Comprehensive Communication Partners

The right and left hemispheres of the brain have different controls. When evaluating left versus right hemisphere damages you will often see changes to the following areas:

Injuries on the left side of the brain can cause:
-Difficulty understanding spoken & written language
-Difficulty expressing spoken & written language
-Changes in speech
-Verbal memory issues
-Impaired logic
-Sequencing difficulties

Injuries on the right side of the brain can cause:
-Impairments in attention and organization
-Left neglect
-Memory issues
-Decreased awareness of deficits
-Loss of “big picture” thinking/reasoning
-Altered creative or music perception
-Changes in speech

Are you a right brain or left brain thinker?!