Aphasia

With Adults With Aphasia by Newton, Acres, and Bruce, results revealed that scores from a paper-based language test were highly correlated with those from the computerized tests; however, the computerized test scores were lower. Also, the time it took to complete the test in both cases were the same. Some clients felt more comfortable taking the computerized test, but overall the paper-based test was more preferred. Some tests are better taken on a computer for adults with aphasia, such as The…

When I first downloaded the outline to lecture two and saw the tittle “Biological Bases of Behavior” I thought “okay he’s just going to go over all the parts of the brain and tell us a little bit of what the parts do.” The amazing things is that it wasn’t like that at all, I learned so many new and interesting things. One thing that really stood out to me was when he started talking about sensory information and motor information. I thought it was so cool how all the sensory and motor…

A lot of patients on the mental health floor also see a neurologist, as many of these conditions can be brought on after a cerebrovascular accident. They are seen by a number of specialties because the symptoms seen in these patients range from aphasia, cephalagia, dysphasia, and ataxia to cognitive problems, convulsions, disorientation, seizures and incoherent speech. Some of these patients are not even conscious of what they are doing. Delirium and pseudodementia are common in patients who…

The patient presents an intracranial lesion to the anterior frontal lobe. This will result in damage of the prefrontal cortex causing apraxia and mild rigidity. The prefrontal cortex contains Brodmann’s Areas 9, 10, and 11. Damage to Area 9 is “frontal syndrome” which means the patient rarely follows a plan to completion. Area 10 is involved in judgement, anticipation of consequences, and social intelligence. Area 11 is on the ventral surface of the frontal lobe and incorporates emotions,…

My Reflection Paper While completing the first module for neurology there were many aspects of the brain that I was completely unaware of and found interesting. As a speech-language pathologist, it is important for one to know the function of the brain so one can have the skills to help improve the ability for an individual to communicate with others. Damage to certain parts of the brain function can lead to some drastic consequences relating to speech and language functions. I had always found…

Audience The audience for this paper are primarily those that can make changes in school curriculum such as curriculum makers and legislators. But it also extends to teachers and parents due to the fact that they play a big role in children education. Thesis statement Imagine one day you walk into a room, in which everybody is talking and laughing but the only thing you can possibly hear is a very faint noise. What would you do? How would you feel about your inability to communicate? About 13%…

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the case with everyone who has a traumatic brain injury, but there is a potential it could happen. Motor function can be affected with certain fine motor skills in the hands. It can also affect the motor function of speech, also known as Broca’s Aphasia. This is when there is a problem with the transmission of information. They understand what the information is and know what they want to say, but have a difficult time actually getting the information across…

counseling with dementia association or from a Neurologist is necessary. • The behavior variant frontotemporal dementia (bv-FTD) is a sub type classification according to rapid behavioral changes with a FTD patient. • The primary cause of progressive aphasia (PPA) usually occurs in their mid stage with difficulty in speech. • The occurrence of Frontotemporal Dementia is hereditary in nature. The symptoms may start at the age of 40 years and above with behavioral changes in the beginning. •…

Neuroscientists have available to them several techniques to understand the relationship between brain and behaviour. However, the lesion method is the best one to establish that an area is involved in a certain task. Lesion studies have been beneficial in identifying these relationships based on examining brain damaged people. This paper will argue the important contributions the lesion method has made to neuroscience while exposing the problems associated with the functional brain imaging…