Aphasia

Question 1

T/F : aphasia can be seen in kids

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Aphasia

Answer 2

Acquired communication disorder caused by BRAIN damage, characterized by an impairment of language modalities

Question 3

the four modalities that CAN be impacted by aphasia

Answer 3

speaking, listening, reading, writing

Question 4

5 main causes of aphasia

Answer 4

1. Stroke
2. Neurodegeneration (dementia)
3. Head trauma
4. Tumour (cancer)
5. Infection

Question 5

Fraction : ____ of stroke survivors experience aphasia

Answer 5

1/3

Question 6

Two main types of aphasia

Answer 6

Broca’s aphasia
Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 7

Broca’s aphasia is _______ whilst Wernicke’s aphasia is _______ (think proficiency, you with french)

Answer 7

non-fluent; fluent

Question 8

T/F : people with broca’s aphasia are ABLE to have PROPER reception, it is their EXPRESSION that is impaired

Answer 8

True

Question 9

T/F : people with Wernicke’s aphasia are ABLE to have PROPER reception, it is their EXPRESSION that is impaired

Answer 9

False, their reception is impaired

Question 10

Broca’s aphasia victims have problems with _____ whilst Wernicke’s aphasia victims struggle with ______

Answer 10

syntax/grammar; semantics

Question 11

In which type of aphasia do we say someone has ‘telegraphic speech’

Answer 11

broca’s

Question 12

T/F : people are more likely to make up words if they have Broca’s aphasia

Answer 12

False, Wernicke’s

Question 13

Broca’s area is in the _____ lobe and Wernicke’s area is in the ____ lobe

Answer 13

frontal; temporal

Question 14

What are paraphasias

Answer 14

When words and sentences are jumbled into nonsense/meaninglessness

Question 15

Who would be worse at reading smt : someone with Broca’s or someone with Wernicke’s

Answer 15

Wernicke’s ; they switch words

Question 16

Assessing and managing aphasia - the 4 big steps in a session with a patient (usually weekly training)

Answer 16

1. What is conversation? aim of therapy
2. Making goals; understanding one’s barriers
3. Practice
4. Problem solving + future planning

Question 17

Assessment and Management of aphasia - WHAT TO ASSESS (6) (hint : think the diff parts of ling, our brain, social life)

Answer 17

1. Verbal expression and auditory comprehension (phonology, morphology, syntax)
2. Reading and writing
3. Pragmatics and discourse (cohesion, coherence, topic navigation)
4. Cognition (attention, memory, executive functioning, problem solving, reasoning
5. Functional communication
6. Quality of life

Question 18

Assessment and Management of aphasia - HOW to assess (4 diff types of assessments)

Answer 18

1. Formal (standardized - your score to YOUR normative score)
2. Informal
3. Interviews (talking to partners, fam)
4. Observations (with nurse/partner)