Aphasia

Question 0

Speech characteristics (Broca’s)

Answer 0

Sure utterances

agrammatic speech

effortful speech

good auditory comprehension

poor repetition

Question 1

Broca’s aphasia

Lesion site:

Answer 1

Left lateral frontal lobe

Question 2

Nonspeech characteristics (Broca’s)

Answer 2

Aware of deficits

Right sided weakness

Emotional lability

Dysarthria

Apraxia

Question 3

Strengths (Broca’s)

Answer 3

▪ Can communicate efficiently (limited verbal output)
▪ Try hard / committed
▪ Meaningful

Question 4

Distinguishing characteristics (Broca’s)

Answer 4

Agrammatic speech

good auditory comprehension

Question 5

Transcortical motor

lesion site:

Answer 5

Area surrounding Brocas area

Question 6

Speech characteristics (transcortical motor)

Answer 6

▪ Short utterances
▪ Echolalia
▪ Perseveration
▪ Good aud comp
▪ Good rep skills

Question 7

Nonspeech characteristics (transcortical motor)

Answer 7

Motor disorders-upper extremity rigidity

Question 8

Distinguishing trait of transcortical motor:

Answer 8

Good repetition skills

Question 9

Global aphasia

lesion site:

Answer 9

Frontal, Temporel, and parietal lobe’s

Question 10

Speech characteristics (global)

Answer 10

Speech Characteristics:
▪ Limited verbal output
▪ Poor reading and writing skills
▪ Poor aud comp
▪ Poor rep skills

Question 11

Nonspeech characteristics (global)

Answer 11

Non-Speech Characteristics:
▪ Right hemi-paresis
▪ One-sided neglect

Question 12

Strengths (global)

Answer 12

Strengths:
▪ Sense of humor
▪ Recognize faces
▪ Follow whole body commands
▪ Automatic tasks

Question 13

Distinguishing trait of global aphasia

Answer 13

Generalized communication deficits that affect all areas of communication

Question 14

Transcortical mixed

lesions site:

Answer 14

Disruption of blood flow to MCA

Question 15

Speech characteristics of transcortical mixed:

Answer 15

Speech Characteristics:
▪ Looks like global aphasia
▪ Limited verbal output
▪ Echolalic
▪ Poor aud comp
▪ Good rep skills

Question 16

Strengths of transcortical mixed aphasics

Answer 16

Good repetition skills

Question 17

Nonfluent aphasias:

Answer 17

Brocas
Transcortical motor
Mixed transport kcal
Global

Question 18

Nonfluent aphasias:

Answer 18

Wernickes
Transcortical sensory
Conduction
Anomie

Question 19

Wernickes

Lesion site:

Answer 19

Superior temporal gyrus

Question 20

Speech characteristics (wernickes)

Answer 20

Speech Characteristics:
▪ Jargon (empty speech)
▪ Neologisms
▪ Rapid rate of speech
▪ Poor aud comp
▪ Poor rep skills

Question 21

Nonspeech characteristics (wernickes)

Answer 21

Unaware of deficits

isolated and depressed

Question 22

Strengths (wernickes)

Answer 22

▪ Good comp of personally relevant info
▪ May be able to follow whole-body commands
▪ Maintain good syntactic agreement

Question 23

Transcortical sensory

lesion site:

Answer 23

Temporoparietal region

Question 24

Speech characteristics (transcortical sensory)

Answer 24

``` Speech Characteristics: ▪ Normal phrase length ▪ Empty speech ▪ Anomic and echolalic ▪ Can’t follow direction ▪ Poor aud comp ▪ Good rep skills ```

Question 25

Non-speech characteristics (transcortical sensory)

Answer 25

Neglect to one side of the body

Question 26

Strength of transcortical sensory

Answer 26

Good repetition skills

Question 27

Conduction aphasia Lesion site:

Answer 27

Arcuate fasciculus

Question 28

Speech characteristics (conduction)

Answer 28

``` Speech Characteristics: ▪ CANNOT REPEAT ▪ Phonemic paraphasias ▪ Good spontaneous speech (better than rep) ▪ Good aud comp ```

Question 29

Strengths of conduction aphasia

Answer 29

▪ Near-complete recovery | ▪ Use gestures and intonation variation to supplement

Question 30

Distinguishing traits of conduction aphasia

Answer 30

SEVERELY impaired Repetition skills good auditory comprehension

Question 31

Anomic aphasia lesion site:

Answer 31

Angular gyrus

Question 32

Speech characteristics (anomic aphasia)

Answer 32

``` Speech Characteristics: ▪ ANOMIA ▪ Circumlocutions ▪ Fluent, well-articulated speech ▪ Good aud comp ▪ Good rep skills ```

Question 33

Nonspeech characteristics (anomic aphasia)

Answer 33

Associated with dementias

Question 34

Strengths of anomic aphasia

Answer 34

Relatively intact language skills

Question 35

Distinguishing trait of anomic aphasia

Answer 35

Severe naming deficit with preserved communication skills