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Zmysł smaku – istota, zaburzenia, diagnoza, terapia (na przykładzie logopedy pracującego z dziećmi)
Sense of Taste – Essence, Disorders, Diagnosis, Therapy (On the Example of a Speech Therapist Working with Children)

Author(s): Renata Marciniak-Firadza
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: taste; dysgeusia; speech therapy of taste disorders in children

Summary/Abstract: The sense of taste itself is often underestimated in scientific considerations. The aim of the article is to describe the sense of taste (anatomy, physiology, functions, etiology, classification of taste disorders, consequences of taste disorders, diagnosis of taste disorders), and above all to present this sense in the context of speech therapy theory and practice (on the example of a speech therapist working with a children). The text contains proposals for therapeutic strategies and exercises stimulating the sense of taste, which can be used by a speech thera­pist during the therapy of a child with dysgeusia.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 159-173
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish
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