Could Mindfulness Practice Be Helpful for People With Aphasia?
Aphasia therapy involves improving receptive and expressive language through traditional language approaches. Over the past few years, some research has started to indicate that non-linguistic factors may also affect auditory comprehension: Distractions that interfere with attention may negatively affect auditory comprehension in people with aphasia.
While most treatment approaches focus solely on linguistic deficits, I believe it is helpful to consider how other areas of cognition impact a person’s ability to interpret and produce language. I look to techniques from other disciplines for solutions when working on att...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - January 3, 2017 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Annie Gatziolis Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Aphasia Language Disorders Source Type: blogs
Hemiplegic Migraine and Paraspinous Cervical Injections with Bupivacaine
I recently treated a patient with hemiplegic migraines successfully with bupivacaine cervical injections, a novel therapeutic technique using paraspinous cervical injections. The technique employs deep intramuscular injections of 1.5 mL of 0.5% bupivacaine bilaterally into the paraspinous muscles of the lower neck. (Read more in my October 2012 blog and see it demonstrated in a video at http://bit.ly/2ewC5n1.)This headache and orofacial pain treatment was first described in 1996 by my twin brother, Gary Mellick, DO, a neurologist who did a pain fellowship. The exact mechanism is unknown, but the treatment appears to...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - December 1, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Revisiting the relation between speech production and speech perception: Further comments on Skipper et al.
Continuing the "discussion" ofSkipper, Devlin, and Lametti's (SDL) recent and in my opinion badly misguided review of the relation between speech perception and production, let's consider this quote on page 84:Miceli, Gainotti, Caltagirone, and Masullo (1980)found a strong relationship between the ability to produce speech and discriminate syllables in 69 fluent and nonfluent aphasics. Specifically, contrasts between groups with and without a phonemic output disorder showed that patients with a disorder were worse at discriminating phonemes, particularly but not limited to those distinguished ...
Source: Talking Brains - November 27, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Nov 26, Dr. Alois Alzheimer: Today in the History of Psychology (26th November 1901)
At a Hospital for the Mentally ill in Frankfurt, Germany, Dr. Alois Alzheimer interviewed and examined Auguste Deter; famously known as patient 'Auguste D' whose symptoms included, paranoia, aphasia and severe memory and psychosocial impairment. Keen to study the neuropathological features of her illness, Dr. Alzheimer maintained a close interest in the case of Auguste D up until her death on the 8th April 1906.
On the 4th November 1906, at the 37th annual conference of South West German psychiatrists, in T übingen, Germany, Alzheimer gave a lecture titled 'Über eine eigenartige Erkrankung der Hirnrinde' (About a Peculia...
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - November 26, 2016 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
What is Aphasia in Dementia Care?
Aphasia is a disorder that robs you of the ability to communicate and express yourself.By Rachael WonderlinAlzheimer's Reading RoomImagine this: you are sitting with a group of friends. They ask, "What do you want to do tonight?" Each friend offers an idea or plan, one by one. It's your turn.You know exactly what you'd like to do tonight, and you're excited to share it.You open your mouth...and no words come out. You begin to gesture as if you're speaking, but your mouth only offers noises.Your friends look perplexed, and begin to misinterpret what you want. Finally, they say, "You're confused. You can just stay here....
Source: Alzheimer's Reading Room, The - November 13, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: alzheimer communication tips aphasia alzheimers Aphasia Dementia dementia help for caregivers family caregiving help alzheimer's help with dementia help with dementia care memory care facility Source Type: blogs
An Unusual Case of Foreign Accent Syndrome Following TBI
A teenage boy spent three days in a coma after a severe kick to the head while playing goalie in a soccer match. He then woke up speaking Spanish—seemingly fluently—although his primary language is English. Rueben Nsemoh made global headlines recently for this unusual, but not singular, switch in language function after a traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Nsemoh previously learned a few Spanish phrases from teammates and his brother, who studied in Spain. So he heard a lot of the language, but never really spoke it until after the TBI. Most of the numerous news outlets and publications that covered the story attribute t...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - November 2, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: News Speech-Language Pathology Aphasia Language Disorders Traumatic Brain Injury Source Type: blogs
PhD Scholarship Opportunities in the Neurobiology of Language, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
Degree: PhDLocation: Brisbane, Queensland, AustraliaFunding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Stu...
Source: Talking Brains - September 5, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
EVA Park Virtual World Helps Stroke Patients Regain Speaking Skills
City University London researchers have developed a game-like virtual world for people with post-stroke speech impediments to practice their communication skills. Called EVA Park, the virtual world resembles Second Life, but is focused on getting the player to communicate with characters about mundane everyday things.
To keep players engaged, the conversations and situations have quirky aspects that make them fun while really sticking to the kinds of basic conversations a typical person may find themselves. EVA Park has places like a bar, where you can practice ordering a warm pint of English beer, and a hair salon, wh...
Source: Medgadget - August 19, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Editors Tags: Neurology Psychiatry Rehab Source Type: blogs
A 60-year-old man presents with acute confusion, aggressive behavior, and aphasia
T2-weighted FLAIR MRI A 60-year-old man presents with acute confusion, aggressive behavior, and aphasia. Imaging reveals a heterogeneously enhancing mass (5 x 2 x 2 cm) in the left medial temporal lobe with extensive peripheral edema (image above), but no significant contrast enhancement. A subtotal temporal lobectomy was performed on suspicion of a low-grade glioma.High-power view of biopsy from left temporal lobeThe diagnosis is herpes simplex encephalitis. PCR amplification of DNA from the specimen more specifically identified the causative agent as herpes simplex virus, type 1 (HSV1). The most common identifiable ...
Source: neuropathology blog - July 18, 2016 Category: Radiology Tags: infectious disease Source Type: blogs
Concetta Tomaino and the Healing Power of Music
Congratulations to Disruptive Women in Health Care Dr. Concetta Tomaino who continues to show us the power of music to heal. The following post by Deborah Harkins first appeared in Women’s Voices for Change on July 11, 2016.
Concetta Tomaino with her late colleague Dr. Oliver Sacks, to whom Dustin Hoffman presented the Music Has Power award in 2006.
Music! We know it can stimulate, excite, soothe, transport . . . . indeed, it sometimes sparks emotion so pleasurable that it actually sends chills down the spine. (Like sex, cocaine other abused drugs, and food, music triggers the area of the brain that releases dopamine, ...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - July 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Clinical Updates, Tips on Business and Billing, Draw Attendees to ASHA Connect
Editor’s note: This is the first of two posts from the ongoing ASHA Connect Conference in Minneapolis. This post focuses on the health care side of the conference. The second, to come on Monday, will focus on the schools side.
For speech-language pathologists in private practice and health care, attending ASHA Connect is a slam-dunk: The sessions give them hands-on information they can use right away. The sessions—smaller and more in-depth than those at the ASHA Annual Convention held in November—offer specific clinical strategies and business tips, attendees say.
This is the first year for ASHA Connect, which began...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 8, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Carol Polovoy Tags: Events Speech-Language Pathology Uncategorized Health Care Source Type: blogs
NIH News in Health, July 2016 Issue
Check out the July issue of NIH News in Health, the monthly newsletter bringing you practical health news and tips based on the latest NIH research.
Features
Safeguarding Our Health: Vaccines Protect Us All
A Blurry Worldview: Understanding Myopia
Health Capsules
Physical Activity Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk
Understanding Aphasia
Featured Website: Test Your Sense of Pitch
NIH News in Health, July 2016 http://bit.ly/29upIJr (Source: BHIC)
Source: BHIC - July 8, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Kay Deeney Tags: Articles Source Type: blogs
Tips for Training Caregivers to Communicate With Dementia Patients
As a speech-language pathologist with a passion for geriatric care, I can’t help but notice how disenfranchisement of seniors seems to increasingly creep into our society. I see many seniors—both healthy and especially those with impairments—becoming more and more invisible in our fast-paced internet-driven world. Practically everyone has their noses buried in an iPhone or other device and face-to-face communication gets lost except for the FaceTime app users!
I think SLPs and other professionals in our field learn to respect an individual and how to provide compassionate care for other human beings. These valuable s...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 28, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Linda Carozza Tags: Speech-Language Pathology Alzheimer's Cognitive Rehabilitation dementia Source Type: blogs
A Day in the Life of an Acute Care SLP
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from a guest blog post that originally appeared on Tactus Therapy. In the post, speech-language pathologist Brenda Arend shares highlights of a typical day working in acute care at Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Washington.
8:30 a.m.: Assigning patients
The first part of my day is spent opening up patient charts in our EPIC electronic medical record and assigning three SLPs to see patients in our 380-bed hospital. Two or three SLPs cover a caseload that ranges from 15 to 30 patients, although recently we see as many as 42. In addition, we also provide outpatient video fluo...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 9, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Brenda Arend Tags: Speech-Language Pathology acute care Aphasia Cognitive Rehabilitation Dysphagia Health Care Swallowing Disorders Source Type: blogs
