Helping brain-injured people to contend with hidden cognitive deficits.
In brain injury, cognitive processes are often impaired. These impairments may be hidden, complicating rehabilitation. We discuss clinical issues in cognitive rehabilitation with particular emphasis on its implications for daily living. For illustration we present two cases of persons with severe, but isolated disorders of memory and visual perception, respectively.
D000328:Adult; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D004660:Encephalitis / Q000150:complications*; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014794:Visual Fields