Aphasia Flashcards
Enumerate the non-fluent aphasia types.
Broca’s Aphasia
Transcortical Motor Aphasia
Mixed Transcortical Aphasia
Global Aphasia
Enumerate the fluent aphasia types.
Wernicke’s Aphasia
Conduction Aphasia
Anomic Aphasia
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
A language symptom characterized by the tendency to produce non words termed as “new words”.
jargons or neologisms
A language symptom characterized by the tendency to substitute different words for target words.
semantic paraphasia
The recurrence of previous response within the context of an established set commonly seen in Wernicke’s Aphasia.
perseveration
The deficits in formulating and processing syntax and difficulty in grammatical judgements.
agrammatism
A language symptom characterized by the short and simple phrases wherein every word is “paid”. These phrases have minimal to no complex grammatical constructions.
telegraphic speech
This refers to the problems with word finding.
Dysnomia
This refers to the repeated attempts to articulate what they are trying to repeat/say.
conduit d’approche
A language symptom characterized by production of same few words or non word regardless of the meaning intended.
stereotypic utterances
This refers to the use of words other than intended words wherein he/she get around the word they are striving to say.
circumlocutions
What are the hallmark features of Wernicke’s Aphasia?
jargons or neologisms
logorrhea
paraphasia
perseverations
What are the hallmark features of Broca’s Aphasia?
agrammatism
telegraphic speech
dysnomia
emotional liability
What are the hallmark features of Conduction Aphasia?
conduit d’approche
phonemic paraphasia
What are the hallmark features of Anomic Aphasia?
use of generic terms and production of fillers
circumlocutions
