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SPEECH REHABILITATION FOR THE GERIATRIC PATIENT
Author(s) -
Buckman Gerald F.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1971.tb02219.x
Subject(s) - medicine , aphasia , presbycusis , rehabilitation , apraxia , referral , parkinsonism , audiology , population , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , family medicine , hearing loss , psychiatry , disease , environmental health , pathology
More attention should be paid to communication disorders in the geriatric population. Appropriate areas of referral to speech and hearing pathologists include aphasia and apraxia (so common after stroke), various dysarthrias (e.g., in parkinsonism), the requirements for esophageal artificial speech after laryngectomy, and presbycusis. Interdisciplinary cooperation will lead to complete rehabilitation services for all patients.