Long-term speech and language disorders subsequent to closed head injury in children

Brain Injury ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faye M. Jordan ◽  
Anne E. Ozanne ◽  
Bruce E. Murdoch
1979 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harvey S. Levin ◽  
Robert G. Grossman ◽  
James E. Rose ◽  
Graham Teasdale

✓ Long-term recovery from severe closed head injury was investigated in predominantly young adults whose Glasgow Coma score was 8 or less at the time of admission. Of the 27 patients studied (median follow-up interval of 1 year), 10 attained a good recovery, 12 were moderately disabled, and five were severely disabled. In contrast to previous studies suggesting that intellectual ability after severe closed head injury eventually recovers to a normal level, our findings showed that residual intellectual level, memory storage and retrieval, linguistic deficit, and personal social adjustment corresponded to overall outcome. All severely disabled patients and several moderately disabled patients exhibited unequivocal cognitive and emotional sequelae after long follow-up intervals. Analysis of persistent neuropsychological deficit in relation to neurological indices of acute injury severity demonstrated the prognostic significance of oculovestibular deficit.


NeuroImage ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. S492
Author(s):  
B.S. Kirkby ◽  
J.D. Van Horn ◽  
G. Esposito ◽  
T.E. Goldberg ◽  
D.R. Weinberger ◽  
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Cortex ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni A. Carlesimo ◽  
Maurizio Sabbadini ◽  
Antonella Loasses ◽  
Carlo Caltagirone

Author(s):  
Kevin Draper

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability. A stroke can damage areas of the brain associated with communication, resulting in speech and language disorders. Such disorders are frequently acquired impairments from left-hemispheric stroke. Music-based treatments have been implemented, and researched in practice, for the past thirty years; however, the number of published reports reviewing these treatments is limited. This paper uses the four elements of the narrative synthesis framework to investigate, scrutinise and synthesise music-based treatments used in the rehabilitation of patients with speech and language disorders. A systematic review revealed that fifteen studies meet the inclusion criteria set out. It was found that the music-based treatments utilised included: Melodic Intonation Therapy (MIT), Modified Melodic Intonation Therapy (MMIT), adapted forms of MIT, the Singing Intonation, Prosody, breathing (German: Atmung), Rhythm and Improvisation (SIPARI) method and a variety of methods using singing and songs. From a synthesis of the data, three themes emerged which were key elements of the interventions; they were: (a) singing songs and vocal exercises, (b) stimulating the right hemisphere and (c) use of speech prosody. These themes are discussed and implications for newly-qualified practitioners are explored.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Danette Langbecker ◽  
Centaine L. Snoswell ◽  
Anthony C. Smith ◽  
Jedidja Verboom ◽  
Liam J. Caffery

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1988 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 93-97
Author(s):  
Frederick P. Rivara ◽  
Michael D. Kamitsuka ◽  
Linda Quan

The circumstances and characteristics of emergency room-treated injuries in children younger than 1 year of age were studied and unintentional injuries were compared with those caused by abuse. Unintentional injuries were seen 15 times more frequently in an emergency room than injuries caused by abuse. The majority of unintentional injuries were minor, although skull fractures and fractures of the clavicle did occur. In contrast, injuries caused by abuse were commonly multiple and severe and were more likely to result in long-term disability. Results of this study indicate that unintentional injuries are rarely serious and that closed head injury, rib or lower extremity fractures, and abdominal injuries are usually indicative of abuse.


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