Comm. Disorders in Adults Chapter 1 Flashcards
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A problem with communication because of damage to the brain or other parts of the nervous system.
Neurogenic Communication Disorder.
The aphasias, dysarthria, apraxia of speech, right-hemisphere disorders, and dementia are all examples of what?
Neurogenic communication disorders
Where do SLP’s treat neurogenic communication disorders?
Hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, rehab centers, home health care, acute care facilities, skilled nursing facilities, schools, or children’s hospitals.
The ability to process thought.
Cognition
Sounds/words that are produced verbally.
Speech
A symbol set used to communicate meaning. Ex: words usually verbal, written or sign language.
Language
The ability to respond to stimuli.
Arousal
The ability to direct attention to stimuli.
Orienting
The ability to know who you are, where you are, and when you are.
Orientation
The ability to choose, apply, and evaluate a strategy to solve a problem.
Problem Solving
The ability to correctly interpret the overall meaning of details to come to the most logical conclusion.
Inferencing
The ability to employ lower-level cognitive functions to meet goals.
Executive functions
The ability to hold focus on stimuli
Attention
The ability to hold a finite amount of information for immediate processing and manipulation.
Working memory
Retention of information for 30 seconds up to a few hours
Short-term memory
The ability to retain information over months or years.
Long-term memory
The ability to remember sequences of actions needed to complete the action.
Procedural memory
The ability to remember facts.
Declarative memory
The ability to recall specific and recent events.
Episodic memory
With this type of language, words/sentences that an individual uses to express their ideas, thoughts, etc. It can also be verbal or written.
Expressive Language
The ability of the person to understand the spoken and written language.
Receptive language
Refers to the sounds/words that are spoken by an individual; This requires combining sounds to make words and combining words to make sentences.
Division of Speech
True or False. Deficits in language do not imply deficits in speech.
True
True or False. Deficits in speech imply deficits in language.
False. Deficits in speech do NOT imply deficits in language.
