CogLang2 Flashcards
True or False: Early Intervention has a heavy emphasis on unidisciplinary care.
False; EI has a heavy emphasis on team-based care
Three parts in an Assessment Procedure
- Patient History
- Clinical Exam
- Add’tl Factors
Seven parts of Patient History
- Current and past history
- Current and immediate past medications
- Level of arousal
- History of feeding/swallowing problem including descriptions by family, patient/client, educational/medical staff, etc…
- Presence, type, duration, and method of placement (emergency or planned) of any airway device (tracheostomy, mechanical ventilation, intubation)
- Presence, type, duration of placement, adequacy, and complications of oral and non-oral feeding methods.
When you first meet the patient/client look for these things (6)
- Patient/Client’s posture
- Alertness level and reaction to the clinician
- Eye contact and Proxemics
- Presence or absence of medical support equipment
- Secretions: how does he manage them are they copious, thick, etc.
- Observe Interaction abilities
5 types of Clinical Examination
- Conversational or Play-Based Interview
- Language Evaluation
- Speech Examination
- Neurological Examination
- Cognitive Examination
Three etiologies of Language Disorders
- Idiopathic
- Genetics
- Environmental
Genetic Causes of Language Disorders that are Chromosomal Anomalies (3)
- Trisomy
- Genetic Deletion
- Translocation
What is Peridontal Disease?
systemic inflammatory response that can lead to preterm birth; has a clear robust association with language disorders.
Considerations (# of weeks) for being :
- Extremely premature
- Very premature
- Late preterm
- 24-27 weeks
- 28-31 weeks
- 34-36 weeks
List of Complications Related to Prematurity
- PDA - Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- BPD - Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
- ROP - Retinopathy of Prematurity
- NEC - necrotizing enterocolitis
- Sepsis - Systemic infection
What is Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)?
-Ductus arteriosus is expected to close at moment of birth
-DA expected to close at birth to allow blood supply and oxygen to circulate on its own
-If DA stays open or patent, the preterm baby will struggle to keep oxygenated
-Treatment: outside of SLP scope
-Robustly associated with later disorders; language, cognition, learning disorders
What is Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)?
-4 weeks post birth, baby still needs respiratory support
-We want to see consistent improvements after time
-Long-term effects are not seen?
What is retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)?
Blood vessels of eyes are affected.
Can lead to permanent visual impairment.
What is necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)?
-Necrosis: Tissue death
-Most feared complication after IVH due to high instance of death
-Inflammation in intestines and colon that causes necrosis
-Often treatable, language and cognitive impairments associated in future
What is the most feared complication after IVH due to its high instance of death?
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
What is Sepsis?
-Systemic infection
-History or use of gentamycin or neomycin antibiotic can cause hearing loss
-More vulnerable to future struggles
All complications for babies with IVH involve three complications. What are they?
- Birth weight - the smaller the baby, the sicker they will be
- Oxygenation - lack of this to the brain will have more severe long term affects
- Inflammation
What are the Neurological Anomalies that affect Language development? There are 7 we discussed in class.
- Microcephaly
- Spina Bifida
- Cerebral Palsy
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Lissencephaly
- Seizure Disorders
- Hydrocephaly
What is Microcephaly?
a birth defect where a baby’s head is smaller than expected when compared to babies of the same sex and age.
-Size of head and skull is indicative of brain size
What causes Microcephaly?
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- Toxins
- Infectious agents
- Genetic Anomalies
- Zika Virus
What is Spina Bifida?
a condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth
-the neural tube defect we see most frequently