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What is Supranuclear Palsy?
Also known as Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), or Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome, Supranuclear Palsy is an uncommon degenerative brain disease due to damaged nerve cells in the brain affecting various motor skills..
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Description of TBI “Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a form of nondegenerative acquired brain injury, resulting from an external physical force to the head (e.g., fall) or other mechanisms of..
Activities to Help Your Child’s Oral Motor Development
Straws: There are some great ways to use different straws to help strengthen your child's oral musculature. First, make sure that your child can use a normal sized straw to..
Understanding Broca’s Aphasia
Individuals with Broca’s aphasia have trouble speaking fluently but their comprehension can be relatively preserved. This type of aphasia is also known as non-fluent or expressive aphasia. Patients have difficulty producing grammatical sentences..
Velopharyngeal Dysfunction
Normal Velopharyngeal Function To understand velopharyngeal dysfunction, you need to first understand normal velopharyngeal function for speech. The velopharyngeal valve is very important for normal speech production. This valve is..
