Speech And Language Treatment At The Florida Atlantic University Communication Disorders Clinic ( Fau Cdc )

Speech and language services: This service can support people who have had a stroke and have problems with their speech.

The inability to produce speech is caused by right sided temporal lobe damage. The temporal lobe is located on either side of the head just behind the temple area. Damage to the temporal lobe can also cause it to be difficult to place words together, the temporal lobe also deals with some memory skills. When you experience right sided temporal lobe damage it can cause it to be difficult to recall visual memory such as people’s faces. Physicians can suggest tests to people that have damage to their temporal lobe such as a Rey-Complex Figure, which is a visual memory test or they can suggest a Wechsler Memory Scale, which tests verbal memory, these tests can test the function of the temporal lobe

The patient is a 59-year-old right-handed white female who was admitted in June to Portsmouth Regional Hospital for what was determined to be either transient global amnesia or complicated migraine. I did review those notes. She was seen by Galina Simkin, MD. The symptomatology discussed in the H&P is consistent with transient global amnesia. She was having problems asking questions inappropriately, repeating sentences, repeating questions over and over again, and seeming somewhat confused. There were no other neurological symptoms at that time. No evidence for seizure activity. No evidence for stroke. She was brought to the emergency room, where she underwent a CAT scan, which was

The diagnosis is Cerebrovascular Accident, or CVA, this is also most commonly known as a stroke. A stroke is often described as an interruption of blood flow to the brain, due to either a blood vessel being blocked or rupturing. Strokes can occur in any area of the brain, and the structures involved will depend on the area of the rupture/blockage. The most common type of stroke is an ischemic stroke, which is caused by a lack of blood supply. A lesser common type of stroke is hemorrhagic strokes, which are caused by intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhaging. Both of these types of strokes are very dangerous and lead to brain tissue death.

Mr. Fix-it is a 59 year old man with a history of alcohol abuse and diabetic hypertension. Mr. Fix-it has been currently experiencing symptoms such as: rambling speech, poor short-term memory, weakness on the left side of his body, neglects both visual and auditory stimuli to his left side, difficulty with rapid visual scanning, difficulty with complex visual, perceptual and constructional tasks, unable to recall nonverbal materials, and mild articulatory problems. The diagnosis for Mr. Fix-it’s problem is most likely a right-hemisphere stroke. A right-hemisphere stroke is occurs when a blood clot blocks a vessel in the brain, or when there is a torn vessel bleeding into the brain. “A right-hemisphere stroke is common in adults who have

Alice Palmer has a mild brain tissue damage associated with the ischemic stroke as evidenced by a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15. On the other hand, she has a normal heart rate of 89 beats per minute (HR 89) and a blood pressure of 155/90 mmHg. A blood pressure of 155/90 mmHg is an indication of stage 1 hypertension. Mrs. Alice Palmer is hypertensive because she refused to take medication while she was at home (Grace Meissner, 2011; Fortrat & Gharib, 2016). Further, Mrs. Alice Palmer has a left-sided hemiparesis which indicates damage to the right side of the brain. Left-sided hemiparesis is a weak muscle tone of the left side of the body which leads to faded movement and carrying out self-care activities such as dressing, bathing, and grabbing objects (Fischer et al., 2016). Moreover, damage to the right side of the brain is associated with poor memory since the limbic system is located in that region (Usher & Marriott, 2011). Also, Mrs. Alice had a bilateral visual field deficit because of the mild brain tissue damage associated with the ischemic

Researchers with the University of Michigan performed a study in order to gain a better understanding of the link between brain injuries and this type of stroke. The study and its findings were published in the Neurology medical journal.

Marsha is a single mother of three, the youngest being in high school. She works as a sales associate in the women’s fashion section of a larger department store. Last year, Marsha experienced a cerebral vascular accident, or stroke, while on her way to work and was brought in to the hospital. Strokes occur when the blood supply of the brain is disrupted, such as an ischemic attack, thrombosis, or a ruptured blood vessel. When the patient awoke in the hospital, she was unable to understand the staff or her family and expressed difficulty in forming replies. This suggests that the CVA may have occurred in the left hemisphere of the brain, specifically in the Broca and Wernicke’s areas. The medical team suggested that Marsha be released from

Communication/Language – speech and communication disabilities, fast speech, mild stuttering, disorganized speech, difficulty expressing themselves, difficulty speaking in social contexts

Mrs X is an 81 year old lady who suffered from an ischemic stroke. She first started noticing the symptoms when she was visiting a friend. Mrs X started experiencing sudden trouble speaking and seeing, weaknesses, sudden confusion and severe headache. As her symptoms worsened her friend thought it was necessary to call the emergency services and after explaining Mrs X 's symptoms an ambulance arrived within 15minutes.

Patient is a 79-year-old right-handed white female who presents with her sister for evaluation of a new stroke. She presented to the physician on July 27th for an event that started on July 23rd. She awoke that morning and had decrease use of her left hand. She did not notice any weakness in her arm or any sensory changes. There are no problems with her leg. Walking was fine. There were no other neurological symptoms until she realized when she tried to get her coffee cup that she was unable to coordinate her fingers in her hand well enough to handle the coffee cup. She is having difficulty signing her name. She can print, but the decreased dexterity in her hand is significantly affecting her. She also cannot extend her left pinky finger. She

If a patient displayed dizziness, difficulty understanding or responding to voice commands, blurry vision, sudden headaches, or droopiness on one side of their face, one is to presume that the patient could be in the beginning stages of having a cerebrovascular accident (Cerebrovascular Accident, 2013). The length and severity of the signs vary from patient to patient but symptoms may appear quickly and unexpected, which is why a health care professional must be trained to act quickly and effectively when an individual exhibits these symptoms. A quick method of assessing whether a patient to suffering from a stroke is to use the FAST method. F: “face drooping”; ask the patient to smile and see if it is uneven or if one side is drooping. A: “arm weakness”; is one arm weaker than the other? S: “speech difficulty”; ask the patient to speak at the best of their abilities and determine whether speech is slurred. T: “time to call 9-1-1”; at this point in the assessment, a higher-level health care provider should be involved (Impact of Stroke,

Brain foundation 2011, A-Z of disorders, Stroke, Brain Foundation, Sydney, viewed 30 June 2011, .

As mentioned earlier wherever the stroke occurs in the brain and causes ischemic damage there will be lost of body function coinciding with that location. In this patients case the stroke damaged the left hemisphere. This is evident by the patient paralyzed right side, drooling, along with the loss of verbalization. Other common symptoms of left-sided stroke include memory difficulty. Often this is displayed as = shortened attention spans and difficulty with retaining new learned

Many stroke and brain-injury survivors don’t have enough insurance to provided speech therapy for a full recovery and cannot afford additional therapy. Unfortunately, without ongoing therapy and speech practice (such as with the Bungalow Software