Neurology in the Speech Language Pathology Field

Classifications

What is a Neurological Exam?

Neurological Exam Tools

Steps of the Neurological Exam

Types of Imaging

Dorsal Induction

GA: 3-7 weeks- Period when neural tube is formed

Ventral Induction

GA; 2-3 months

Neural Proliferation

GA: 3-4 months

Neural Migration

GA: 3-5 months

Cortical Organization and Synapse Formation

GA: 5 months to years

Myelination

GA: birth to years after

The Spinal Cord

Form, Function, Disorders

Brainstem

Parts and Functions

Cranial Nerves

Twelve Cranial Nerves: Origins, Functions, Problems

Cerebellum

Functions, Testing, Disorders

Overview

Features, Hemispheres, Surfaces & Layers of the Cerebral Cortex

Protection

The inside of the skull can be a very inhospitable place for the delicate brain.

Nourishment

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Lobes of the Brain

What are the 4 major Lobes of the brain and what are their functions?

Hemispheric Specialization: Hemispheric Dominance & Interhemispheric Connections

Incorporated structures, language dominance hemisphere

Cerebral Disorders

Cerebral Disorders: Types, Causes, and Problems that come with them

Brain Plasticity

What is Neuroplasticity? How does it relate to the functioning brain? What are the Principles?

Cerebral Function

Brodmann's Map, Lobes & what areas they occupy, Cingulate & Insular Cortex's

Broca's & Wernicke's Areas

Where are they located, discovered by who, & how they relate to Speech and Language

Aphasia

An acquired multimodality language disorder; results in a deficit in the ability to produce/comprehend written/spoken language due to damage of the brain.

Reading Problems: Alexia

an acquired disorder of reading

Writing Problems : Agraphia

an acquired disorder of writing

Emotional Intelligence and the SLP/Audiologist

Theories of Emotion

The Neural Basis of Emotion

Disorders of Emotion

Brainstem Involvement

Subcortical and Cortical Controls

Neurology of the Cough Response

Neurology of Silent Aspiration

An Introduction to Cognition

Attention

Memory

Consciousness

The core of what we do every time we speak

The Neurology of Consciouness

Reticular Activating System projects to the cerebral cortex.

Conditions and their Effect on Consciousness

Dementia, Aphasia, and Epilepsy

Conditions Related to Discussion of Conscious

Out-of-Body Experiences & Near-Death Experiences

Hearing

Peripheral Auditory Stages

Central Auditory Stages

Central Auditory System Disorders