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Preemie Books
The
Preemie Parents Companion: The Essential Guide to Caring for Your Premature Baby
in the Hospital, at Home, and Through the First Years by Susan L Madden M.S,
William Sears MD, Jane E Stewart MD
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Cerebral Palsy Dictionary
T Tactile: Relating to touch. Tactile defensiveness: Abnormal sensitivity to touch. Tailor sitting (Indian style): Sitting cross-legged on the floor. TDD: Telecommunications Device for the Deaf. TES: See Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation. Thalmus: A portion of the brain involved in refining movement of the muscles. Therapist: A trained professional who works to overcome the effects of developmental problems. Therapeutic Electrical Stimulation: A treatment in which electrodes are attached to the skin over certain muscles while the child sleeps. The electric stimulations increases muscle bulk and strength. Tongue protrusion reflex: A reflex that causes the tongue to forcefully push food out of the mouth. Tonic: Having continuous increased muscle tone. Tonic-clonic (grand mal) seizure: A type of seizure which causes a sudden loss of consciousness followed immediately by a generalized convulsion in which extremities become stiff, then jerk rhythmically. Trachea: Windpipe. Tympanometer: An electrical instrument which measures changes in pressure and mobility of the eardrum to detect middle ear fluid. |
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