Aphasia Flashcards
types of aphasia
nonfluent (brocas), fluent (wernickes), global
nonfluent aphasia
brocas, slow labored speech and word retrieval
fluent aphasia
wernickes, able to produce lang. but difficulty with comprehension
features of aphasia
prod., comprehension, naming, written lang. (reading)
feature of non fluent aphasia
telegraphic speech, impaired complex comprehension, paraphasia, neologisms
features of fluent aphasia
logorrhea, jargon, impaired comprehension, circumlocution, difficult expression
global aphasia
both hemispheres
other comm. problems in aphasia
agnosia, dysarthria, apraxia of speech
assess comprehension
receptive lang., identify objects, follow simple commands, answer questions about story
assess expression
expressive lang., name objects, describe actions, describe complex picture
assess repetition
sounds, word, phrases
assess naming
name objects and pictures
right hemisphere syndrome
results from stroke in right hemisphere
features of RHS
problematic metaphors, nonliteral meanings and sarcasm, disorganized discourse, difficult prosody
assessment of RHS
executive functions, oral lang., memory
