their lives; only five to ten percent of babies born with the disease live through the first year of their life. Many babies born with Patau syndrome have small or poorly developed eyes‚ heart defects‚ brain or spinal cord abnormalities‚ a cleft lip or palate‚ close-set eyes‚ and many other defects. Infants born with the disorder also have a impeded rate of growth due to problems feeding. Treatment for Patau syndrome is relevant due to the severity of the defects in the infant. Surgical procedures
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• Cleft palate happens when the roof of the mouth has failed to be completely closed. • Angular Bone Deformity causes bent bones just above or bellow the knees‚ “this condition causes severe knock knees (genu valgus) or bow legs (genu varus) that develop
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factors that cause these conditions. Such contributing factors include lifestyle‚ nutrition‚ alcohol use and smoking‚ pollution and certain medicines. The health conditions include heart diseases‚ diabetes‚ Alzheimer disease‚ birth defects such as cleft palate‚ cancers of the breast‚ arthritis and multiple sclerosis. The complex health conditions are difficult to treat and study because the precise causative factors have a multiple origin hence difficult to identify. Question #1- Factors that can be
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Please accept this letter as a request to apply for the Master’s program in Speech Language Pathology‚ for fall semester of 2016‚ at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I will earn my undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology at Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville in May 2016. I have learned and acquired many skills while working on my Bachelors of Science in Speech Pathology. The Student Fitness Center at SIUE has been my employer for the past four years. This is where I have developed
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Speech-language pathology is a field of expertise practiced by a clinician known as a Speech-Language Pathologist‚ also called speech and language therapist‚ or speech therapist‚ who specializes in the evaluation and treatment of communication disorders and swallowing disorders. The components of speech production include: phonation‚ producing sound; resonance; fluency; intonation‚ variance of pitch; and voice‚ including aeromechanical components of respiration. The components of language include:
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is the inability of the pituitary to produce adequate hormone levels other than growth hormone. Physical defects of the face and skull may also be associated with abnormalities of the pituitary gland. A small percentage of infants with cleft lip and cleft palate may have decreased growth hormone levels. No ideal treatment has been developed yet for pituitary dwarfism. Replacement therapy with growth hormone is indicated for children who have
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Educating Special Students: Learning Disabilities and Communication Disorders Kimberly A Pittman GCU: SPE-226 November 29‚ 2013 Learning Disabilities and Communication Disorders Chart Disorder Definition Causes Characteristics Teaching Strategies Placement Options Writing Disabilities Dysgraphia A learning disability that effects writing that may involve visual-spatial and language processing difficulties (types‚ n.d.) Scientists have found that learning disabilities are related to areas of
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Plastic Surgery reconstructing or repairing a part of your body transferring tissue to different areas. Cosmetic Surgery enhancing different parts of your body. Even though you may think they are the same they are in some ways different. It’s good to know a lot about procedure before you commit to it. Since the beginning of time‚ humans have engaged in self-improvement. So there should be no surprise that plastic surgery is considered one of the oldest healing arts in the world. The fact that there
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the bullies who attended my club meetings. I learned to focus on one of my goals: Help people smile. These families had troubles surviving on basic necessities such as food and shelter. Not having money for their surgery‚ children with cleft lip and palates attracted classmates’ teasing‚ humiliation‚ and even abandonment by their families. I felt that I could relate to those children who lost their smiles‚ friends‚ and families. The images of these unfortunate children and the realization of
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These “unique” techniques vary from the training of talking from the gut‚ avoiding lip movement‚ and learning how to switch letters in which the lips are required. The act of not showing the audience that you mouth is moving is a very challenging task‚ and ventriloquists require hours of training to master this. Axtell Expressions‚ a company that trains future ventriloquists
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