Financial Costs of Managing Locked-In Syndrome
For the families of someone with locked-in syndrome, one reality sets in fast: the medical challenge is only half the story. The other half is financial, and it's a scale...
Symptoms and Early Signs of LIS
If someone you love has suffered a major stroke or brain injury and doctors describe them as comatose or unresponsive, but you sense they can still hear and understand you,...
Causes of Locked-In Syndrome
How Locked-In Syndrome Can Occur Locked-in syndrome (LIS) happens when there is damage to the pons. The pons is a part of the brainstem, a part of the body that...
Long-Term Care Planning for Patients With Locked-In Syndrome
Medical and Clinical Management The medical management of locked-in syndrome is intensive and lifelong. Because the brainstem injury underlying LIS disrupts voluntary motor control while leaving most autonomic and cognitive...
When Delayed Stroke Treatment Leads to Locked-In Syndrome
How Delayed Stroke Treatment Can Lead to Locked-In Syndrome When a stroke isn’t treated in time, the results can be catastrophic. Critical Treatment Windows The treatment of stroke is one...
The Role of Assistive Technology for Patients With Locked-In Syndrome
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) For patients with locked-in syndrome, the ability to communicate is transformative. AAC technologies make this possible across a spectrum of capabilities and needs. Eye-tracking systems...