aphasia Flashcards
aphasia - definition
higher order inability to speak (language deficit) –> inability to understand/speak/read/write
dysarthria - definition
motor inability to speak (movement deficit)
aphasia - types
- Broca 2. Wernicke 3. Conduction 4. Global
- Transcortical motor 6. Transcortical sensory
- Mixed trancortical
aphasia Broca - manifestation
- Nonfluent
- intact comprehension
- impaired repetition
aphasia Broca - area
inferior frontal gyrus of frontal lobe
aphasia Wernicke - manifestation
- Fluent
- Impaired comprehension
- Impaired repetition
aphasia Wernicke - area
superior temporal gyrus of temporal lobe
conduction aphasia - manifestation
- Fluent
- Intact comprehension
- Poor repetition
conduction aphasia - area
can be caused by damage to arcuate fasciculus
Global aphasia - manifestation
- Nonfluent
- Impaired comprehension
- Impaired repetition
Global aphasia - area
arcuate fasciculus, Broca and Wernicke areas affected
Transcortical motor - manifestation
- Nonfluent
- Good comprehension
- Intact repetition
Transcortical sensory - manifestation
- Fluent
- Poor comprehension
- Intact repetition
Mixed transcortical - manifestation
- Nonfluent
- Poor comprehension
- Intact repetition
Mixed transcortical - area
Broca and Wernicke areas involved.
Arcuate fasciculus not involved