Medicine Questions

The term _______________ is a narrow term we use to describe working directly with individuals or groups of patients whereas the term __________________ is preferred because it includes all of the elements of intervention.

Give one example of a compensatory task or treatment method you can use to help an individual with global aphasia function better in ADLs?

The technical term for "talking around" a target word, or using alternative words or expressions to express the meaning of a target word that is never actually uttered is ___________________.

A common rating scale used to assess the cognitive and behavioral levels of a person recovering from TBI is the _____________________ scale.

Learning requires many cognitive skills but to learn a person must first have the ability to _________________.

When blood accumulates on the surface of the brain between the pia and arachnoid mater it is called a ____________________ (two words).

A term for incessant verbal production without appropriate self-monitoring of verbosity, often characteristics of people with aphasia due to left temporal lobe lesions, is ___________________.

Recovery can take place months and years after the onset of aphasia, even in those with severe aphasia. T/F?

A clinician greets her patient and notices he is lethargic. She finds out that he has been up all night with a medication reaction. The clinician needs to conduct an assessment. Which best practice should she follow to decide what to do next?

Validity refers to the degree to which a test measure is measuring what it is supposed to measure. T/F?

Worldwide, males have 50% greater likelihood of sustaining a TBI than females. T/F?

A type of occlusive stroke in which a blockage (typically a blood clot or piece of plaque) travels from elsewhere in the blood stream to the point where it blocks an artery is called ________ stroke.

Forcing the use of an impaired system is sometimes used to improve the function of that system. This type of therapy is known as ______________ therapy.

A person could score within normal limits on a standardized language assessment tool and still present with abnormal discourse abilities. T/F?

alpha-adrenergic blockers (phenoxybenzamine) 1 week prior, beta-adrenergic blockers (propanol or metoprolol) 2-3 days prior

If an SLP evaluation or treatment session is denied because of insufficient documentation from the clinician, the patient may be responsible for payment of that service. T/F?

The substitution of "woman" for "man" is an example of ______________ paraphasia.

You are conducting an assessment on a newly referred individual. Their spouse is present during the assessment and is attempting to respond and answer many of the questions. What best practice rule should you follow to conduct the assessment with the spouse present?

Oral anti-diabetic that increases insulin prod

progesterone that is often combined with ethinyl estradiol