Case Study:
A 77-year-old woman was cooking in the kitchen when she collapsed onto the floor. Her daughter called an ambulance and the woman was taken to the emergency room. She had suffered a stroke, and slowly regained consciousness over the next two days. However, when she woke up, she had the following signs and symptoms:
- paralysis of the right face and arm
- loss of sensation to touch on the skin of the right face and arm
- inability to answer questions but ability to understand what was said to her
- ability to write down her thoughts more easily than to speak them
Discussion Questions:
Why was she paralyzed in the right face and arm?
What is the name of her language disorder, and what caused it?
Was this woman's dominant or nondominant hemisphere damaged?
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