Posts Tagged ‘Development’

Cerebral Palsy and Other Brain Dysfunctions: – Language and Communication Development

  Parents understandably want their child not only to be able to understand them, but to be able to communicate with them too. Interaction is fundamental to humanity, – in a way I think it defines who and what we are. We are the only species which uses the symbolism of language and when a [...]

Music Helps with Neurological Development for Brain Injury Patients

A study recently published in an August edition of Medical Hypotheses found that music therapy can benefit patients with neuropsyhciatric disorders often caused by a traumatic brain injury accident. According to researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, located in Boston, “the brain grows in response to musical training in the way a [...]

Reports Surface Linking Brain Injury and Development of Alzheimer’s Disease

Washington D.C. researchers at Georgetown University may have found a link between the onset of Alzheimer’s disease among patients who have suffered previously from a brain injury. According to a Reuter’s news report on the study, Alzheimer’s disease is “associated with accumulations of an abnormal protein, amyloid beta, in the brain. Traumatic brain injury triggers [...]

Children’s Health – Brain Development Disorder – Definition and Types

I. Definition A neurodevelopmental disorder is defined as an impairment of the growth and development of the central nervous system. It effects the child’s brain function in controlling emotion, learning ability and memory as well as social interaction. Today, one in six children is diagnosed with some forms of development and behaviour disorder. It is [...]