Appendix D: Aphasia and Traumatic Brain Injury

aphasia

often has a history of stroke

aphasia

Obvious neurological impairments only in some

aphasia

conscious, alert, oriented in most cases

aphasia

Dysphagia, uncommon

aphasia

Absence of psychiatric (behavioral) disorders

aphasia

Absence of memory and intellectual impairments

aphasia

mostly relevant speech and language

aphasia

impaired social (pragmatic) communication generally not prominent except for Wernicke’s aphasia

aphasia

dysarthria, if present, is an independent coexisting problem; generally good intelligibility

aphasia

abstract reasoning problems are subtle if any

TBI

A history of head and brain trauma

TBI

Obvious neurological impairments in most if not all

TBI

Stupor, coma, confusion, disorientation

TBI

Dysphagia, more common

TBI

Auditory hallucinations, confabulation, delusions, apathy, irritability, unreasonable behavior, and depression in some cases

TBI

presence of memory and intellectual impairments

TBI

confused imprecise rambling speech and language

TBI

impaired social communication

TBI

dysarthria, often the spastic type generally impaired speech intelligibility

TBI

Abstract reasoning problems may be obvious