By Maegan Mapes and Gail M. Whitelaw
This article is a part of the November/December, Volume 34, Number 6, Audiology Today issue. Access a print-friendly PDF of this article here.
Recently, the nation watched a major candidate participate in a political debate just months after he experienced a stroke. This may have been the first experience that the general public and even health-care professionals had with stroke recovery. This event resulted in a national discussion based on social media posts and news stories.
Traditionally, the focus post-stroke has been on executive function (EF) deficits, such as issues with working memory, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, and aphasia, which is absent or impaired language related to the stroke. Both issues can be short term or long term; however, the positive is that recovery is possible with appropriate treatment and support (Zinn et al, 2007; Berthier, 2012).
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