Subject: Health Insights

A Guide to Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

A Guide to Right Hemisphere Brain Damage

Leaving food on half their plate… Drawing only half an object… Starting writing from the middle of the page… Insisting they waved their left hand when they actually didn’t… If you’ve observed any of these behaviors, you’ve seen some of the amazing,...
7 Ways Smartphone Tools Can Target Memory

7 Ways Smartphone Tools Can Target Memory

Memory loss tech tools for clinicians, caregivers, and patients: An SLP’s perspective Just 13 years ago, research touted the effectiveness of using a pager to reduce memory issues in people with traumatic brain injury (TBI).  We’ve come a long way since pagers....
How to Choose the Best Stroke Rehabilitation Facility

How to Choose the Best Stroke Rehabilitation Facility

Stroke recovery depends on many factors: where in the brain the stroke occurred, how much of the brain was impacted, caregiver support, the quantity and quality of rehabilitation, and how healthy the survivor was before the stroke. Each of the 5 stages of post-stroke...