Aphasia Flashcards
Types of speech disorders
Dysarthria
Apraxia of speech
Types of language disorders
Aphasia
Alexia
Agraphia
Right hemisphere disorder
What type of disorder is aphasia?
Acquired language disorder
Difficulties of aphasia
Expressing, reading, writing, and understanding
What is dysarthria?
Disturbance in muscle control in speech control
What is Broca’s aphasia?
PROBLEMS FLUENCY
Halting and labored speech.
Mild to moderate auditory comprehension problems.
Reading aloud is slow and laborious
What is Wernicke’s aphasia?
PROBLEMS W/ Understanding
The speech is fluent, the message is lost.
Talk excessively.
Prone to use made up words.
Comprehension is difficult.
What is global aphasia?
Difficulty in fluency, understanding, and repetition.
What is conductive aphasia?
Difficulty in repetition.
