Aphasia Types Flashcards

Master the differences between the aphasias

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**expressive aphasia
-comprehension intact, impairment is fluency and repetition
-struggle to form words, perseveration, lack of content/meaning
**comprehension is intact, often allows for awareness of errors

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Broca’s Aphasia (non-fluent)

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-comprehension and repetition are impaired
Similar to brocas, less severe
**key difference between TM and Broca’s aphasia is significantly intact repetition in tm

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Transcortical Motor (non-fluent)

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-comprehension and expressive are impaired, repetition impaired
-only can repeat some
**like global, except for more intact repetition

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Mixed Transcortical (non-fluent)

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-severe, both expression and comprehension are significantly impaired
-fluency, comprehension, repetition all bad.
-loss of speaking sometimes
-cannot follow directions
**significant deficit

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Global Aphasia (non-fluent)

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***receptive aphasia
-comprehension, repetition impaired
-physical act is fine, content and relativity is missing
- common occurs with agnosia (visual deficit)

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Wernicke’s Aphasia

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-comprehension is fine, output is impaired
***difficulty pronouncing words, especially when repeating

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Conduction Aphasia

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-comprehension impaired, repetition intact
***mimics Wernicke’s, less severe, repetition intact
-very common with progressive diseases

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Transcortical Sensory Aphasia

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-fluency, comp, repetition intact
**Disproportionate difficulty with word finding and naming
**Circumlocution

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Anomic Aphasia

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Broca’s most important qualities are…?

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*expressive aphasia
*comprehension is intact, often allows for awareness of errors

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Transcortical motor Aphasia’s most important qualities are…?

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**significantly intact repetition

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Mixed Transcortical most important quality?

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**like global, except for more intact repetition

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Global Aphasia most important quality?

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significant overall deficit

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Wernicke’ Aphasia most important quality?

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receptive aphasia

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Conduction Aphasia most important quality?

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*difficulty pronouncing words, especially when repeating

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Transcortical Sensory Aphasia qualities?

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*mimics Wernicke’s, less severe, repetition intact
-very common with progressive diseases

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Anomic Aphasia qualities?

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**Disproportionate difficulty with word finding and naming
**Circumlocution

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Name the 4 non-fluent Aphasias?

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Broca’s,
Transcortical Motor,
Mixed Transcortical,
Global

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Name the 4 fluent Aphasias?

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Wernicke’s
Conduction
Transcortical Sensory
Anomic