Perspectives on Treatment for Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

Autor/in	Blake, Margaret Lehman
Titel	Perspectives on Treatment for Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 16 (2007) 4, S.331-342 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2007/037)
Schlagwörter	Communication Disorders; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Neurological Impairments; Etiology; Therapy; Speech Language Pathology; Research + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kommunikationsstörung; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Ätiologie; Therapie; Forschung
Abstract	Purpose: To describe the current treatment research for communication (prosodic, discourse, and pragmatic) deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage and to provide suggestions for treatment selection given the paucity of evidence specifically for this population. Method: The discussion covers (a) clinical decision processes and evidence-based practice; (b) a review of right hemisphere communication deficits and existing treatment studies; (c) accounts of right hemisphere function, right hemisphere deficits, and theoretically motivated treatments; and (d) a guide for exploring and selecting treatments based on deficits rather than etiology. Conclusions: Controlled treatment studies for communication deficits specifically for adults with right hemisphere brain damage are limited to aprosodia. For other communication deficits, clinicians may select treatments based on current theories of right hemisphere function and right hemisphere deficits, and/or treatments developed for other etiologies for which deficits are similar to those associated with right hemisphere damage. (Contains 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10