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What 3 key components are used to type aphasia?

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  1. degree of AC deficits
  2. Degree of spontaneous OE
  3. Repetition ability, in contrast w/ spontaneous OE
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Types of aphasia vary in the following areas:

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presentation, modality of language that is impaired, site of lesion, concomitant diagnoses, and severity level

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What are the 4 modalities affected by aphasia?

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Listening, Reading, Speaking, Writing

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What is auditory comprehension (AC)?

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The ability to reliably understand meaning and intent of verbally-produced linguistic symbols

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What is oral expression (OE)?

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The ability to verbally produce symbolic representation of thought.

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What two subcategories is OE divided into?

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Fluent and Nonfluent

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What characteristics are associated with fluent speech?

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  1. Lengthy runs of speech
  2. free-flowing articulation
  3. ease of speech
  4. melodic, prosodic
  5. grammatical variety
  6. “normal” rate
  7. Posterior lesions
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What characteristics are associated with nonfluent speech?

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  1. Stilted, short runs of speech
  2. interrupted, awkward
  3. effortful
  4. limited grammar
  5. word retrieval deficits
  6. delayed rate of speech
  7. anterior lesions
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People with nonfluent aphasia often have a _____________ too.

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motor speech disorder

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How does AC differ between fluent and nonfluent aphasia?

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Typically, AC cannot be used to distinguish between fluent and nonfluent aphasia

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What is Anomia?

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A deficit in word retrieval with preserved repetition and spontaneous speech.

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What are two general types of anomic errors?

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  1. . Cannot retrieve the word

2. Pattern of substitution errors

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Anomia can be ________ or _______ in relation to aphasia.

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  • A symptom of an aphasia type

- A TYPE of aphasia (Anomic aphasia)

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What characteristics are associated with anomia?

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  1. may be delayed or unable to retrieve words
  2. may be specific to certain classes of words
  3. may talk around the problem
  4. may substitute general words for for specific
  5. NOT a phoneme problem
  6. IS a semantic, word-level deficit
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What is circumlocution?

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The DELIBERATE use of substitution words, in an attempt to get around a word retrieval problem

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Almost every type of aphasia has some degree of _______ and some impairment in _________.

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  1. Anomia

2. AC

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What is paraphasia?

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The production of unintended syllables, words, or phrases during speech.

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Paraphasia is generally found in ________.

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fluent aphasia

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What are the 3 types of paraphasias?

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  1. Literal
  2. Verbal
  3. Neologistic
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What problems are associated with a literal paraphasia?

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phonemic substitutions, sequential errors (nen for pen or pet for pen)

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What problems are associated with a neologistic paraphasia?

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jargon substitutions (nonsense words) resulting from severe phonemic substitutions and/or mis-sequencing

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What problems are associated with a verbal (semantic) paraphasia?

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word substitutions, NOT a circumlocution

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What is a perseverative paraphasia?

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a previous response persists, interferes with retrieval of new response

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What is sterotypic speech?

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  • oral expression relegated to sub-propositional speech only
  • overlearned, rote production
  • may be limited to yes/no
  • nothing novel
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What is a syntactic descriptor used to describe non-fluent oral expression?
Agrammatism
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What is agrammatism characterized by?
1. omission of grammatical variety 2. omission of function words (articles, prepositions, personal pronouns, verb inflections) 3. lack of variety, clarity, specificity 4. MLU is low 5. telegraphic speech 6. Results in a simplified version of intended message
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What is a syntactic descriptor typically used related to fluent oral expression?
Paragrammatism
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What is paragrammatism characterized by?
1. ERRORS in grammar 2. tense markers 3. misuse of pronouns 4. confused syntax 5. oddly produced sentence forms
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What is repetition?
Repetition is a descriptor of oral expression. Repetition is the ability to reproduce, from auditory presentation, patterns of familiar speech sounds.
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Intact repetition requires _____
whole "circuit"
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What are some potential reasons for impaired repetition?
1. Auditory perception or discrimination 2. Auditory comprehension 3. Formulation of message (Wernicke's) 4. Connection (arcute fasciculus) between comprehension and production areas 5. Articulation/motor planning/organization (Broca's) 6. Working memory
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Repeating _____ correlate with understanding.
DOES NOT
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Oral reading and reading comprehension are ________.
DIFFERENT
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What is alexia?
An acquired reading disorder
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T/F | Every patient with aphasia will have some degree of alexia
TRUE
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What are the 3 types of alexia?
1. Alexia with agraphia (parieto-temporal alexia) 2. Alexia without agraphia (occipital alexia)k 3. Frontal alexia
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Describe characteristics of alexia with agraphia (parieto-temporal)
impaired reading and writing
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Describe characteristics of alexia without agraphia (occipital alexia)
impaired reading, relatively preserved writing
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Describe characteristics of frontal alexia
- Single word RC for content - Impaired RC for other parts of speech - Impaired writing
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What is agraphia?
An acquired impairment in written expression
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Agraphia can either by _________________ or _________________.
Left-hemisphere based | Right-hemisphere based
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True/False | Every patient with aphasia will have some degree of agraphia.
True
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True/False | A patient w/ only agraphia may not have any aphasia.
True
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What are the 4 main types of agraphia?
1. Frontal agraphia 2. Parietal agraphia 3. Alexic-agraphia 4. Apraxic-agraphia
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What is impaired in frontal agraphia?
Impaired motoric aspects of writing (spelling, formation)
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What is impaired in parietal agraphia?
Impaired access to, or organization of, graphemes to support meaning
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What is impaired in alexic-agraphia?
impaired reading and writing
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What is impaired in apraxic-agraphia?
impaired ability to plan/sequence writing movements, even gestures
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When typing aphasia, where do you start?
Site of lesion
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What are the two broad categories for site of lesion?
Anterior | Posterior
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What are the 4 main types of nonfluent aphasia?
1. Broca's aphasia 2. Transcortical motor 3. Global 4. Transcortical mixed
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What 4 areas are used to type nonfluent aphasias?
Fluency, comprehension, repetition, and naming
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In Broca's aphasia, what is typically spared?
Comprehension
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Name 5 key characteristics of Broca's aphasia
1. Agrammatism 2. awkward, effortful articulation 3. relatively intact AC & RC 4. generally good awareness 5. somewhat reduced prosody/melody
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What is agrammatism?
grammar is reduced to simplest forms, limited speech output
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How could oral expression be classified in Broca's aphasia?
non-propositional speech, sterotypical phrases, telegraphic
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What diagnoses often co-occur with Broca's aphasia?
Apraxia of speech, R hemiplegia, R hemiparesis, dsyarthria, depression
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What is relatively spared in clients with global aphasia?
Every area is somewhat IMPAIRED
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Name characteristics of patients with global aphasia
1. Severe to profound deficits in all 4 modalities 2. cannot communicate through symbolic language 3. Likely nonverbal 4. Usually alert and aware 5. May gesture, use facial expressions, point
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What diagnoses often co-occur with Global aphasia?
Apraxia, Dysarthria, R hemiplegia, R hemiparesis
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What is the prognosis for global aphasia?
Poor
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Where is the SOL usually for Global Aphasia?
Perisylvian region | Often, lesions in subcortical white matter

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