ADVERSE BRAIN CHANGES

There are frequently deficits in attention and speed of information processing with adverse brain changes. People with adverse brain changes showed prolonged simple and choice reaction times throughout all tasks and significant difficulty with integrating the tactile modality. Children with moderate or severe adverse brain changes are at risk for reduced multisensory integration efficiency and decreased general neurocognitive functioning.

When the sensory systems are intact, learning is effortless and easy.
Problems with any sensory system can lead to problems with focus, behavior, and listening.

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Targeting the 5 sense below, Clarity Chair can help improve the problems associated with them:

SenseImportanceProblems
tacitileTactile (Touch)Body Awareness
Fine Motor Skills
Motor Planning
Trouble in Crowds
Bothered by Seams in Clothes
Pulls away from Hugs
Bothered by Food Textures
Has to Touch Everything
auditoryAuditory (Listening)Speech, Language Development, Memory, Comparing Sounds, Associating sounds with Letters, Numbers, Musical Notes, Attention.Lack of Speech, Poor Listening Skills Remembering, Reading, Inattention
vestibularVestibularDevelopment of Balance, Coordination, Eye Control, Attention, Feeling Secure, Emotional Security, LanguageInattention, Coordination, Following Directions, Reading, Eye-hand Coordination, Immature, Language Skills
visualVisual (Seeing)Academic Achievement, Reading, Proficiency at Work, Athletic PerformanceLoss of Place while Reading, Skipping Words or Lines on a Page Poor Athletic Performance Words Move Around on Page Reduced Comprehension Reduced Perceptual Fields
proprioceptionProprioceptionKnowing Where Muscles & Joints Are in Space and How They Are Moving, Required Input from Tactile & Vestibular SystemsClumsy, Falls, Stumbles, Is Aggressive Walks on Toes, Constantly Chewing, Difficulty with Motor Planning, Messy at Mealtime

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Joan Anderson

– President and Co-Founder, The Block System, Inc.

​Joan helped develop the Clarity Chair and worked with Dr. Mary Ann Block to bring the program to production and distribution. She currently oversees all areas of operations and provides outreach and support to Clarity Chair professionals and clinics. ​

Joan has spent her career in the field of corporate and media communication. She is an award-winning medical and consumer journalist who has worked in radio and television and as a reporter for both newspapers and magazines.

As ​V​ice-​P​resident ​of Corporate Communications and Health Services ​at Osteopathic Health System of Texas, she focused on patient education and advocacy. She helped develop and supervised an out-patient health program for military families and age 50+ population. She was responsible for restructuring a for-profit health and fitness center and occupational health program, taking the center from a major financial loss to a profit-making corporate affiliate. She ​was ​also ​a voting member of key corporate committees including Finance, Clinic Network, and Strategic Planning.

Joan has also served on the boards of the American Heart Association and The American Cancer Society, and was a member of The International Association of Business Communicators Network. ​ She was appointed to the City Council Cable Television Committee, which she chaired for two years. She is a trained mediator for Disputes Resolution Services.

Joan, a Dean’s Honor List graduate from Texas Christian University, was ​selected for membership in Leadership Texas and ​awarded Most Influential Woman and received Most Innovative New Product Award from Tarrant County Business Press.

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Ashley Millerick, J.D.

– CEO

Ashley Millerick has a strong background in business and marketing with an entrepreneurial spirit that has been the energy and vision throughout her career of creating and building corporations.

Today, as CEO for The Block System, Inc., her primary focus is on taking the company’s flagship product, Clarity Chair, to the people struggling with neurological challenges, by expanding the company visibility and availability as well as forging collaborations with allied companies and organizations.

Prior to her position at The Block System, Inc., Ashley served as an NFLPA Certified Agent and VP of Marketing at one of the most prestigious NFL agencies in the Country. Ashley’s main responsibility in her role as NFL agent was negotiating player’s contracts with team owners, managing current clients and recruiting new ones. As VP of Marketing she established strategies to secure off the field marketing opportunities for clients that included partnerships with national brands. She simultaneously managed over 20 NFL client brands, as well as assisting players with developing and executing a philanthropic footprint.

Her work in the sports profession provided her with first hand knowledge of the challenges that can arise from neurological injuries and gave her motivation to join the team for Clarity Chair and be part of the solution for not only athletes, but people of all ages who face similar issues.

Ashley was a successful Division I student-athlete at Texas Christian University where she graduated magna cum laude and then went on to received her law degree from Texas Tech School of Law.

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IRB Trial Results

Five participants were followed from pre assessment to 1-month follow- up assessment. A total of 17 concussion symptoms were assessed on the survey. An average of 62% of chronic symptoms resolved and 85% of symptoms improved.

Symptoms rated were headache, dizziness, depression, anxiety, impaired memory, irritability, impaired concentration, tinnitus, hearing impairment, blurred vision, diplopia, sensitivity to light and noise, fatigue, sleep disturbances, impaired attention, slow reaction time and slow speed of information processing.

Objective evaluations occurred for the following:

Study Results:

 

Participant     # Symptoms at Start     # Symptoms at End      % Resolved               % Improvement

 

1                                         11                                2                         82%                                    82%

 

2                                         14                                5                         64%                                    79%

 

3                                         16                                6                         63%                                   81%

 

4                                         13                                8                          38%                                    92%

 

5                                         13                                5                          62%                                    92%

 

Average of 61.8% of symptoms resolved

Average of 85.2% symptoms improved

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) frequently results in deficits in attention and speed of information processing. TBI patients showed prolonged simple and choice reaction times throughout all tasks, but their difficulty with integrating the tactile modality was disproportionately higher in comparison to controls.

Multisensory Integration after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Reaction Time study between pairings of visions, touch, audition, Brain Injury, July 2003, Vol 17, issue 5, 413-426, Stefania, et al.
7 Pediatric traumatic brain injury affects multisensory integration, Neuropsychology, Feb 2017, 31(2):137-148, Konigs, et al.

 

Children with moderate/severe TBI are at risk for reduced multisensory integration efficiency, possibly contributing to decreased general neurocognitive functioning.

6 Multisensory Integration after Traumatic Brain Injury: A Reaction Time study between pairings of visions, touch, audition, Brain Injury, July 2003, Vol 17, issue 5, 413-426, Stefania, et al.