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screening |
Simple, informal and gross assessment of skills. Screenings identify individuals who are in need of more formal, comprehensive evaluation. |
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Sensory integration |
The way the senses are used to understand the environment; the taking in and processing of sensory information, and then formulating an appropriate response. |
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spasmodic dysphonia |
Movement of the vocal cords is forced and strained resulting in a jerky, quivery, hoarse, tight, or groaning voice. Vocal interruptions or spasms, periods of no sound (aphonia), and periods when there is near normal voice occur. |
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speech |
The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking. |
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speech and language pathology |
The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction.
Speech-language pathology is a field dedicated to the development and improvement of skills for individuals with communication and swallowing difficulties. Such impairments can include aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia, cognitive impairments, dysphagia, articulation and phonology disorders, language delays and disorders and pragmatic language deficits. |
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speech delay |
In general, a child is considered to have speech delay if the child's speech development is significantly below the norm for children of the same age. A child with speech delay has speech development that is typical of a normally developing child of a younger chronologic age; the speech-delayed child's skills are acquired in a normal sequence, but at a slower-than-normal rate. |
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speech disorders |
Long-term disorders in speaking or in perception of speech. |
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speech-language pathologists |
(SLP, also referred to as speech-language therapist) Professional who assesses, identifies and treats problems related to communication and/or swallowing. |
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speech-language therapy |
Any therapy intended to correct a disorder of speech, language or communication.
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stroke |
A condition due to the lack of oxygen to the brain which may lead to reversible or irreversible paralysis, communication deficits or dementia. Also called a CVA. |
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stuttering |
(also called dysfluency) A disorder of speech fluency that interrupts the forward flow of speech. All individuals are dysfluent at times, but what differentiates the person who stutters from someone with normal speech dysfluencies is the kind and amount of the dysfluencies. |
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swallowing disorders |
(also called dysphagia) A general term used to describe the inability to move food from the mouth to the stomach. |
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syndrome |
A set of signs or a series of events occurring together that often point to a single disease or condition as the cause. |
| TBI |
See
Traumatic Brain Injury |
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Traumatic Brain Injury |
Injury to the head, or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), may cause interference with normal brain functions. There are two broad categories used to describe TBIs: penetrating injuries and closed head injuries. |
