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SWALLOWING DISORDERS
Swallowing: Swallowing is the process that starts with taking food to the mouth and ends when it reaches the stomach by passing through the mouth, pharynx, and esophagus respectively.
Swallowing Disorder: It is a problem that may occur in any of these processes of swallowing.
Problems that can cause swallowing disorders:
What are the symptoms of swallowing disorder?
Conditions such as coughing during or after feeding, voice changes during or after feeding, weight loss and accompanying dehydration (the individual does not drink enough fluid), extra effort during chewing and swallowing, recurrent lung infections, food accumulation in the mouth or leaking out of the mouth are the main symptoms of swallowing disorder.
Who and how evaluates swallowing disorder?
The evaluation is done by a speech and language therapist specializing in swallowing disorders and the evaluation includes the following topics:
How is swallowing disorder treated?
Treatment depends on the cause of the swallowing problem and its current symptoms. Individual therapy programs are created with treatment approaches such as exercises to increase the function of the muscles used in the swallowing process, various positions and techniques for the individual to swallow more effectively, and determination of the consistency of the foods for safer and easier swallowing.
VOICE DISORDERS
What is sound and how is it produced?
Sound is a type of energy that is perceived by the hearing organs of living things and formed as a result of vibrations. Sound production in humans; It is caused by the air coming from our lungs vibrating our vocal cords.
What is voice disorder?
It is the situation where the characteristics of the sound such as quality, pitch, and intensity are not suitable for the age, gender, cultural background, or geography of the individual and has differences.
Problems that can cause voice impairment:
Many factors such as nodules, polyps, and edemas that may occur in the vocal cords, laryngeal traumas, age-related muscle weakness, neurological conditions such as Parkinson's and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), nerve paralysis, anxiety, depression, and chronic stress cause voice disorders.
What are the symptoms of voice disorder?
Many signs such as roughness, breathiness, and strain in voice, changes in pitch, intensity and resonance of the voice, aphonia, hoarseness, extra effort during the speech, tiredness in speech, alterations in voice quality during the day or during speech, wet voice can be observed.
Evaluation and treatment in voice disorders:
Speech and language therapists evaluate the individual. After a comprehensive evaluation, the most appropriate voice therapy technique for the individual and the current problem is selected and the therapy program is applied.
For clinical evaluation, intervention sessions or more information, please apply to our Secretariat of the Department of Speech and Language Therapy.
Department Secretary: Yeliz ŞEN
Contact Number: 0312 216 26 24
https://sbf-dkt.gazi.edu.tr/view/page/278972
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