Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Dysphagia(also: Swallowing Disorder, Swallowing Difficulty)
- A swallowing disorder that makes it difficult or impossible to move food or liquid from the mouth to the stomach safely. Dysphagia commonly occurs alongside communication disorders following stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological conditions. While not directly a…
- Dysphonia(also: voice disorder, phonation disorder)
- A voice disorder characterized by abnormal pitch, loudness, quality, or resonance of the voice resulting from impaired function of the larynx or vocal cords. Dysphonia can range from mild hoarseness to complete voice loss (aphonia) and may be caused by vocal cord nodules,…
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