Chapter 3, Problem 1CR

Summary Introduction

To define:

All the listed term.

Explanation of Solution

Intervention is the process of observing and medical diagnosis of a condition in order to find more information about it and its treatment plans.

Skeletal is a term used to describe something with respect to the bones.

Neurological is a term used to describe anything related to nervous system and its associated functions.

Underweight is a term used to describe a person or a child who weighs less than normal.

Overweight is a term that suggest a person or a child is more than the normal weight,

Optometrist is a person who examines the eyes for the purpose of its overall health and vision. They provide low vision care and vision care therapies as well corrective glasses in case of an eye issue.

Amblyopia or lazy eye is a condition in which a low vision in one of the eye is caused due to abnormal visual development in childhood. The weaker or the lazy eye is generally stuck on one side either inward or outwards.

Strabismus is a condition, in which both eye fail to line up in a single direction and due to this both eyes cannot focus on same object at same time.

Myopia or near sightedness is a condition, in which a person is not able to clearly see the object placed far away, although the vision for near object remains normal.

Hyperopia or farsightedness is a common condition in which a person cannot clearly see nearby object, but can normally see objects far away. It is naturally caused by old age sometimes.

Audiologist is a person who is involved in diagnosis and treatment of sudatory disorders and hearing loss.

Conductive loss is a type of hearing problems in which the conduction of sound in the ear canal is affected. In this condition, the sound waves are unable to reach the eardrum.

Sensorineural hearing loss that occurs due to the problem in neural pathway of transmission of sound. It can happen when the hair cells in cochlea are damages or hearing nerve is damaged.

Mixed hearing loss occurs when the damage to the outer ear and the neural pathway to conduct sound occurs. This affects the middle ear’s ability to conduct sound and damage to auditory nerve.

Speech can be defined as the process of pronunciation is and articulation which involves physical ability to form words and speak.

Misarticulation is a generic term for the speech disorder that is characterized by distortion substitution and adding phonemes.

Pallor is a term that used to indicate the condition of pale skin, which makes the skin look dull and faded.

Lethargy is a condition defined as lack of energy and non willingness to perform any physical task.

Mottling is described as an uneven skin tone with discolored patches due to cutaneous infection or ischemia.

Skinfold is the creases or the folds formed when the skin is pinched, it is generally performed to measure the body fat.

Referral is the transfer of a patient by one clinician to another, it is a form of request to look into specific conditions for better treatment.