speech and aphasia Flashcards
what is an Acute confusional state?
a common and usually reversible disorder of attention
what is the definition of Aphasia?
Aphasia is an acquired disorder of language resulting from damage to brain areas subserving linguistic capacity.
What is Apraxia
Impairment of learned movement, often associated with aphasia
what is Agnosia?
Impaired recognition in the visual, auditory, or tactile modality
what is Hemineglect?
failure to attend to one side (usually the left) of the body or extrapersonal space
what is dysarthria ?
a disorder of speech due to motor system involvement
what is dysphonia?
a disorder of voice related to laryngeal disease
In the case of language dominance, handedness has important implications. A useful generalization is that about 90% of the population is right-handed and 10% left-handed. However, whereas 99% of right-handed people are left dominant for language, about _____of left-handers are also left dominant for language. So, the main clinical point is that patients with aphasia almost always have a _______.
67%
left hemisphere lesion.
Impaired ______ & ______ typically accompany aphasia
reading (alexia),
writing (agraphia)
Describe broca’s aphasia.
in terms of :SPONTANEOUS SPEECH,
AUDITORY COMPREHENSION, REPETITION, NAMING,
LOCALIZATION (LEFT HEMISPHERE)
spontaneous speech: Non-fluent comprehension: good Repetition: Poor Naming: poor Localization: Broca's area
Describe Wernicke’s aphasia.
in terms of :SPONTANEOUS SPEECH,
AUDITORY COMPREHENSION, REPETITION, NAMING,
LOCALIZATION (LEFT HEMISPHERE)
spontaneous speech: Fluent comprehension: poor Repetition: poor Naming: poor Localization: Wernicke's area
Describe conduction aphasia.
in terms of :SPONTANEOUS SPEECH,
AUDITORY COMPREHENSION, REPETITION, NAMING,
LOCALIZATION (LEFT HEMISPHERE)
spontaneous speech: fluent comprehension: Good Repetition: poor Naming: poor Localization: Arcuate Fasciculus
Describe Global aphasia.
in terms of :SPONTANEOUS SPEECH,
AUDITORY COMPREHENSION, REPETITION, NAMING,
LOCALIZATION (LEFT HEMISPHERE)
spontaneous speech: Non-fluent comprehension: poor Repetition: poor Naming: poor Localization: Perisylvian Region
– Nonfluency is characterized by ________
Labored, effortful speech and < 6-word phrases
– Poor comprehension is defined by ________.
performing < 4-step verbal commands
