alexia symptoms and treatment

Question 1

list subtypes of central alexias

Answer 1

deep alexia, phonological alexia, surface alexia

Question 2

describe deep alexia

Answer 2

-poor grapheme-phoneme skills
-presencee of semantic paralexical errors,
-omission or misreading grammatical functor words,
-difficulties with reading meaningless words,
-considered as a severe form of phonological alexia

Question 3

describe phonological alexia

Answer 3

-poor grapheme-phoneme skills
-able to read familiar words
-more difficulty with unfamiliar words

Question 4

describe surface alexia

Answer 4

-relatively intact grapheme-phoneme skills
-can understand words by sounding out letters
-can read meaningless words based on grapheme-phoneme skills
-regularization erros (reading phase for face)

Question 5

list subtyped of peripheral alexia

Answer 5

hemianopic alexia, neglect alexia, attentional alexia

Question 6

describe hemianopic alexia

Answer 6

damage to primary visual cortes

difficulty in reading from left-right

Question 7

describe neglect alexia

Answer 7

deficits in reading beginning of words

Question 8

describe attentional alexia

Answer 8

closely positioned letters - may make blending of 2 words into one

-slow and difficult reading

Question 9

assessment of alexia

Answer 9

-reading aloud: single words, words with emotional valence, familiar words, words belonging to different parts of speech

-reading comp: single word, sentence completion, complex paragraph, follow written instructions

-functional reading: menus, maps, checklists, prescriptions

Question 10

list and describe lexical tx approach for alexia

Answer 10

copy and recall treatment
-copying and recall of target words
-focuses on spelling of target words
-easier to incorporate w/poor phonological skills following stroke

Question 11

list phonological tx approach for alexia

Answer 11

-LiPS
-oral reading for lang in aphasia
-tactile-kinesthetic approach

Question 12

describe LiPS approach

Answer 12

-Help identify sequence of sounds within words

-Hierachical program- from sounds to words and sentences

-Help develop reading abilities based on grapheme-to-phoneme awareness

-Focused on building self-monitoring skills and correcting errors on own during spelling and reading

Question 13

describe oral reading for lang in aphasia approach

Answer 13

-Bawws on oral reading of text-level stimuli

-Includes training of both phonological and semantic abilities

-Focuses on connected speech rather than single words

-Four levels - beginning with 3-5 word sentences to paragraph length material

-Virtual version is also available

Question 14

describe tactile-kinesthetic approach

Answer 14

-Tactile and kinesthetic modalities are used

-Clients write the letters on the palms of their hands with a capped pen

-Left hand - produces touch (tactile)

-Right hand - produces sense of movement (kinesthetic)

-Helps the brain to remember letters by feeling and movements rather than by vision

Question 15

dominant hemisphere related lesions result in

Answer 15

alexia+ agraphia

Question 16

non-dominant hemisphere damage results in

Answer 16

alexia without agraphia

Question 17

alexia w/aphasia

Answer 17

aud comp and reading - related to each other

Question 18

alexia with aphasia

severe alexia is noticed in

Answer 18

global aphasia
-can match letters
-Decode printed symbols
-Better with configural words (letters appearing in descending or ascending order- Took; Ant; Belt)
-Better with Arabic and Roman numerals

Question 19

alexia with aphasia

pure alexia:

Answer 19

exclusive deficits in reeading

Question 20

central alexia has difficulties in and is typically associated with

Answer 20

-lang comp, expression, and reading

-stroke and aphasia

Question 21

peripheral alexia has difficulties in and not always associated with

Answer 21

-visual cortex

-aphasia or stroked

Question 22

deep alexia, surface alexia, and phonological alexia are subtypes of

Answer 22

central alexia

Question 23

attentional alexia, hemianopic alexia, and neglect alexia are subtypes of

Answer 23

peripheral alexia