A 63-year-old female was admitted to the hospital with sudden right-sided weakness and loss of speech. Her neurologist diagnosed her with a (L) CVA, (R) hemiplegia, and global aphasia.

1. As a speech-language pathologist, why would it be important for you to know the following terms provided by the neurologist: CVA, hemiplegia, global aphasia?

2. Apply the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF; Figures  1-4 and 1-5) to this case and answer the following questions:

a. What is this patient’s health condition?

b. How might it affect her function?

c. How might it affect her activities?

d. How might it affect her participation?

e. What might be one environmental factor involved in her case?

f. What might be one personal factor involved in her case?

3. Using the WHO’s ICD-10 section on diseases of the nervous system, which of the 11 categories might this patient’s diagnosis best fit under?