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CD: Adult Language Impairments Part 2
Week 10: CH 7
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Undergraduate 3
12/08/2009

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A right hemisphere brain injury causes these types of deficits.
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Neuromuscular, perceptual and/or linguistic
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These are the characteristics of RHI.
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Neglect of all info from the left side; unrealistic denial of illness or limb involvement; impaired judgement; lack of motivation; inattention
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These language characteristics imply what type of injury: difficulty with recognition, receptive and expressive problems, pragmatics most impacted, poor comprehension, failure to suppress inappropriate info
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RHI
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Assessment of RHI?
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visual scanning and tracking, auditory and visual comprehension, following directions, emotional response, pragmatic abilities
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Intervention for RHI
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Visual and auditory recognition, paralinguistics, conversational skills and tracking complex information
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edema means
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sweling
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infarction means...
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tissue death
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hematoma means focal bleeding
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edema, infarction, hematoma are all a result of what
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TBI
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2 types of dementia
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cortical; subcortical
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