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Koidou, Irene; Kollias, Nikolaos; Sdravou, Katerina; Grouios, George – Educational Gerontology, 2013
Dysphagia is the clinical expression of disruption of the synchronized activity surrounding the normal swallowing mechanism. It results from a large number of causes including neurologic, myopathic, metabolic, inflammatory/autoimmune, infectious, structural, iatrogenic, and psychiatric diseases. It can have a significant impact on social and…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Literature Reviews, Incidence, Classification
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Worrall, Linda; McCooey, Robyn; Davidson, Bronwyn; Larkins, Brigette; Hickson, Louise – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
Three studies observed everyday communication of people with aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and in hospital. Simplification of real-life communication in the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health, variability of item sampling in existing assessments, and the complexity of real-life…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Children, Classification