1.How might you apply the information presented in this chapter to a patient interaction?
2.Juan is a 47-year-old male with the diagnosis of traumatic brain injury (TBI). He has been referred to you, one of the hospital SLPs, for a speech and swallowing evaluation. As part of your evaluation, you completed the cranial nerve examination (Box 16-3) and found that he had bilateral difficulty with the following items on the form: 7, 8, 9, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25.
1. What cranial nerves would you report are impaired?
2. How would impairment to these cranial nerves affect his speech and swallowing?