CSD 2230 HUMAN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Topic 6 Language Disorders Adult Disorders Traumatic Brain Injury Dementia

Traumatic Brain Injury Young adults most at risk Causes Vehicle accidents and gunshot wounds Statistics 1/2 million people sustain TBI annually About 300,000 survive 25% have significant, long-term impairment Damage is diffuse Bruising and laceration Edema Infarction Hematoma

Characteristics of TBI Behavioral Attention and memory deficits Disinhibition Loss of independent living Cognitive difficulties Orientation, memory, attention, reasoning and problem solving, executive function

Characteristics of TBI Language deficits Naming Impaired comprehension Pragmatics Problems with speech, voice, and swallowing Emotional and personality changes

Assessment and Intervention Team approach SLP is responsible for assessing all aspects of communication, cognitive- communication function, and swallowing Recovery

Dementia Acquired and progressive Intellectual decline due to neurogenic causes Characteristics Memory impairment Poor reasoning and judgment Impaired abstract thinking Attention deficits Personality changes Causes Multiple strokes, infections, and diseases

Alzheimer’s Disease Cortical pathology causing progressive atrophy of the temporal, frontal, and parietal lobes Affects 6% of those over 65 and 15% of those over 80 Cause is unknown Videos