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- Allied Health = physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech pathology, dietitian, social worker, pharmacist
- Comprehension = Understanding (of spoken or written information)
- Complex communication needs = when gesturing, speech or written communication is inadequate to meet all of their communication needs.
- Dysphagia = Difficulty swallowing
- Dysarthria = Difficulty articulating words due to paralysis, inco ordination, weakness or spasticity of the muscles used for speech
- Dysphasia = A language impairment which can affect expression and/or comprehension
- Dysphonia = Difficulty making voice
- Dyspraxia = (speech or oro-motor) . A speech impairment caused by damage to the speech control centres of the brain that are used for planning, forming and sequencing sounds and words into speech.
- Expression = a way of communicating to others either by speech, writing, signs, or gestures.
- Health professional = nurse, doctor, member of an allied health team
- Laryngectomy = the removal of the larynx or voice box
- Parkinson's Disease = a degenerative disorder that effects movement
- Progressive Neurological Disorders = A continuous break down of the central nervous system including the brain and all of its functions, e.g. MS, Huntington's Disease, Motor Neuron Disease, Parkinson's Disease
- Tracheostomy = a surgical procedure on the neck to open a direct airway through a hole in the trachea (the windpipe)
- Videofluoroscopy = x-ray of swallowing