Language 🗣️📖
• Language is the code we use to share ideas.
• We use words, symbols, and rules.
• If you have language difficulties, it may be hard to:
- ✏️ find words.
- 📝 make sentences.
- 👂📚 understand what others say or write.
Speech 👄🗨️
• Speech is how we move the lips, tongue, jaw, and mouth to make sounds.
• If muscles are weak or not working, speech might be:
- 😕 unclear.
- 🤔 hard to understand.
Voice 🎤🫁
• Voice is the sound from your voice box (larynx).
• We use our voice to:
- 🗣️ talk.
- 😂 laugh.
- 📢 shout.
- 😮💨 sigh.
• Problems with your voice may need a doctor (ENT).
Cognitive Communication 🧠💬
•Cognitive communication is how our thinking skills help us communicate.
This includes:
- 🧾 memory.
- 👀 attention.
- 📂 organisation.
- 🧩 problem solving.
• If affected, it can be hard to remember, follow conversations, or share ideas.
Social Communication 🤝😊
• Social communication is how we use words, tone, and body language with others.
- 🔄 taking turns.
- 📌 staying on topic.
- 😅🙃 understanding jokes or sarcasm.
• Problems can cause confusion or misunderstandings.
Dysphagia 🍽️🥤
• Dysphagia means difficulty swallowing food, drinks, or saliva.
This may cause:
- 😮💨 coughing.
- 🚫 choking.
- ⬇️ food going the wrong way.
• It can affect nutrition, safety, and health.
Feeding / Cognitive Feeding Behaviours 🍴🧠
• Feeding means using thinking and movement skills to eat and drink.
Difficulties may include:
- 🍴using cutlery.
- 📝 remembering steps.
- 🔄 coordinating actions.
• This can affect independence, nutrition, and mealtimes.
