Cognitive Screening Flashcards

1
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Language is the combination of

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comprehension and speech

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2
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Characteristics of Language

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spontaneous speech
fluency
word comprehension
repetition
object naming
reading comprehension
writing
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3
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dysarthria

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speech difficulties due to impaired motor control of one or more of the structures that control speech

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4
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these structures are

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tongue, pharynx, palate

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5
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characteristics of dysarthria

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slurred, nasal or indistinct

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6
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dysarthria results of

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motor lesions to CNS or PNS
Parkinsons
Huntingtons
ALS
cerebellar dysfunction
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7
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Dysphonia

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difficulty in voice production
low volume, quality, pitch
parkinsons

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8
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Aphasia

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difficulty with or inability to PRODUCE or UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE

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9
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typical dominant hemisphere

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LEFT

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10
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Types of Aphasia

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Brocas (expressive)
Wernickes (receptive)
Global Aphasia
Anomia

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11
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Anomia

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inability to name objects

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12
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Global Aphasia

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expressive & receptive deficits

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13
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Receptive Aphasia

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Wernickes
long sentences w/ no meaning
invent new words
rapid effortless 
unaware of errors
impaired word comprehension, repetition, object naming, reading comprehension and writing
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14
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Expressive

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Brocas
short meaningful phrases with great effort
omit small words
easily frustrated by inability to communicate
non-fluent
impaired
good reading comprehension but can’t read out loud

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15
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Simple Assessment includes

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understanding of questions (simple/complex)
Word comprehension
Repetition
Naming
Writing
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16
Q

Cognition includes

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orientation 
attention
memory
problem solving
perception
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17
Q

What do you start with?

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Alertness

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18
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Alertness is located

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brainstem

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19
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levels of alertness

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Normal
Lethargy
Obtundation
Stupor
Coma
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20
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Lethargy

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slight reduction
clouding of consciousness
think more slowly

21
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Obtundation

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moderate reduction in alertness

22
Q

Stupor

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excessively long or deep sleep like state

arouse only by vigorous stimulation

23
Q

coma

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complete unresponsiveness
lacks most basic response
reflexes may be present

24
Q

Orientation Status is located

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Frontal lobe

A&O x 1 to 4

25
Q

definition of orientation status

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ability to orient to: 
person, 
place, 
time 
and situation
26
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Attention is considered

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Multifocal/ Diffuse

27
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definition of attention

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ability to attend to a specific stimulus or task

28
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assess this by

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repetition of a series of numbers or letters

29
Q

Different types of attention

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Focused Attention
Sustained Attention (vigilance)
Divided Attention
Alternating Attention
Selective Attention
30
Q

Memory is located in what lobe

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Frontal/ Temporal

31
Q

Types of memory

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immediate recall
short-term
long-term

32
Q

Two types of Problem Solving

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Thought Processes (frontal)
Calculation (Left Parietal)
Abstract Thought (frontal)
Judgement (frontal)

33
Q

Thought Processes is

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frontal

complete if/then statements

34
Q

Calculation is

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Left Parietal

ability to perform verbal or written mathematical problems

35
Q

Abstract thought is

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Frontal
ability to reason in an abstract fashion
proverb

36
Q

Judgement is

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Frontal
ability to reason in concrete fashion
demonstrate common sense and safety

37
Q

Spacial Perception is

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Right Parietal

ability to contract or draw an object with a specific orientation or characteristic

38
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Body Perception is

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Right Parietal
self-awareness of own body
ask to identify as specific body part on body

39
Q

Cortical Sensations

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Parietal
Stereognosis
Tactile Localization
Two-Point Discrimination
Double Simultaneous Stimulation 
Graphesthesia
40
Q

Praxis is

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Dominant Hemisphere

ability to conceive and plan a new motor action in response to an environmental demand

41
Q

Motor Praxis requires the integration of

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cognition
tactile-kinesthetic input
vestibular
visual-spatial
selection and sequencing of movement and language
42
Q

Apraxia is

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the inability to perform a movement or a sequence of movements despite intact sensation, automatic motor output and an understanding of the task

43
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Ideomotor Apraxia is (limb)

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inability to imitate gestures or perform a purposeful motor task on command

44
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Ideational Apraxia is (conceptual)

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inability to carry out a sequence of motor tasks and loss of the idea of how to interact with an object or tool

45
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Agnosia

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loss of the ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not affected and no memory loss

46
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Agnosia affects only

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a single modality

vision or hearing

47
Q

Agnosia result of damage at the

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occipitotemoral border

48
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Abstract Thought two different types

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meaning of proverb or discuss how two objects are similar or different