THE ANATOMY OF IMPAIRMENT.docx

**-THE ANATOMY OF IMPAIRMENT-** **Parietal Lobe** - Inability to attend to more than one object at a time. - Inability to name an object (anomia) - Inability to locate the words to write (agraphia) - Problems with reading (alexia) - Difficulty drawing objects - Difficulty distingu...

**-THE ANATOMY OF IMPAIRMENT-** **Parietal Lobe** - Inability to attend to more than one object at a time. - Inability to name an object (anomia) - Inability to locate the words to write (agraphia) - Problems with reading (alexia) - Difficulty drawing objects - Difficulty distinguishing left from right - Difficulty doing mathematics (dyscalculia) - Lack of awareness of certain body parts and/or surrounding space. - Inability to focus visual attention - Difficulty with eye-hand coordination. **Occipital Lobe** - Defects in vision (visual field cuts) - Difficulty locating objects in the environment - Difficulty identifying colors (color agnosia) - Hallucination - Visual illusions, or inaccurately seeing objects - Word blindness, or inaccurately seeing objects - Difficulty recognizing drawn objects - Inability to recognize the movement of an object (movement agnosia) - Difficulty in reading and writing **Cerebellum** - Loss of ability to coordinate fine movements - loss of ability to walk\ inability to reach out and grab objects - tremors - dizziness (vertigo) - slurred speech (scanning speech) - inability to make rapid movements) **Brain Stem** - difficulty swallowing food and water (dysphagia) - difficulty organizing or perceiving the environment - problems with balance and movement - dizziness and nausea (vertigo) - sleeping difficulty (insomnia, sleep apnea)