TY - JOUR
T1 - Communication difficulties following right hemisphere stroke
AU - Mackenzie, Catherine
AU - Brady, Marian
N1 - <p>Originally published in: Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention (2008), 2 (4), pp.235-247.</p>
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Following reports in the 1960s that language may be affected by right-hemisphere (RH) lesions, many limitations to effective communication in the population with right-hemisphere damage (RHD) have been described. However, stereotypical portrayals and descriptions of carefully selected cases may be misleading as to the extent of communication deficits. In many of the parameters in which RHD patients are presented as typically impaired (e.g. discourse skills), a less severe picture may emerge when data from the non-brain-damaged (NBD) population are considered, controlling for age and education-level variables. Subsequent to RHD, some people show deficits on some communication measures, but many of these communication behaviours are also present in some NBD adults. Thus, diagnosis of deficit must be made with reference both to the healthy peer population and the individual's pre-lesion behaviour.
AB - Following reports in the 1960s that language may be affected by right-hemisphere (RH) lesions, many limitations to effective communication in the population with right-hemisphere damage (RHD) have been described. However, stereotypical portrayals and descriptions of carefully selected cases may be misleading as to the extent of communication deficits. In many of the parameters in which RHD patients are presented as typically impaired (e.g. discourse skills), a less severe picture may emerge when data from the non-brain-damaged (NBD) population are considered, controlling for age and education-level variables. Subsequent to RHD, some people show deficits on some communication measures, but many of these communication behaviours are also present in some NBD adults. Thus, diagnosis of deficit must be made with reference both to the healthy peer population and the individual's pre-lesion behaviour.
KW - stroke
KW - right hemisphere brain damage
KW - rehabilitation
U2 - 10.1080/17489530802615336
DO - 10.1080/17489530802615336
M3 - Article
VL - 2
SP - 235
EP - 247
JO - Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
JF - Evidence-Based Communication Assessment and Intervention
SN - 1748-9539
IS - 4
ER -