Annotated Paper On Aphasia

The Nursing Practice has come a very long way from what is use to be. Nursing was an unwanted profession, difficult and challenging in many ways. It was thanks to the dedication, great effort and sacrifice of many determined nurses that paved the way for contemporary nursing. Dating back to around middle of the first century Christians use to care and tend the sick, serving as one of the first nurses that history can account. When the small pox epidemic occurred in around 165 to 185 AD, these Christians served as nurses. Now, we can imagine how hard it would have been to be a nurse in those days. The conditions were deplorable, with barely any hygiene. There were harsh conditions to work as nurse, and viruses like the measles outbreak in

Aphasia is an acquired neurological disorder results from damage to the brain. Aphasia has different disorders, all which can have varying degrees and impairments. The main areas aphasia affects are spoken expressive language, spoken comprehension of language, written expression, and reading comprehension. Aphasia can be caused by a variety of brain injuries such as brain tumors, surgery, and traumatic brain injury. The most common cause of aphasia however is a stroke, with up to 50% of survivors experiencing some type of aphasia (Maher 2010). With a great number of people who experience aphasia, there is not just one treatment that helps all. Treatment plans for those who have aphasia are individualized to each person based on the specific

Language is an ability that many of us take for granted in everyday life. For those with aphasia, it is a daily struggle to overcome and effective communication is a goal to strive for. Aphasia patients are able to think, perhaps as well as the average person, but they simply cannot convey their ideas or thoughts easily. The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination is an excellent examination for the diagnosis of the presence and type of aphasia, and for the location of brain damage. The Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia has been shown to be the most comprehensive assessment of the overall patient’s strengths and weaknesses in regard to language; it also allows for physicians to predict recovery accurately. Though it is no longer as popular or applicable as newer diagnostic tests, such as the BDAE, it is still an accurate assessment for aphasia. I think this is the paradox in neurological assessment: as technological advances improve, older assessments are becoming invalidated- though they are not inaccurate assessments. New advances and knowledge are being acquired in medicine every day, therefore there is always room for improvement (Holland, 2008). One of the biggest cons to the two batteries I mentioned in this paper is the fact that they are both time consuming- for both the patient and the

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Imagine a life where someone could not force words to come out of his or her mouth, even if he knew what he wanted to say. Such is the life for people who suffer from Broca’s aphasia. Broca’s aphasia is a speech disorder where the Broca’s area in the brain’s left frontal lobe malfunctions, resulting in the inability for a patient to form the necessary movements of the muscles for speech production. This type of non-verbal aphasia is often referenced as motor aphasia because of the lack of motor skills in the brain for speech production. Thousands of people suffer from this disorder, and as a result communication between these people and society is incredibly difficult. Although each person experiences Broca’s aphasia differently, there are

The following paper is an annotated bibliography containing three articles found in peer reviewed journals related to the practice of nursing. After first evaluating key points of each article, I will reflect upon them to assist me in enhancing my practice as a beginner nurse. Grealish, L., & Ranse, K. (2009). An exploratory study of first year nursing students’ learning

During the clinical observations I observed a 60-year-old man whose clinical diagnosis is non-fluent aphasia. To improve on his conversation skills he has worked with the clinician using conversational therapy. When viewing the session, the client expressed an understanding when asked questions on cars and movies. Most of the time he was intelligible, but it becomes hard to understand him when he stops to retrieve a word. As this takes place, he uses SAF or AAC’s triggering for the word he did not remember. His AAC’s consisted of unaided and aided communication systems using his body to receive kinesthetic feedbacks and his phone. He not only expressed his ideas, but demonstrates an interest on his goals for this session and semester. By asking

The book Finding My Voice with Aphasia: Walking through Aphasia by Carol M. Maloney, started as a flashback to the author’s years in high school. At first, I thought that the author wanted to highlight her youth years, and remind the reader of her past. As I continued reading, I realized that her life experiences prior to her stroke were vital to her recovery.

Aphasia can be defined as an impairment of language that occurs due to focal brain damage to the language dominant hemisphere ( Darley, 1990). Several researchers have been able to prove that Aphasics tend to Communicate better than they talk, as at least one of the language domains remain intact. Aphasia clients with verbal limitations tend to compensate it by other modes of communication such as gestures, writing, sign language, etc.. Traumatic Brain Injury ( TBI), on the other hand, is a heterogenous disorder that is associated with the presence of multifocal cerebral damage. Most clients with permenant cognitive deficits after the TBI is characterized

Aphasia may affect expressive language by causing difficulty with finding the correct words to use in conversation. People who have expressive problems may still be able to express their thoughts by using circumlocution. Receptive language may also be affected by limiting a person’s ability to interpret the sounds that they hear, including their own voice. Reading may be affected through the person being unable to interpret all the symbols they see. Aphasia may also affect writing by making it difficult to put words together to form sentences and lead to spelling and grammatical

The participants for this experiment will be randomly selected from both Doctors Hospital and Laredo Medical Center (LMC) and will consist of aphasic patients from both genders. The group age will be from 25-65. This experiment will use random assignment when forming

Aphasia is a language disorder where certain areas of the brain are damaged, which affects one’s ability to comprehend or produce speech and language. Nearly two million Americans have some type of aphasia, with about 180,000 American’s acquiring aphasia per year (NAA). There are many ways aphasia could be acquired such as, traumatic brain injury, infections, diseases or tumors. However, it is most commonly acquired by having a hemorrhagic or ischemic stroke. These events do not always lead to aphasia, but when they do, it is because the lesions are located in certain language centers of the brain, such as Broca’s Area or Wernicke’s Area. According to Schlaug, Marchina, and Norton (2008) about 600,000 to 750,000 strokes are documented each year in the US and around 20% of those who suffer from a stroke end up with some form of aphasia.

Language impairments has affected all types of people of all types of age. Language impairment has no specific target to effect. Many people who suffer from a traumatic event, aphasia disease, or simply a stutter; are all cases known for having communication disorders. Over six million people in the U.S. suffer from a language impairment; out of that six, one million suffer people suffer from aphasia, and three million suffer from stuttering. Through various research, many analysts have discovered an alternative way for these patients to effectively communicate with their peers. There has been several cases where literature has become a great influence in assisting those in need of speech therapy. Patients have found an operative way to interact with their friends and family through poetry. Even though, the poetry method has been shown to be effective, it does not necessarily work for everyone suffering from speech disorders. There are some cases where patients are too far into their disability, that a discovery has been yet to be developed. Poetry therapy has been shown to eliminate peoples language impairments by helping them use poetry as an alternate communication tool, some patients read poetry to help them with their aphasia disability, other patients write it for their own self discovery after suffering from a misfortunate event, and others have used poetry to help them control their stuttering.