Aphasia

Question 1

pragmatics

Answer 1

social rules we follow when we talk

• taking turns in convo
• how to talk to diff people
• how close to stand to someone when speaking

Question 2

which side of the brain would have pragmatic deficits if there was a lesion

Answer 2

right

Question 3

lexicon

Answer 3

vocabulary of language

Question 4

semantics

Answer 4

language system that refers to the meanings of words

Question 5

syntax

Answer 5

grammar of a language determines the sequence of words that are acceptable in the formation of sentences

Question 6

prosody

Answer 6

stress and intonation used in language to help make distinctions between questions, statements, expressions of emotions, shock, exclamations etc.

Question 7

how is CN5 involved in speech

Answer 7

sensation of face

Question 8

how is CN7 involved in speech

Answer 8

movement of facial muscles

Question 9

how is CN9 involved in speech

Answer 9

tongue involved

Question 10

how is CN10 involved in speech

Answer 10

elevation of palate
phonation
swallowing

Question 11

how is CN12 involved in speech

Answer 11

movement of tongue

Question 12

brocas area

Answer 12

motor programming for articulation
expression of language
frontal lobe

Question 13

primary motor cortex is important for what when we speak

Answer 13

activation of muscles for articulation

dorsal of frontal lobe

Question 14

arcuate fasciculus

Answer 14

transmission of linguistic information to anterior areas from posterior areas
connect brocas and wernicke’s

Question 15

angular gyrus

Answer 15

• integrates visual, auditory and tactile information and carries out symoblic intergration for reading
• parietal lobe

Question 16

wernickes area

Answer 16

• comprehension of oral language

- temporal lobe

Question 17

supramarginal gyrus

Answer 17

• symbolic integration for writing

- parietal lobe

Question 18

aphasia

Answer 18

• neurogenic language disorder

- complex process of comprehending and formulating verbal messages

Question 19

what is aphasia NOT

Answer 19

• developmental disorder
• dysarthria
• apraxia

Question 20

what language modalities can aphasia occur in

Answer 20

• expressive
• receptive
• reading
• writing

Question 21

expressive aphasia associated with what lesions

Answer 21

anterior lesions

Question 22

receptive aphasic associated with what lesions

Answer 22

posterior lesions

Question 23

what are naming tasks

Answer 23

• visual confrontation
• word retrieval/finding
• measuring the ability to generate words
• use more functional items instead of flashcards

Question 24

speech sample

Answer 24

• spontaneous conversation
• analyzed for fluency of output, effort, articulation, phrase length, prosody, word substitutions and omissions
• “orientation questions”

Question 25

how do you utilize repetition in aphasia tests

Answer 25

• different targets

- use digits, single words, sentences to see if the pt can continously say them

Question 26

comprehension of spoken language involves what

Answer 26

• item identification
• yes/no questions
• 1 step commands to more complex 2 step

Question 27

fluent speech

Answer 27

rate of speech, length of utterance, ease of production, prosody

Question 28

llogorrhea

Answer 28

produces lots and lots of speech

Question 29

pressed for speech

Answer 29

person seems compelled to keep going, getting out lots of ideas through fast and continuing ideas

Question 30

non-fluent speech

Answer 30

• rate is slow with long pauses
• utterances are short
• speaking seems effortful
• prosody lost
• brocas aphasia
• anomia

Question 31

when a pt is doing a volitional repetition task, the result can be assessed and characterized by what

Answer 31

paraphasia

Question 32

paraphasia

Answer 32

production of unintended sound in a word, or a whole word or phrase