Perspectives on treatment for communication deficits associated with right hemisphere brain damage

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 331-342

  Blake, Margaret Lehman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive communication disorders; Evidence based practice; Neurogenic speech and language; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549057020     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2007/037)     Document Type: Review

References (89)

1. Bartolo, A., Benuzzi, F., Nocetti, L., Baraldi, P., & Nichelli, P. (2006). Humor comprehension and appreciation: An fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 18, 1789-1798.
2. Baum, S. R., & Dwivedi, V. D. (2003). Sensitivity to prosodic structure in left- and right-hemisphere-damaged individuals. Brain and Language, 87, 278-289.
3. Beeman, M. (1993). Semantic processing in the right hemisphere may contribute to drawing inferences from discourse. Brain and Language, 44, 80-120.
4. Beeman, M. (1998). Coarse semantic coding and discourse comprehension. In M. Beeman & C. Chiarello (Eds.), Right hemisphere language comprehension: Perspectives from cognitive neuroscience (pp. 255-284). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
5. Beeman, M. J., Bowden, E. M., & Gernbacher, M. A. (2000). Right and left hemisphere cooperation for drawing predictive and coherence inferences during normal story comprehension. Brain and Language, 71, 310-336.
6. Benowitz, L. I., Moya, K. L., & Levine, D. N. (1990). Impaired verbal reasoning and constructional apraxia in subjects with right hemisphere damage. Neuropsychologia, 28, 231-241.
7. Blake, M. L. (2006). Clinical relevance of discourse characteristics after right hemisphere brain damage. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15, 255-267.
8. Blake, M. L., Duffy, J. R., Myers, P. S., & Tompkins, C. A. (2002). Prevalence and patterns of right hemisphere cognitive/communicative deficits: Retrospective data from an inpatient rehabilitation unit. Aphasiology, 16, 537-548.
9. Blake, M. L., & Lesniewicz, K. (2005). Contextual bias and predictive inferencing in adults with and without right hemisphere brain damage. Aphasiology, 19, 423-434.
10. Brownell, H. H., Potter, H. H., Bihrle, A. M., & Gardner, H. (1986). Inference deficits in right brain-damaged patients. Brain and Language, 27, 310-321.
11. Cannizzaro, M. S., Coelho, C. A., & Youse, K. (2002). Treatment of discourse deficits following TBI. Perspectives on Neurophysiology and Neurogenic Speech and Language Disorders, 12, 14-19.
12. Cappa, S. F., Benke, T., Clarke, S., Rossi, B., Stemmer, B., & van Heugten, C. M. (2003). EFNS guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation. European Journal of Neurology, 10, 11-23.
13. Cappa, S. F., Benke, T., Clarke, S., Rossi, B., Stemmer, B., & van Heugten, C. M. (2005). EFNS guidelines on cognitive rehabilitation: Report of an EFNS task force. European Journal of Neurology, 12, 665-680.
14. Chantraine, Y., Jeanette, Y., & Ska, B. (1998). Conversational abilities in patients with right hemisphere damage. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 11, 21-32.
15. Cherney, L. R. (2006). Ethical issues involving the right hemisphere stroke patient: To treat or not to treat? Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 13, 47-53.
16. Cicerone, K. D. (2005). Methodological issues in evaluating the effectiveness of cognitive rehabilitation. In P. W. Halligan & D. T. Wade (Eds.), Effectiveness of rehabilitation for cognitive deficits (pp. 43-58). New York: Oxford University Press.
17. Cicerone, K. D., Dahlberg, C., Kalmar, K., Langenbahn, D. M., Malec, J. F., Bergquist, T. F., et al. (2000). Evidence-based cognitive rehabilitation: Recommendations for clinical practice. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 81, 1596-1615.
18. Cicerone, K. D., Dahlberg, C., Malec, J. F., Langenbahn, D. M., Felicetti, T., Kneipp, S., et al. (2005). Evidence based cognitive rehabilitation: Updated review of the literature from 1998 trough 2002. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 86, 1681-1692.
19. Coulson, S., & Wu, Y. C. (2005). Right hemisphere activation of joke-related information: An event-related brain potential study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 494-506.
20. Diamond, B. J., Shreve, G. M., Bonilla, J. M., Johnston, M. V., Morodan, J., & Branneck, R. (2003). Telerehabilitation, cognition and user-accessibility. NeuroRehabilitation, 18, 171-177.
21. Ferstl, E. C., Rinck, M., & von Cramon, D. Y. (2005). Emotional and temporal aspects of situation model processing during text comprehension: An event-related fMRI study. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 17, 724-739.
22. Glosser, G. (1993). Discourse patterns in neurologically impaired and aged populations. In H. H. Brownell & Y. Joanette (Eds.), Narrative discourse in neurologically impaired and normal aging adults (pp. 191-212). San Diego, CA: Singular.
23. Gouvier, W. D., Webster, J. S., & Warner, M. S. (1986). Treatment of acquired visuoperceptual and hemiattentional disorders. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 8, 15-20.
24. Griffin, R., Friedman, O., Ween, J., Winner, E., Happé, F., & Brownell, H. (2006). Theory of mind and the right cerebral hemisphere: Refining the scope of impairment. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 11, 195-225.
25. Halper, A. S., & Cherney, L. R. (1998). Cognitive- communication problems after right hemisphere stroke: A review of intervention studies. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 5, 1-10.
26. Halper, A. S., Cherney, L. R., & Burns, M. S. (1996). Clinical management of right hemisphere dysfunction (2nd ed.). Gaithersburg, MD: Aspen.
27. Happé, F., Brownell, H., & Winner, E. (1999). Acquired "theory of mind" impairments following stroke. Cognition, 70, 211-240.
28. Hartman-Maeir, A., Soroker, N., Oman, S. D., & Katz, N. (2003). Awareness of disabilities in stroke rehabilitation - a clinical trial. Disability and Rehabilitation, 25, 1, 35-44.
29. Howieson, D. B., Loring, D. W., & Hannay, H. J. (2004). Neurobehavioral variables and diagnostic issues. In M. D. Lezak, D. B. Howieson, & E. W. Loring (Eds.), Neuropsychological assessment (4th ed., pp. 286-336). New York: Oxford University Press.
30. Irwin, W. H. (2006). Evidence-based practice. In L. L. Murray & H. M. Clark (Eds.), Neurogenic disorders of language: Theory driven clinical practice (pp. 237-253). Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar.
31. Jehkonen, M., Ahonen, J. P., Dastidar, P., Koivisto, A. M., Laippala, P., Vilki, J., et al. (2001). Predictors of discharge to home during the first year after right hemisphere stroke. Acta Neurologica Scandinavia, 104, 136-141.
32. Jeanette, Y., & Ansaldo, A. I. (1999). Clinical note: Acquired pragmatic impairments and aphasia. Brain and Language, 68, 529-534.
33. Jung-Beeman, M. (2005). Bilateral brain processes for comprehending natural language. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 512-518.
34. Kempler, D., Van Lancker, D., Marchman, V., & Bates, E. (1999). Idiom comprehension in children and adults with unilateral brain damage. Developmental Neuropsychology, 15, 327-349.
35. Klonoff, P. S., Sheperd, J. C., O'Brien, K. P., Chiapello, D. A., & Hodak, J. A. (1990). Rehabilitation and outcome of right-hemisphere stroke patients: Challenges to traditional diagnostic and treatment methods. Neuropsychology, 4, 147-163.
36. Lehman, M. T., & Tompkins, C. A. (2000). Inferencing in adults with right hemisphere brain damage: An analysis of conflicting results. Aphasiology, 14, 485-499.
37. Lehman-Blake, M. T., & Tompkins, C. A. (2001). Predictive inferencing in adults with right hemisphere brain damage. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 639-654.
38. Leon, S. A., Rosenbek, J. C., Crucian, G. P., Hieber, B., Holiway, B., Rodriguez, A. D., et al. (2005). Active treatments for aprosodia secondary to right hemisphere stroke. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 42, 93-102.
39. Long, D. L., & Baynes, K. (2002). Discourse representation in the two cerebral hemispheres. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 228-242.
40. Long, D. L., Baynes, K., & Prat, C. S. (2005). The prepositional structure of discourse in the two cerebral hemispheres. Brain and Language, 95, 383-394.
41. Manly, T. (2002). Cognitive rehabilitation for unilateral neglect: Review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 12, 289-310.
42. Marshal, N., Faust, M., & Hendler, T. (2005). The role of the right hemisphere in processing nonsalient metaphorical meanings: Application of principal components analysis to fMRI data. Neuropsychologia, 43, 2084-2100.
43. Martin, I., & McDonald, S. (2003). Weak coherence, no theory of mind, or executive dysfunction? Solving the puzzle of pragmatic language disorders. Brain and Language, 85, 451-466.
44. Mason, R. A., & Just, M. A. (2004). How the brain processes causal inferences in text: A theoretical account of generation and integration component processes utilizing both cerebral hemispheres. Psychological Science, 15, 1-7.
45. McDonald, S. (1999). Exploring the process of inference generation in sarcasm: A review of normal and clinical studies. Brain and Language, 68, 486-506.
46. McDonald, S. (2000a). Exploring the cognitive basis of right-hemisphere pragmatic language disorders. Brain and Language, 75, 82-107.
47. McDonald, S. (2000b). Neuropsychological studies of sarcasm. Metaphor and Symbol, 15, 85-98.
48. Monetta, L., & Jeanette, Y. (2003). Specificity of the right hemisphere's contribution to verbal communication: The cognitive resources hypothesis. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 11, 203-211.
49. Monetta, L., Ouellet-Plamodon, C., & Jeanette, Y. (2006). Simulating the pattern of right-hemisphere-damaged patients for the processing of the alternative metaphorical meanings of words: Evidence in favor of a cognitive resources hypothesis. Brain and Language, 96, 171-177.
50. Montgomery, E. B., & Turkstra, L. S. (2003). Evidence-based practice: Let's be reasonable. Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology, 11, ix-xii.
51. Murray, L. L., & Clark, H. M. (2006). Neurogenic disorders of language: Theory driven clinical practice. Clifton Park, NY: Thomson Delmar.
52. Myers, P. S. (1999a). Right hemisphere disorder: Disorders of communication and cognition. San Diego, CA: Singular.
53. Myers, P. S. (1999b). Process-oriented treatment of right hemisphere communication disorders. Seminars in Speech and Language, 20, 319-333.
54. Myers, P. S. (2001). Toward a definition of RHD syndrome. Aphasiology, 15, 913-918.
55. Myers, P. S., & Brookshire, R. H. (1996). The effect of visual and inferential variables on scene descriptions of right-hemisphere-damaged and non-brain-damaged adults. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 39, 870-880.
56. Myers, P. S., & Linebaugh, C. W. (1981). Comprehension of idiomatic expressions by right-hemisphere-damaged adults. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical aphasiology (Vol. 11, pp. 254-261). Minneapolis, MN: BRK.
57. Noe, E., Ferri, J., Caballero, M. C., Villodre, R., Sanchez, A., & Chirivella, J. (2005). Self-awareness after acquired brain injury: Predictors and rehabilitation. Journal of Neurology, 252, 168-175.
58. Ownsworth, T. L., McFarland, K., & Young, R. McD. (2000). Self-awareness and psychosocial functioning following acquired brain injury: An evaluation of a group support programme. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 10, 465-484.
59. Pell, M. D. (2006). Cerebral mechanisms for understanding emotional prosody in speech. Brain and Language, 96, 221-234.
60. Ponsford, J. (2004). Rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury and cerebrovascular accident. In J. Ponsford (Ed.), Cognitive and behavioral rehabilitation: From neurobiology to clinical practice (pp. 299-342). New York: Guilford Press.
61. Prigatano, G. P. (1996). Behavioral limitations TBI patients tend to underestimate: A replication and extension to patients with lateralized cerebral dysfunction. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 10, 191-201.
62. Rehak, A., Kaplan, J. A., Weylman, S. T., Kelly, B., & Brownell, H. H. (1992). Story processing in right-hemisphere-brain damaged patients. Brain and Language, 42, 320-336.
63. Rosenbek, J. C., Crucian, G. P., Leon, S. A., Hieber, B., Rodriguez, A. D., Holiway, B., et al. (2004). Novel treatments for expressive aprosodia: A phase I investigation of cognitive linguistic and imitative interventions. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 786-793.
64. Ross, E. D. (1981). The aprosodias. Archives of Neurology, 38, 561-569.
65. Ross-Swain, D. (1996). Ross Information Processing Assessment, Second Edition. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
66. Sabbagh, M. A. (1999). Communicative intentions and language: Evidence from right-hemisphere damage and autism. Brain and Language, 70, 29-69.
67. Sackett, D. L., Straus, S. E., Richardson, W. S., Rosenberg, W., & Haynes, R. B. (Eds.). (2000). Evidence-based medicine: How to practice and teach EBM. New York: Churchill Livingstone.
68. Sohlberg, M. M., & Mateer, C. A. (1987). Effectiveness of an attention training program. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 9, 117-130.
69. Strache, W. (1987). Effectiveness of two modes of training to overcome deficits of concentration. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 10, 141S-145S.
70. Stringer, A. Y. (1996). Treatment of motor aprosodia with pitch biofeedback and expression modeling. Brain Injury, 10, 583-590.
71. Struchen, M. (2005). Social communication interventions. In W. M. High, A. M. Sander, M. A. Struchen, & K. A. Hart (Eds.), Rehabilitation of traumatic brain injury (pp. 88-117). New York: Oxford University Press.
72. Tompkins, C. A. (1995). Right hemisphere communication disorders: Theory and management. San Diego, CA: Singular.
73. Tompkins, C. A., & Baumgaertner, A. (1998). Clinical value of online measures for adults with right hemisphere brain damage. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 7(1), 68-74.
74. Tompkins, C. A., Baumgaertner, A., Lehman, M. T., & Fassbinder, W. (2000). Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage: Suppression and enhancement in lexical ambiguity resolution. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 62-78.
75. Tompkins, C. A., Bloise, C. G. R., Timko, M. L., & Baumgaertner, A. (1994). Working memory and inference revision in brain-damaged and normally aging adults. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 37, 896-912.
76. Tompkins, C. A., Fassbinder, W., Blake, M. L., Baumgaertner, A., & Jayaram, N. (2004). Inference generation during text comprehension by adults with right hemisphere brain damage: Activation failure versus multiple activation. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 47, 1380-1395.
77. Tompkins, C. A., Lehman, M. T., Wyatt, A. D., & Schulz, R. (1998). Functional outcome assessment of adults with right hemisphere brain damage. Seminars in Speech and Language, 19, 303-324.
78. Tompkins, C. A., Lehman-Blake, M. T., Baumgaertner, A., & Fassbinder, W. (2001). Mechanisms of discourse comprehension impairment after right hemisphere brain damage: Suppression in inferential ambiguity resolution. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 44, 400-415.
79. Tompkins, C. A., Lehman-Blake, M., Baumgaertner, A., & Fassbinder, W. (2002). Characterizing comprehension difficulties after right brain damage: Attentional demands of suppression function. Aphasiology, 16, 559-572.
80. Tompkins, C. A., Scharp, V. L., Fassbinder, W., & Meigh, K. M. (in press). A different story on "Theory of Mind" deficit in adults with right hemisphere brain damage. Aphasiology.
81. Tompkins, C. A., Scharp, V. L., Meigh, K. M., & Fassbinder, W. (in press). Coarse coding and discourse comprehension in adults with right hemisphere brain damage. Aphasiology.
82. Turner, G. R., & Levine, B. (2004). Disorders of executive functioning and self-awareness. In J. Ponsford (Ed.), Cognitive and behavioral rehabilitation: From neurobiology to clinical practice (pp. 224-268). New York: Guilford Press.
83. Van Lancker Sidtis, D. (2006). Where in the brain is nonliteral language? Metaphor and Symbol, 21, 213-244.
84. Virtue, S., Haberman, J., Clancy, Z., Parrish, T., & Jung-Beeman, M. (2006). Neural activity of inferences during story comprehension. Brain Research, 1084, 104-114.
85. von Cramon, D. Y., Matthes-von Cramon, G., & Mai, N. (1991). Problem-solving deficits in brain-injured patients: A therapeutic approach. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 1, 45-64.
86. Walker, J. P., Daigle, T., & Buzzard, M. (2002). Hemispheric specialisation in processing prosodic structures: Revisited. Aphasiology, 16, 1155-1172.
87. Wapner, W., Hamby, S., & Gardner, H. (1981). The role of the right hemisphere in the apprehension of complex linguistic material. Brain and Language, 14, 15-32.
88. Ylvisaker, M., Hanks, R., & Johnson-Green, D. (2003). Rehabilitation of children and adults with cognitive-communication disorders after brain injury [Technical report]. Available from www.asha.org/policy.
89. Ylvisaker, M., Szerkeres, S. F., & Feeney, T. J. (2001). Communication disorders associated with traumatic brain injury. In R. Chapey (Ed.), Language intervention strategies in aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders (4th ed., pp. 745-808). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.