Right Hemisphere Flashcards
(6 cards)
RH attentional/perceptual deficits
- left neglect
- denial of illness (anosognosia)
- facial recognition deficits
- constructional impairments (reproducing drawings)
- attentional deficits
- disorientation
- visuoperceptual deficits
RH affective deficits
- understanding/describing emotions expressed by people
- expressing emotions
RH communicative deficits
- prosody
- discourse/narrative skills
- excessive speech
- pragmatics
- very concrete/literal
Assessment test to use for RH and why
RICE- 3
-includes 5 subtests to evaluate cognitive and communication deficits, associated with RH brain damage as well as nonverbal communication skills
what are examples of client-specific measures
- language samples
- narratives
- discourse
Treatment for RH
- denial
- impaired attention
- impulsive behavior
- discourse
- pragmatics
- reasoning
- metaphors/idioms
- visual neglect
Denial:
-clinician provides immediate feedback on errors to increase awareness
Attention:
-stopping pt when he/she wanders away from topic of discourse
-repeating instructions
Impulsivity:
-nonverbal signals to wait a few seconds before giving an impulsive response
Discourse:
-story retelling, story generation with hierarchical cues
Pragmatics:
-videotape conversations that show appropriate vs. inappropriate behavior
Reasoning
-activities that involve planning
Visual neglect
-colorful line drawing on left side of books
-frequent verbal prompts to pay attention to neglected side of body
-reinforcing when attention is made to neglected side
