Medical-psychological-pedagogical restoration of voice and swallowing in wilson-konovalov disease (clinical case)

Abstract

Wilson-Konovalov disease is a serious progressive hereditary pathology, which is characterized by a violation of copper metabolism and lead to severe changes in the central nervous system and internal organs. In Wilson-Konovalov disease a wide symptoms spectrum of various severity is observed: neurological, behavioral, and psychiatric ones. In the cases of swallowing disorders, voice and speech problems a help of a clinical speech therapist is necessary, who may prolong the patient’s independent nutrition through the mouth and could restore a sonorous voice by the means of speech-therapeutic techniques.