chapter 6 Flashcards
define cognitive-communication disorder
reduced ability in language skills due to impairments in one or more areas of cognition
Common cognitive communication deficits
-attention
-long-term memory
-dysfunctional behaviors
-poor self-regulation of emotions and behaviors
-limited insight
Attention deficits
difficulty in
-focusing
-easily distracted
-switching tasks
-responding to simultaneously presented stimuli
Long-term memory deficits
Relatively uncommon but could be deficits in learning new info and retaining info about recent events
Dysfunctions behaviors
inappropriate
-time management
-planning daily tasks
-difficulties with maintaining a schedule
Poor self-regulation of emotions and behaviors
sudden or frequent episodes of anger, aggression, possible physical harm
Limited insight
is common among people with moderate to severe TBIs
Characteristics of Cognitive-Communication Deficits
Macrolinguistic Processing
- topic selection and maintenance
- coherence and cohesion
- grammar
- gist comprehension
Topic selection and maintenance
- deficits in selecting a topic
- deficits maintaining a topic
- deficits in appropriate conversational skills
Coherence and cohesion
- deficits in use of certain cohesive markers
–personal pronouns (he, she, it)
–demonstrative pronouns (this/that, these/those)
–conjunctive markers (yet, though, but)
–comparative words (same, equal, similar)
grammar
-deficits in inclusion and formation of key ideas and characters of story
- deficits in story organization
sometimes have adequate knowledge of the characters but may not be able to apply them due to high cognitive load
gist comprehension
- deficits in summarizing a story
- may miss some key take-home messages from a reading
Characteristics of Cognitive-Communication Deficits
Microlinguistic Processing
- verbal processing
- word selection and retrieval
verbal production
- may display logorrhea (compulsive talkativeness)
- may display interruptions initiating and maintaining conversational topics
Word selection and retrieval
deficits with word selction and retrieval are very common in people with TBIs
Characteristics of Cognitive-Communication Deficits
Extralinguistic contributors
- eye gaze
- affect
- gestures