SENSORY-NEURAL Flashcards
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any defects in or loss of the power to express oneself by speech, writing, or signs, or to comprehend spoken or written language due to disease or injury of the cerebral cortex.
Aphasia
is the loss of the ability to comprehend written or spoken words.
Sensory or receptive aphasia/ Wernickes aphasia
subcategories of sensory aphasias
A. Auditory / acoustic aphasias
B . Visual aphasia
the lost the ability to understand the symbolic content associated with sounds.
Auditory/Acoustic aphasias
have lost the ability to understand printed or written figures
Visual aphasia
known as the Broca’s Aphasia. loss of the power to express oneself by writing, making signs, or speaking.
Motor or Expressive Aphasia
It determines the client’s ability to recognize other people (person), awareness of when and where they presently are (time and place), and who they, themselves, are (self).
Orientation
Determines the client’s ability to focus on a mental task that is expected to be able to be performed by individuals of normal intelligence
Attention Span and Calculation
the amount of concentrated time one can spend on a task without becoming distracted.
Attention span
what is used to asses level of consciousness
Glasgow coma scale
What glasgow coma scale asses?
eye response
motor response
verbal response
this LOC is when patient follows command, responds appropriately to stimulia
ALERT
this LOC is when patient is DROWSY
Lethargic
this LOC is when patient requires vigorous stimulation for a response
Stuporous
this LOC is when patient doesn’t respond
Comatose