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12 Cards in this Set
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Neurological variables important for outcomes
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1. medical (PMH)
2. neurological (type of lesion) 3. medications |
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anagraphical factors:
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age
sex handedness heath status |
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Assuming that language processes affect aphasia
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erroneous
-metacognitive processes |
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Disconnection theory of recovery
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occurs by re-establishment of connections between undamaged lang. areas
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Mechanism of recovery
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vicarious functioning- remapping of functions to new areas
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functional of functional compensation
"redundancy recovery" |
activation of spared parts of a partially damaged distributed system
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Recovery theory
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depends on activivation of homologous structures in the R hemisphere
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Neuronal mechanism of recovery
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regenerative and collateral sprouting refers to changes in connections between neurons from intact cells to denervated regions
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self initiation is:
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essential for independance
judge by actions |
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goals as clinican
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-identify and close the gap between current comm status of patient and the functional demands of their lives
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Process Approach
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focus on spared abilities to treat compensate impaired abilities
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Impaired vs. spared abilites:
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1. produces no vs little propositional speech
2. work within vs outside modality of speech |
