CBIS Treatment Approaches and Interventions 4

Question 1

Which assistive technology category is most appropriate for a TBI survivor with severe expressive aphasia who retains some motor control?

Accepted Answer

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices

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Screen magnification software

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Cochlear implants

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Powered mobility devices

Question 2

The HELPS Brain Injury Screening Tool is used by brain injury specialists primarily to:

Accepted Answer

Screen for unidentified prior TBI in adults presenting with complex needs

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Determine readiness for vocational rehabilitation

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Assess current cognitive functioning in post-acute patients

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Guide pharmacological management decisions

Question 3

A TBI patient struggles with prospective memory (remembering future intentions). The most evidence-based compensatory strategy is:

Accepted Answer

Smartphone reminders and alarm-based cueing

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Mnemonic devices

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Repetition drills

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Errorless learning of past events

Question 4

Which rehabilitation principle supports providing gradually decreasing therapist assistance to promote TBI survivor independence?

Accepted Answer

Scaffolding (fading of cues)

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Errorless learning

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Massed practice

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Habituation training

Question 5

Post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) duration is the strongest predictor of:

Accepted Answer

Long-term functional outcome after TBI

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Pain severity after TBI

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Risk of post-traumatic seizures

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Degree of spasticity development

Question 6

When a TBI survivor in a rehabilitation hospital refuses to participate in therapy, the FIRST intervention should be:

Accepted Answer

Explore the reason for refusal and problem-solve collaboratively

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Document refusal and discontinue that therapy session

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Contact the attending physician for a psychiatric consult

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Involve family members to insist on participation

Question 7

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) applied to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex is being investigated in TBI for treatment of:

Accepted Answer

Post-traumatic depression

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Post-traumatic spasticity

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Chronic pain syndromes

Answer

Vestibular dysfunction