deficit terms to KNOW Flashcards
agraphia (a.k.a. dysgraphia)
unable to write
ideomotor apraxia
left hemisphere damage
- inability to perform gesturing and pantomime, on verbal command
ideational apraxia
- unable to sequence motor acts
- disruption of conception
- loss of tool function knowledge
constructional apraxia
Unable to produce designs in 2/3D by copying, drawing, or constructing
oral apraxia
- difficulty in forming and organizing intelligible
words, though the musculature required to do so is
intact
dysarthria
muscles of speech affected
- slurred speech
- neuromotor problem
agnosia
can’t process sensory info
(can be all the senses, body scheme issues, such as somatognosia and anosognosia)
somatognosia
unaware of body parts
anosognosia
unaware of their deficits
(presence or severity)
prosopagnosia
face blindness
visual-spatial agnosia
Affects perception of spatial relationship between objects, or between objects and self
auditory agnosia
can’t recognize sounds, words and
non-words
visual agnosia
can’t recognize common objects and
demonstrate their use
apraxia
can’t carry out skilled/familiar movements despite wanting to
ataxia
no coordination during movements
(clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability)
bradykinesia
slow movements
choreoathetosis
fluctuating between of chorea (quick) & athetosis (slow) movements
athetosis
slow movements