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Handout

What is Dysphagia?

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout visualizes the anatomy/physiology of the swallow and describes general symptoms of dysphagia.
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What is Apraxia? What is Aphasia?

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AdultSLPAphasia
Aphasia and apraxia require different treatment approaches, but can often present in similar patterns. This handout describes the difference between the two and is appropriate for family members in order to clarify treatment approaches applied during therapy.
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Handout

What is a Modified Barium Swallow Study (MBSS)?

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout describes what an MBSS is, why someone might need it, how to prepare for the exam, what will happen during the exam, and what they can expect after the exam. The handout also features a series of images taken from a swallow xray to give patients a concrete idea of what exactly will be imaged during this exam.
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Visualizing the Epley Maneuver

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/Falls
This handout is designed for therapists providing relief from benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) through the use of the Epley maneuver. The handout visualizes the 5 steps of the maneuver to help patients feel more comfortable with the process and know what to expect.
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Vertigo

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/Falls
This handout addresses vertigo related to benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). The handout explains the anatomy/physiology behind dizziness symptoms and provides a brief description of how therapy can help.
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Using a Walker Safely

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AdultOTBalance/Vestibular/FallsSeating and Mobility
This handout is designed for patients learning how to use a walker safely. It includes tips related to general safety, safe pathways, carrying items, and reaching.
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Handout

Types of Dementia

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AdultOTSLPDementia
This handout describes the basic signs and symptoms of 7 types of dementia.
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Handout

Types of Attention

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AdultSLPBrain InjuryStroke
Attention remains the foundation of all cognitively based tasks and is a fundamental concept to communicate to patients before beginning therapy. This handout provides a definition and concrete examples of each type of attention.
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Types of Aphasia and their Neurological Correlates

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AdultSLPAphasia
This handout visualizes the ways that aphasia may present given a particular brain lesion. The handout describes the common signs and symptoms of these types of aphasia: Anomic, conduction, Wernicke’s, transcortical motor, Broca’s, and global.
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Clinical Reference

Transgender Affirmative Care

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AdultOTSLP
The handout covers practical strategies that clinicians can implement in the areas of assumptions, body language, verbal language, and organizational strategies that promote transgender affirmative care in healthcare settings.
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The Visual Fields and the Brain

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AdultOTSLPBrain InjuryStrokeVision
This handout outlines the pathway of the visual fields as they travel from the light rays entering the eyeball to the occipital lobe at the back of the brain. This helps clarify why certain left or right brain injuries will have different kinds of field cuts on the same or opposite sides of the brain, depending on location of damage.
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Handout

The Trigeminal Nerve

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AdultSLPDysphagiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
This handout is for patients who have lost sensory or motor function of the fifth cranial nerve. The handout features simple anatomy/physiology of the trigeminal nerve, including the alveolar nerves, lingual nerves, and buccal nerves.
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Handout

The Role of OT in Total Shoulder Arthroplasty

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AdultOTOrthopaedics
The handout is designed to be provided to patients so that they understand how occupational therapy can assist with recovery after total shoulder arthroplasty.
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Handout

The Right to Refuse to Eat

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This is targeted towards family members and staff and describes the neurological processes involved in eating/drinking, how medical professionals can rule out barriers to oral intake (such as dysphagia), the risks of feeding in the face of refusal, considerations for artificial nutrition and hydration, and a brief description of hospice services.
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Handout

The Point of Thickened Liquids (NDD version)

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout is for people who have dysphagia and choose to use thickened liquids as a compensatory strategy due to a delayed swallow.
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The Mendelsohn Dysphagia Intervention

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Handout featuring instructions and evidence base for Mendelsohn swallow exercise to improve hyoid elevation and excursion.
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Handout

The Masako Dysphagia Exercise

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AdultSLPDysphagia
Handout featuring instructions and evidence base for the Masako exercise to improve pharyngeal wall strength for patients with dysphagia.
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Handout

The Hypoglossal Nerve

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AdultSLPDysphagiaMotor Speech/Dysarthria/Apraxia
This handout handout describes the hypoglossal nerve anatomy and function and describes how damage to the hypoglossal nerve may affect the tongue.
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The Effortful Swallow

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AdultSLPDysphagia
This handout provides the evidence base for the effortful swallow as well as information for when this strategy may be useful and how to successfully complete it.
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Handout

Stroke

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AdultOTSLPStroke
This handout describes what a stroke is and visually distinguishes the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. Contains information about trans-ischemic attacks, signs/symptoms of stroke, and causes of stroke.
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