Is this neuroplasticity at work?
Language Processing.
Spelling of words previously used.
Orthographic Output Lexicon
What is it when a sudden, often periodic, abnormal levels of electrical discharge occurring in the brain?
What can it be caused by?
Answer: Seizure
Caused by: Stroke, TBI, tumor, surgical trauma, infections, epilepsy
Effects:
(1) Mild-moderate seizures can produce a slowly accumulating level of brain damage to the affected areas over time.
(2) Severe seizure is capable of creating immediate brain damage or and even death.
Seizures over time: can cause brain damage
Hemisphere Damage.
Inability to attend to sensory stimuli from:
One side of their body is ___________
Hemibody neglect
Attention Type.
Ability to hold attention on a single stimulus; be able to sustain attention on the task long enough to reach completion.
Example: Sort cards into suits or color without distractions
Sustained attention
What are some treatments for pragmatic deficits?
Have the individual:
Learn overt rules of social interactions
Analyze prerecorded actions among individuals
Apply to one’s own interactions (e.g., Turn taking, maintaining eye contact, and topic maintenance)
Language Processing.
Library of spoken words that have been produced.
Phonological Output Lexicon
Aphasia.
What type is characterized by:
low expressive (non-fluent); high receptive and client can repeat phrases.
Broca's
Aphasia.
What type is characterized by low receptive skills; high expressive (fluent) skills and client cannot repeat phrases.
Wernicke's
Attention Type.
Ability to move or alternate one’s attention back and forth from one stimulus to another.
Example: Sort cards by suit and, when given a cue, shift to sort cards by color or number and then back to sort by suit; switching back and forth
Alternating Attention
PPA vs. Aphasia.
What is a difference in language abilities between PPA and Aphasia?
PPA areas of communication will continue to decline while in aphasia, communication will not get worse.
Language Processing.
Library of spoken words that have been previously heard.
Phonological Input Lexicon
Left or Right Hemisphere?
affected language, non-linguistic cognition
Left
Hemisphere Damage.
Inability to attend to sensory stimuli from:
One side of the environment
Hemispatial neglect
Attention Type.
Ability to attend to one stimulus while simultaneously attending to another stimulus (aka “multi-tasking”).
Divided Attention.
PPA. Prominent characteristics. Fill in the blanks/choose answer.
Most prominent clinical feature (at onset and for initial stages of disease):
_____________ and this is the primary contributor to impaired activities of daily living.
Symptoms are/are not due to _______, psychiatric, or medical disorders
Prominent non-language cognitive or behavioral impairments should/should not be present initially.
Communication difficulty
are NOT ; neurological
should NOT
communication difficulty and this is the primary contributor to impaired activities of daily living.
Symptoms are not due to other neurological, psychiatric, or medical disorders
Prominent non-language cognitive or behavioral impairments should not be present initially.
Language Processing.
Stores letter strings that correspond to vocabulary of written words.
Orthographic Input Lexicon
Left or Right Hemisphere?
Affected social behaviors, neglect occurs, have attention deficits
Right
Aphasia.
What type is characterized by
low receptive and low expressive and cannot repeat phrases.
Global.
Attention Type.
Ability to hold attention on a stimulus while ignoring the presence of a competing stimulus.
Example: Sort cards into suits or color with TV as distraction
Selective Attention
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