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What Happens When The Parts of Your Brain Are Impacted by Stroke, Brain Injury, Aphasia or Other Cognitive and Communication Disorders?

This document provides information about different areas of the brain and the functions they control. It then lists sample exercises from Constant Therapy to help recover skills impacted by conditions like stroke, brain injury, or aphasia. The areas covered include auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading comprehension, written expression, attention, memory, and problem solving. For each area and level of impairment, 1-3 example exercises are provided to aid rehabilitation through repeated practice.

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What Happens When The Parts of Your Brain Are Impacted by Stroke, Brain Injury, Aphasia or Other Cognitive and Communication Disorders?

This document provides information about different areas of the brain and the functions they control. It then lists sample exercises from Constant Therapy to help recover skills impacted by conditions like stroke, brain injury, or aphasia. The areas covered include auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading comprehension, written expression, attention, memory, and problem solving. For each area and level of impairment, 1-3 example exercises are provided to aid rehabilitation through repeated practice.

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What happens when the parts of your brain are

impacted by stroke, brain injury, aphasia or other


cognitive and communication disorders?

Sensory perception (5 senses),


interprets inputs from other
areas of the body. Involved in
object recognition interpreting
where objects are in space;
math skills, and writing skills.
Involved in a wide range
of higher level cognitive
functions including: attention,
reasoning, decision-making,
judgment, planning, self-
assessment or performance,
problem-solving, motor skills,
impulse control, language
production, emotional
regulation, and social behavior. Receives and processes
visual information from the
eyes, depth perception, and
discrimination of movement
and color.

Responsible for understanding


and processing language,
sound processing, and
memory. Makes sense of
complex visual information,
and facial recognition.

Regulates basic functions Coordinates and monitors


such as breathing, heart rate, movement. Involved in
sleep cycle, and swallowing. balance, staying upright
Houses all the cranial nerves. and muscle tone.
Recover skills with
Constant Therapy exercises
A sample list of clinician-recommended exercises*

AUDITORY COMPREHENSION VERBAL EXPRESSION READING COMPREHENSION WRITTEN EXPRESSION

For mild impairment Levels For mild impairment Levels For mild impairment Levels For mild impairment Levels
Infer from voicemail 1 Form and say passive sentences 3 Read multiple paragraphs 2-3 Spell what you hear 5-6
Understand stories you hear 4-6 Describe the picture 1 Infer from multiple paragraphs 1-3 Spell what you see 5-6

For moderate impairment Levels For moderate impairment Levels For moderate impairment Levels For moderate impairment Levels
Follow instructions you hear 2-4 Name verbs 3 Read everyday things 1-3 Spell what you hear 3-4
Understand voicemail 1 Repeat active sentences 3 Read a paragraph 1-3 Spell what you see 3-4

For severe impairment Levels For severe impairment Levels For severe impairment Levels For severe impairment Levels
Understand words you hear 1-3 Identify picture features 1-3 Identify real words 1 Copy words (with help) 1
Read a word you hear 1 Name pictures 1 Understand written words 1 Spell what you see (with help) 1

ATTENTION MEMORY PROBLEM SOLVING

For mild impairment Levels For mild impairment Levels For mild impairment Levels
Find alternating symbols 5-8 Repeat a pattern 5-12 Do everyday math 3
Find alternating words 3-5 Alphabetize words you hear 3-5 Read a map 3

For moderate impairment Levels For moderate impairment Levels For moderate impairment Levels
Find the same symbols 6-9 Remember pictures in order (N-back) 2 Do everyday math 2
Remember and say numbers 2 Match words you hear 3 Do clock math 2

For severe impairment Levels For severe impairment Levels For severe impairment Levels
Choose which direction 1 Match faces 1-2 Alphabetize written words 1
Remember the right card 1 Repeat a pattern 1 Count money 1

*See the full list of Constant Therapy


exercise recommendations at
constanttherapy.com
CONTACT US: constanttherapy.com T 1-888-233-1399 E support@constanttherapy.com TLC_MM1052, Rev 3

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