The implications of the findings for the treatment of congenital dysarthria associated with Moebius syndrome are also discussed. The advantage of instrumental analysis over perceptual assessments in defining treatment goals for children with congenital dysarthria is highlighted.Bruce...
By doing this, when the untrained CFCM presents the same probability for two diseases, it can be trained via GA to definitely direct the diagnosis towards one of those diseases. Dysarthria is a general term used to describe a group of disorders in verbal communication. These problems are ...
Individuals with cerebral palsy and their families navigate daily life with strength, discovering innovative ways to participate in activities, achieve personal goals, and contribute meaningfully to their communities. "Throughout every stage of my life, [my parents] gave me the tools and encouragement...
* Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for adult, child, and adolescent clients * Organized around 26 main speech-language disabilities, from those associated with aphasia and dysarthria to dysphagia, language disorders, alternative ...
Most reports consider that improving local control and patient QoL are the main goals at this stage [7]. There is no denying that radiotherapy plays an important role in the treatment of oral and maxillofacial metastases; numerous studies have also confirmed the effectiveness of radiotherapy in ...
The therapeutic goals of treating MS are to reduce the frequency, severity and duration of relapses, to slow the pro- gression of disability and to prevent sub-clinical activity and progression on MRI. It is thought that decreasing the number of acute, inflammatory relapses may lead to less ...
Bolus manipulation compensates for 1. timing/coordination 2. constriction/patency impairments of oral, pharyngeal chambers or valves Bolus manipulation: examples of goals maximize sensory feedback about the bolus and its position, bolus flow, deformability of the bolus in response to compression or gra...
terrorists could also reach their goals by simply causing illness on a large scale [10]. Category B agents are ones that would cause moderate morbidity and low mortality. Category C agents are pathogens in the emerging phase, [10] (Table1). The relative toxicity of selected agents for compar...
Stroke mimic: tumor. This 83-year-old woman presented to an outside hospital with dysarthria. The emergency stroke CT protocol showed a focal left parietal lesion with curvilinear cortical enhancement and focal elevation of blood volume and blood flow (white arrows), with normal to fast perfusion...
The primary goals of preventive therapy are to prevent migraine attacks and to reduce the frequency and severity of attacks. Most preventive migraine medications have potential side effects, so only children with at least one to two attacks per week should take them. Parents and caregivers should ...