The nurse is assessing a client with a temporal lobe injury. Which clinical manifestations correlate with this injury? (Select all that apply.)
a. Memory loss
b. Personality changes
c. Loss of temperature regulation
d. Difficulty with sound interpretation
e. Speech difficulties
f. Impaired taste
A, D, E
Wernicke's area (language area) is located in the temporal lobe and enables processing of words into coherent thought and understanding of written or spoken words. The temporal lobe also is responsible for the auditory center's interpretation of sound and complicated memory patterns. Personality changes are related to damage to frontal lobe injury. Loss of temperature regulation is seen with damage to the hypothalamus, and impaired taste is associated with injury to the pa-rietal lobe.
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