Acquired Adult Language Disorders Flashcards
nonlinguistic tone is associated with which hemisphere?
right
left-sided neglect
- RH disorder
- doesn’t scan left side
anosognosia
- RH disorder
- lack of awareness of deficits
constructional apraxia
difficulty copying drawings, building things-RH disorder
relates to spacial processing
difficulty with mental rotation
amusia
–RH disorder
problems with musical melody (recognition and production)
RH disorder:linguistic deficits
- pragmatics impaired
- referencing problems
- difficulty taking listener’s perspective
- trouble signaling topic changes
- trouble maintaining topics
- trouble selecting important info
confabulation
making up info
-RH disorder: speech disturbances
- low vocal volume
- imprecise artic
- monotone and monovolume
because of reduced intelligibility
what does treatment consist of?
INCREASING AWARENESS of deficits
- bring attention to difficulty in understanding
- refocus attention on convo
why are there often limitations in time spent on therapy tasks?
- cognitive loss
- unawareness of deficits
what cognitive functions are lost in dementias?
- memory
- attention
- decision making skills
- executive functioning
what personality changes are dementias associated with?
- lack of motivation
- inability to perform routine tasks
- flattening of mood
- agitation
- lack of social appropriateness
which routine tasks are the first to go?
complex tasks…simplest are preserved the longest
with dementia which lasts longer..short term or long term memory?
long term, although it decline over time
memory can be classified by type…
- events
- procedural
- linguistic
