Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byPosy Dawson Modified over 8 years ago
1
CSD 2230 HUMAN COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Topic 6 Language Disorders Adult Disorders Traumatic Brain Injury Dementia
2
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
3
Characteristics of TBI Behavioral Attention and memory deficits Disinhibition Loss of independent living Cognitive difficulties Orientation, memory, attention, reasoning and problem solving, executive function
4
Characteristics of TBI Language deficits Naming Impaired comprehension Pragmatics Problems with speech, voice, and swallowing Emotional and personality changes
5
Assessment and Intervention Team approach SLP is responsible for assessing all aspects of communication, cognitive- communication function, and swallowing Recovery
6
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
7
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
Similar presentations
© 2024 SlidePlayer.com Inc.
All rights reserved.