LING 1P92 Study Guide - Final Guide: Systematic Desensitization, Brain Injury, Medical Ultrasound
21 Apr 2017
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Agenda: go over what feeding and swallowing is, brainstorm causes in children and adults, talk about assessment and treatment, social factors and effects, how is feeding and swallowing disorders connect to communication. What is swallowing: complex behaviours involving volitional and reflexive activities of more than 30 nerves and muscles (matsuo, 2008) Impairment to swallow, common in elderly and infants. Activity: give each person in class, piece of food (cookie, cracker) ask them to pay attention to what is happening when they are eating said food. Substances enter the mouth and are manipulated into a bolus. Saliva helps move the bolus toward back of oral cavity. Moves bolus to the back of the oral cavity. Structures used; tongue and cheek muscles (creates pressure to push to pharynx). Propels bolus downward through the throat to entrance of esophagus. Structures included are; anterior faucial pillars (sphincters), soft palate and tongue and pharynx.
