Aphasia Flashcards
Broca’s area
Motor functions involved in speech
Broca’s aphasia
Nonfluent, telegraphic speech, apraxia
Wernicke’s area
Processing and understanding language
Transcortical motor aphasia
Non fluent, difficulty initiating speech , paraphasias, good comprehension
Global aphasia
Non fluent, limited or no speech initiation, word retrieval problems, poor R language
Wernicke’s aphasia
Fluent, jargon, paraphasias, poor word retrieval & R language
Transcortical sensory aphasia
Fluent, jargon, paraphasias, naming difficulties, low R language
Conduction aphasia
Fluent, poor imitation & naming, normal articulation
Anomic aphasia
Fluent, poor word retrieval, ok R language
Paraphasias
Speech errors (phonological, jargon, wrong word)
Frontal lobe
Reasoning, speech, problem solving
Parietal lobe
Movement, recognition, perception, orientation in space
Occipital lobe
Visual processing
Temporal lobe
Auditory processing, memory speech
Basal ganglia
Voluntary motor function, learning habits
