Cirrhosis of the Liver and Cognitive Impairment
Listen now
Description
Most SLPs we know can count on one hand (…or one finger!?) the number of times they learned about the liver in grad school. But when it comes to our role in cognitive-communication disorders, liver disease can be a main cause — and something you absolutely should be familiar with! In this week’s new resource, Cirrhosis of the Liver and Cognitive Impairment by Latifah Alexander, M.S., CCC-SLP, you’ll: * Discover how cirrhosis of the liver leads to cognitive impairment * Explore medical management and treatment considerations * Examine the SLP’s role in treating cognitive-linguistic deficits related to cirrhosis of the liver Get ready to learn how our biggest internal organ can have a major impact on cognitive-communication skills! ⬇️     Members can get the resource printable here: https://medslpcollective.com/cirrhosis-of-the-liver-and-cognitive-impairment Get access to the PDF for this resource and other resources and Continuing Education Courses with a MedSLP Collective Membership! https://medslpcollective.com
More Episodes
Join Valeria Gary as she guides us in: Health Literacy for SLPs: Tools and Techniques for Patient Understanding. Valeria will walk you through risk factors for low health literacy and tools to assess the readability of written material, AND she’ll do an assessment of the readability of written...
Published 11/01/24
Published 11/01/24
Rounding out this month’s mission to improve your aphasia care, Brett McCardel is coming back with two hours of education in his webinar titled “Auditory Comprehension in Aphasia: Theoretical Perspectives, Assessment, and Treatment.” Learn several assessment and treatment approaches for auditory...
Published 10/04/24