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Communication Disorders, Swallowing Disorders, and Speech Therapy – An Introduction
言语治疗概论-0001

Zhejiang Chinese Medical University
浙江中医药大学

Instructor: Manwa L. Ng（吴民华）, PhD.

End-of-Semester Assessment – Individual Paper

Recall there are two components to your final course grade: (1) mid-term group presentation, and (2) end-of-semester assessment. To avoid possible confusion and technical difficulties associated with online examination, the end-of-semester assessment will be carried out in the form of a paper. As the semester is coming to the end, you should have learned much about communication, and speech, language, hearing and swallowing disorders. You now should have a good idea what some of the speech/language/swallowing disordersbe able to come up with a research paper independently.

The requirement of the individual paper is as follows:

EACH student will submit ONE individual paper. You must write the paper yourself. Seeing the language difficulty, the paper can be prepared in either Chinese or English. Select a disorder related to speech, language, hearing or swallowing. In 2 to 3 pages, talk about the disorder and its etiology, as well as its effect on communication and quality of life. Design a way to evaluate the severity and characteristics of the disorder, and the effect on communication and patient’s quality of life. Then design one or two intervention methods, or management protocol(s).

For example, for individuals with Parkinson’s disease (PD), you could talk about the signs and symptoms, underlying cause of PD. Talk about how PD affects one’s communication. As an speech therapist, how do we evaluate/assess its severity (particularly regarding speech). How do we manage them? Talk about medical, pharmaceutical, behavioral treatments that are available to PD, etc.

  1. Introduction/Background
  2. Etiology/Risk factors of the disorder
  3. Course of development of the disorder
  4. How does it affect communication / swallowing?
  5. Assessment of symptoms of the disorder (Why are they useful?) (perceptual vs. instrumental)
  6. Intervention of the disorder
  7. Prognosis
  8. Conclusion
  9. References (at least 5 references)
The paper should be prepared using word processing software such as WPS, MS WORD. Submit your paper in word format. Name your file using pinyin of your name: firstname+lastname.docx. For example, if your name is 陈大伟, then name your file should be named as: chendawei.docx

Please be reminded that plagiarism is a serious offense. All papers will be scanned for similarity via baidu or cnki.

Marking Rubics for the Term Paper

  1. Content (Accuracy, coverage, relevancy of information, etc.) (80%)
  2. Presentation (Format, smoothness of content, etc.) (20%)
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期末评估 – 个人论文

每个学生需要准备并撰写一篇2-3页的关于沟通或吞咽障碍的论文。这门课是双语课，所以论文可以用中文或英文撰写。学生可以选择与言语、语言、听力或吞咽相关的障碍，讨论该障碍及其病因，以及它对交流和生活质量的影响。设计一种评估该障碍严重程度和特征，以及对交流和患者生活质量的影响的方法。然后设计一种或两种干预方法，或管理方案。

例如，对于帕金森病（PD）患者，您可以谈论病徵和症状，以及PD的潜在病因。谈论PD如何影响一个人的交流。作为语言治疗师，我们如何评估/评定其严重程度（尤其是关于语言）。我们如何管理他们？谈论针对PD的药物、行为治疗等。内容应该包括：

  1. 引言/背景
  2. 障碍的病因/风险因素
  3. 障碍发展过程
  4. 它如何影响交流/吞咽？
  5. 对障碍症状的评估（它们为何有用？）（感知性vs.仪器性）
  6. 障碍的干预
  7. 预后
  8. 结论
  9. 参考文献

文章用WPS、MS WORD等编写。请以Word格式提交你的论文。用名字的拼音命名文件：姓+名.docx。例如，如果你的名字是陈大伟，那么你的文件名应为：chendawei.docx。

抄袭是违规行为。所有论文将通过百度或中国知网进行相似性检测。

论文评分标准

  1. 内容的准确性、覆盖面、信息相关性等（80%）
  2. 格式、内容流畅性等（20%）

Due Date: Friday, May 23, 2025

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