Chapter 9.6.. TB

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

A loss of some or all previously intact language skills, caused by brain disorder/damage

Question 2

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 2

A form of aphasia characterized by a disruption in producing speech

Question 3

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 3

A form of aphasia characterized by a serious disruption in language comprehension and the use of invented words

Question 4

Conduction Aphasia

Answer 4

A disruption of language in which a person has difficulty repeating what has been heard

Question 5

Anomia (anomic aphasia)

Answer 5

A disruption of word finding or retrieval caused by brain disorder/damage

Question 6

Alexia (Dyslexia)

Answer 6

A disruption in the ability to read or recognize printed words/letters caused by a brain disorder/injury

Question 7

Agraphia

Answer 7

A disruption in the ability to to write, caused by a brain disorder/damage

Question 8

Pure word deafness

Answer 8

Disruption of the perceptual or semantic processing in auditory word comprehension