LING 1P93 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Electromyography, Birth Weight, Traumatic Brain Injury
12 Jan 2016
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May also exhibit: unsafe swallowing, growth delay, lack of tolerance of food, Oral-motor functions: strength and coordination of the articulators. Oral-motor muscular tone: the tension and posture of the articulators. Oral-motor sensation: the sensitivity to taste, movement, and textures. Ling 1p93 chapter 15 notes: feeding & swallowing disorders. Oral-motor system: the physical structures and neuromuscular functions involved with both eating and speaking. Pediatric feeding disorder: persistent failure to eat adequately. Aspiration: food or liquid passes into the lungs causing pneumonia. The normal swallow: consists of 4 phases swallowing it for propulsion. The oral preparatory phase: prepares the substance to be swallowed for down the throat. The pharyngeal phase: propels the bolus downward through the throat to. The oral phase: moves the bolus to the rear of the oral cavity and prepared oral cavity to the esophagus. Reflexive cough: a protective reflex in which exhaled air is forced vocal folds to expel any foreign matter.
