28.603, FYI: Online Lecture on Stroke Mimics and Speech, Feb 2

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Subject: 28.603, FYI: Online Lecture on Stroke Mimics and Speech, Feb 2

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Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2017 10:08:16
From: Dirk Den Ouden [denouden at sc.edu]
Subject: Online Lecture on Stroke Mimics and Speech, Feb 2

 
Thursday, February 2nd, 2pm EDT
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/667426173

“Speech Disturbances in Stroke Mimics”
Souvik Sen, MD, MS, MPH, FAHA
Professor and Chair; SmartState Stroke Chair
Palmetto Health-USC Medical Group; USC Department of Neurology, Columbia, SC

Stroke is the most common cause of speech disturbance in adults. Aphasia and
dysarthria are the two major types of speech disturbances noted in stroke
survivors. Clinicians are frequently challenged with diagnosis because of
“stroke mimics” that may produce speech disturbances like that caused by
stroke. Studies have shown that 20-30% of patients with speech disturbance
turn out to have a “stroke mimic”. In the era of acute and chronic stroke
treatment, it is important to distinguish “stroke mimics” from the true stroke
syndromes. Common causes for “stroke mimics” can be broadly categorized into
metabolic, central nervous system (CNS) and psychiatric abnormalities. They
produce speech patterns that may be distinguished by their characteristics,
temporal pattern and associated symptoms. Diagnostic tests, although useful,
may sometimes be challenged with diagnostic accuracy of the specific disorder.
For example, in CNS disorders, such as seizure, multiple sclerosis and
migraine, speech disturbances may produce MR imaging abnormalities. The
current MR imaging paradigm does not detect abnormalities in psychiatric
disorders producing speech disturbances. Diagnostic distinction of speech
disturbances caused by stroke and those caused by “stroke mimics” may have
important therapeutic implications.

Location: University of South Carolina, Discovery I, Room #140, 915 Greene
Street, Columbia, SC 29208
Date: Thursday, February 2nd, 2016 Time: 2pm – 3pm EDT
This event will be catered!

The lecture can also be followed online from your computer, tablet or
smartphone, via the following GoToMeeting address (no password required):
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/667426173

You can also dial in using your phone. 
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C-Star Lecture Series

The Center for the Study of Aphasia Recovery (C-STAR;
http://cstar.sc.edu/lecture-series/) houses researchers who examine the
effects of behavioral treatment, brain stimulation, and residual brain
function (brain plasticity) on recovery from aphasia. C-STAR is a
collaboration between researchers from the University of South Carolina, the
Medical University of South Carolina, Johns Hopkins University, and the
University of California, Irvine. The Center is funded through the National
Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders (NIDCD) grant #NIH P50
DC014664. Biweekly public lectures, given by members and guests of C-STAR, are
accessible live and online. Recordings of the lectures can be viewed via
C-STAR YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8p0CuG4He9nqCR4nnzhZ7w

For more information, please contact Dirk den Ouden: denouden at sc.edu
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Neurolinguistics





 



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