time - the amount of time it takes for an intense sound to decrease by 60 dB after the source is turned off
signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)
\-signal intensity minus noise intensity
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cochlear implant
external :
\- microphone
\-speech processor
\-transmitter
internal:
\-receiver
\-electrode array
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learning to hear
detection
\-document softest sound that can be heard w/o amplification
discrimination
\-ability to determine whether two sounds are same or different
identification
\-occurs after a child has learned the symbolic representation of the sound
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ossicular chain
malleus, incus, stapes
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dysphagia
difficulty or inability to swallow, may be unable to consume enough food and liquids safely
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aspiration
when food enters the airway
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4 stages to the swallow
anticipatory, oral, pharyngeal, esophageal
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anticipatory stage
not completely voluntary, before food reaches the mouth, sensory information helps a person prepare for food (visul, olfactory information), allows someone to discriminate desirable and undesirable things to eat.
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oral stage (part one)
voluntary
prepatory-food is chewed and mixed with saliva (bolus)
lips sealed; larynx/pharynx are at rest,
Masticated in a rotary lateral manner,
sensory input about food: taste, texture, temperature and bolus size,
back of tounge is elevated-bolus in oral cavity.
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oral stage (part two)
voluntary
transport-tongue pushes bolus up against palate and moves it posteriorly towards pharynx
(size and consistency of bolus dictate lingual strength needed)
\-oral phase is over when bolus passes anterior faucial pillars
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Pharyngeal stage
voluntary but more automatic than oral stage
brainstem and sensorimotor cortex are crucial (medulla in brainstem has nerves that control motor movements of larynx/pharynx/tongue)
Physiological events occur simultaneously
\-velum elevates and contracts (so there is no nasal regurgitation)
\-larynx closes then moves up and forward (we should not be breathing during this process)
\-epiglottis covers larynx (flips to protect airway)
\-swallow is triggered by sensory info sent to brain
\-pharyngeal peristalsis (wave-like contraction where superior, medial, and inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscles contract)
\-upper esophageal sphincter opens
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esophageal stage
begins when larynx lowers backward, breathing resumes \n -upper esophageal sphincter contracts \n -bolus moves through esophagus in peristaltic waves (synchronized smooth muscle movements)