Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation. 4(3):46-54, SEPTEMBER 1989
Issn Print: 0885-9701
Publication Date: September 1989
Awareness and compensation in postacute head injury rehabilitation
Bruce Crosson;Peggy Barco;Craig Velozo;Mary Bolesta;Patricia Cooper;Diane Werts;Teresa Brobeck;
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1Director2Occupational Therapi3 Occupational Therapist4Speech Pathologist5Staff Neuropsychologist6Rehabilitation Counselor Head Injury Resource Center Washington University Medical Center St Louis, Missouri7Speech Pathologist University of Iowa Speech Hearing Center Coralville, Iowa
Abstract
Deficits in awareness caused by brain Injury can be divided into three types: deficits in intellectual awareness, deficits in emergent awareness, and deficits in anticipatory awareness. The presence or absence of an awareness deficit and the type of awareness deficit will determine the kinds of compensations that patients can use in postacute rehabilitation. Compensations can be divided into four types based upon how they are triggered: anticipatory, recognition, situational, and external compensations. Types of awareness deficits, categories of compensation, and the relationships between awareness and compensation are discussed.
