Aphasia Types

Question 1

**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

Answer 1

Broca’s Aphasia (non-fluent)

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Transcortical Motor (non-fluent)

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Mixed Transcortical (non-fluent)

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Global Aphasia (non-fluent)

Question 5

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

Answer 5

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Conduction Aphasia

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Transcortical Sensory Aphasia

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Anomic Aphasia

Question 9

Broca’s most important qualities are…?

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Transcortical motor Aphasia’s most important qualities are…?

Answer 10

**significantly intact repetition

Question 11

Mixed Transcortical most important quality?

Answer 11

**like global, except for more intact repetition

Question 12

Global Aphasia most important quality?

Answer 12

significant overall deficit

Question 13

Wernicke’ Aphasia most important quality?

Answer 13

receptive aphasia

Question 14

Conduction Aphasia most important quality?

Answer 14

*difficulty pronouncing words, especially when repeating

Question 15

Transcortical Sensory Aphasia qualities?

Answer 15

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

Question 16

Anomic Aphasia qualities?

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Name the 4 non-fluent Aphasias?

Answer 17

Broca’s,
Transcortical Motor,
Mixed Transcortical,
Global

Question 18

Name the 4 fluent Aphasias?

Answer 18

Wernicke’s
Conduction
Transcortical Sensory
Anomic