2 Communication/Aphasia Flashcards
1
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What is Aphasia?
A
- Multi modality reduction in capacity to decode and encode meaningful linguistic elemtes
- listening, reading, speaking, and writing
2
Q
What is Broca’s Aphasia?
A
- Non fluent/agrammatic
- laboured speech and lack of syntax in speech production and comprehension
- Expressive Aphasia
Middle Cerebral Artery
3
Q
What are signs and SX of Brocas?
A
- Non fluetn
- slow
- interrupted
- difficult initiation
- awkward articulation
- great effort
- restricted vocabulary
- simple/basic grammar
- Replaces one word for another
- intact auditoru comprehension
- aware of deficit
- highly frustrated
- difficult reading and writing
4
Q
What are some PT considerations when dealing with Brocas?
A
- Acklnowledge you understand
- Keep convo/instructions short and simple
- Encourage automatic speech and language
- Accept short answers
- Offer choices
- use sound cues and gestures
5
Q
What is Wenicke’s Aphasia?
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- Normally intoned stream of grammatical markers, pronouns, and predopositions
- Difficult recalling correct content, nonuns (anomia)
- meaningless workds neologism (paraphasia)
6
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Wernicke’s signs and symptoms
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- unaware of language errors
- impaired auditory comprehension
- Fluent/well articulated
- without effort
- talktalk talk talk
- long sentenches in variety of structures
- word finding problems
- paraphasic errors
- Disordered writing and impaired reading
7
Q
What are some PT considerations for Wernicke’s?
A
- use thier stronger visual system to facilitage comprehension and improve language skills
- draw pictures
- use gestures
- demonstrate
