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Chapter 24 - Language and Cognitive Rehabilitation after Stroke

from Part VI - Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 December 2020

By
Marian C. Brady  and
Jonathan J. Evans
Edited by
Jeffrey L. Saver  and
Graeme J. Hankey
Jeffrey L. Saver
Affiliation:
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of Ca
Graeme J. Hankey
Affiliation:
University of Western Australia, Perth
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Summary

Language and cognitive impairments are common consequences of stroke. These difficulties persist with 60% of stroke survivors continuing to experience memory problems, 50% attention deficits and 61% communication problems long after the onset of the stroke-related impairments. Such deficits are ‘invisible’ – evident only through patient report, behavioural observation or formal assessment. The impacts of such deficits are considerable and can include prolonged hospital stays, poorer functional recovery and reduced quality of life. Effective and timely rehabilitation of language (auditory comprehension, expressive language, reading and writing) and cognitive abilities (memory, attention, spatial awareness, perception and executive function) are crucial to optimise recovery after stroke. In this chapter we review the current evidence base, relevant clinical guidelines relating to language and cognitive impairments and consider the implications for stroke rehabilitation practice and future research. Speech and language therapy offers benefit to people with aphasia after stroke; intensive intervention, if tolerated, likely augments the benefits. Interventions for deficits in all non-language cognitive domains exist, but need refining and evaluating more thoroughly with a wider range of methodologies.

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Aphasialanguage rehabilitationcognitive rehabilitationconstraint-induced aphasia therapymemoryexecutive functionvisual fieldshemispatial neglecttreatment
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Stroke Prevention and Treatment
An Evidence-based Approach
 , pp. 501 - 516
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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