Aphasia and TBI Quiz

1. Use it or lose it

damaged areas of the brain need to be used to promote restructuring and stop further degradation

2. Use it to improve it

neuroplasticity can be induced through activities that targets the damaged areas to improve ability in the target skill

3. Specificity matters

learning is impacted and limited to the specific skill that is being learned in that context

4. Repetition matters

the target skill needs to be repeated to establish behavioral change and neural remodeling, plus maintaining that change

5. Intensity matters

the freater the intensity, the better the long term effect of intervention as long as its not too intense

6. Time matters

the earlier the intervention, the better

7. salience matters

the target skills and activities need to be relevant to the patient’s daily life

8. Age matters

the brain atrophies with age, so age must be a consideration when making a treatment plan

9. Transference matters

using one area of the brain to help rewire a damaged area

10. interference matters

attempts to rewire one skill may interfere with the neural networks behind another one. they also may develop compensatory strategies not as sophisticated or efficient as the original skill

Aphasia

Acquired language disorder that impairs language comprehension or production, mostly caused by strokes

Hemiplegia/hemiperesis

weakness/paralysis to one side of the body

Hemianopsia

Individual can’t see to the left or right of midline