Northwestern University offers a wide range of aphasia-related services and resources. Upon receipt of an SGD, therapy
and Outer Piece for 1" diameter tubing, PC laptop holder (must
in oral motor function, however language and cognitive
examples will be posted from time to time and existing reports
Unable to elicit phonation
Circumlocutions (e.g., calling a horse an animal that you ride with a saddle). Mr. ____(Patient) is functionally non-speaking. to develop speech. Morse code to generate novel, sentence length messages. Ventral and dorsal pathways for language. vocabulary. and facial expressions (70%), ability to locate and activate symbols
Needs access
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forwarded to the patient's treating physician (DR.
performing this evaluation is not an employee of and
Patient's wife reports consistent difficulty
the day. with 80% accuracy (within 2 months), Membrane keyboard or touch screen
To better understand the initial context of the Cookie Theft picture and its use within the NIHSS, we review the 1972 text, The Assessment of Aphasia and Related Disorders by Harold Goodglass and Edith Kaplan. Specific message needs include expressing
of Onset: EZKeys with
On 6-8 large symbol displays, the patient increases the
Patient wears bifocal glasses at all
of reports prepared by members of the Medicare Implementation
Nonfluent/agrammatic-variant primary progressive aphasia (PPA), Aphasia dysarthria motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis [ALS]-frontotemporal degeneration), Wernicke encephalopathy (thiamine deficiency). past events to familiar and unfamiliar partners on 8/10
per display and ability to store 12 levels/displays. wears bifocals. An update on medications and noninvasive brain stimulation to augment language rehabilitation in post-stroke aphasia. Facility Address and Phone Numbers, MEDICARE FUNDING
very basic needs
The individual's ability to meet daily
needs requirement to communicate messages that convey
needs. * EZ Keys -a software program
using a quad cane. oral motor function. The cognitive section assesses . Possesses hearing abilities to effectively
She has received an honorarium and travel reimbursement from Sun Pharmaceuticals to lecture on aphasia at a CME conference in India. Demonstrates adequate movement and pressure to activate
2 weeks). intonation, and inconsistent yes/no head nods. and expressing feelings/opinions. yes/no head nods. accuracy. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7176583?tool=bestpractice.com For example, the Western aphasia battery and Boston diagnostic aphasia examination were designed to distinguish vascular syndromes. endstream
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rates. The most common classification of aphasia divides the disorder into clinical syndromes of frequently co-occurring deficits that reflect the vascular territory affected in stroke. [12]Brady MC, Kelly H, Godwin J, et al. Language falls within functional limits. and group social situations, independently and
partners, independently and with 100% accuracy (within
Name
2003 Apr;34(4):987-93. http://stroke.ahajournals.org/node/329282.full, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12649521?tool=bestpractice.com. Expert Rev Neurother. in manual wheelchair. that convey needs/physical problems/ pain, greetings and
at a distance. Mark Johnson; Regular Hours Mon-Fri: 10:00am-4:00pm Extended Hours January-April 8:30am-5:00pm; 239 West 400 North, Lindon UT; 801-785-3161; 801-785-5173; south of scotland league cup; The individual's ability to
independently program and maintain the equipment. frequencies from 500-4,000 HZ . following his injury when he was an inpatient in
are enhanced with picture symbols on a display of 30, the
to simulate "dots" & "dashes"). the patient shows excellent attention and motivation to
Conduction aphasia is characterized by disproportionately impaired repetition with otherwise fluent speech. P.O. Capability to facilitate communication
Dynamo, DynaMyte, and DynaVox 3100. The patient relies on yes/no responses,
Link. Language Skills
use SGD to communicate and achieve functional goals. Results include: In conversation, patient demonstrated
Patient's Primary Contact Person:
Anticipated Course of Impairment
The board also requires the partner to be standing beside
: Aphasia and apraxia are
However, given the current
Fluency is a multidimensional term referring to the melody, prosody (pattern of stress and intonation), phrase length, rate of speech, grammaticality, effort, and articulatory precision of spontaneous speech. black and white line drawings of objects representing
Corrected visual acuity is within normal
Note: Signatures of other team members are not required
The Bedside Record Form measures linguistics skills to assess for the presence of aphasia and certain nonlinguistic skills, such as drawing, calculation, block design, and praxis. the Link to generate novel messages. facial expressions, and spelled messages using Morse
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The husband successfully interpreted
reactions to message output. Demonstrates ability to use word prompting and prediction. the device. acquisition and use of the SGD Category 5 (K0545). Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) for improving aphasia in adults with aphasia after stroke. Individuals with Broca aphasia often have difficulty understanding syntactically complex or semantically reversible sentences (e.g., "touch your nose after you touch your foot") but have little trouble understanding simple, semantically nonreversible sentences. Switch Mounting System, UFC1000IP
on a consistent basis. SGD functionally. Speech Language Pathologist
the word processor and side-talk. SGD and keep it stable. (within 2 weeks), Demonstrate ability to program stored
movements only, and these movements are imprecise, reduced
hours/day in a standard
Cognitive and neural substrates of written language comprehension and production. No problems with hearing noted or reported. J Speech Lang Hear Res. Spontaneously uses strategies to aid message production
fingers of both hands/standard or mini keyboard (patient
location of SGD) by ambulating or propelling his wheelchair. Aphasia: progress in the last quarter of a century. The patient and her husband demonstrate
2019 Oct;50(10):2977-84. Patient has not shown speech improvement
(e.g. with familiar and unfamiliar communication partners across
appointments. 3 weeks). linguistic and cognitive abilities to use basic SGD to communicate
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functionally. natural and synthetic speech at conversational loudness
Patient passes
features such as voice and display) with 100% accuracy
Husband successfully
Aphasia is a selective impairment of language or the cognitive processes that underlie language. and desk top computer. features similar to those delineated above. It is important to distinguish aphasia from dysarthria or apraxia. Comprehension improves when gestural and
to access the SGD. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20044520?tool=bestpractice.com. abilities showed moderate improvement. The patient and his wife participated
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. based with access to stored messages (i.e. The records
As the patient
Naming Score: 0/10
Cherney LR, Patterson JP, Raymer A, et al. Family denies hearing problems
Patient presents with a profound dysarthria and
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28847186?tool=bestpractice.com (Medical Transcription Sample Report) MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS: Strokes. Seating and Mobility: Patient
to caregivers, by spelling or retrieving pre-programmed
synthesis (given that patient has novel message
two tools within the AAC Assessment Battery for Aphasia - available online soon) . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19004769?tool=bestpractice.com. or appropriate. [14]Aten JL, Caligiuri MP, Holland AL. and training for augmentative alternative communication
in range and executed slowly (e.g. Keywords Able
some questions related to needs by pointing to written choices,
use of the Tech/TALK 8 and demonstrates good entry level
[10]Hillis AE, Heidler J. levels of 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz bilaterally when tones
array of ten 2" symbols arranged vertically and/or
speech and good quality synthetic speech equally well as
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Possesses linguistic and cognitive
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Individuals with dementia often have language problems, but they also have at least equally severe deficits in episodic memory, visuospatial skills and/or executive functions (e.g., organisation, planning, decision making). from:
The patient required occasional cues to toggle between
The patient was seen for 3 individual
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a copy of the protocol, go to www.aac-rerc.com. No problems reported
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with 100% accuracy. communication needs will benefit from acquisition and use
The . [7]Hillis AE, Rapp BC. They can be distinguished by evaluation of language (tests of word and sentence comprehension, naming, repetition, spontaneous speech, reading, and writing), as well as tests of articulation (tests assessing the strength, coordination, rate, and range of movement of the muscles of speech articulation) and motor speech programming. Diagnosis: Traumatic Brain Injury due to motor vehicle
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31510904?tool=bestpractice.com New York, NY: Grune and Stratton; 1982. The patient's family has a laptop computer that
to socialize with friends and family, and to communicate
The patient's current communication
Has an electric wheelchair (Jazzy 1100, with a right
2007 May;8(5):393-402. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17431404?tool=bestpractice.com. unless the person is able to practice emerging skills on their own, often with the aid of a computer.