Author: Kirtley Thornton, Ph.D.
A nine-year hold female with a history of a learning disability was self-referred to our clinic. She was evaluated under cognitive activation procedures with the Lexicor 24 channel unit. The activation tasks involved auditory memory, reading memory, eyes closed, auditory and visual attention and problem solving with the Raven’s matrices. The sampling range was set to 256K to allow for information up to the 64-Hertz range to be included in the analysis. The normative comparison database was collected employing a 256K sampling rate.
Her QEEG results were compared to the activation database on the values relevant to success at the task. For this particular subject, she showed problems in the coherence and phase values emanating from the T3 location to the other 18 locations in the 10-20 system. Her values ranged from .50 Standard Deviations (SD) below the norm to 1.5 SD below the norm. Her problem was particularly evident during the recall stage as her phase alpha values from T3 were 2-4 SD below the norm. This problem was addressed by having her pause the audiotape and quietly recall to herself the information she had just heard. Continue reading “An example of the value of an activation database in remediation of memory problems in a 9 year old Learning Disabled Female”