Aphasia Flashcards
What are two types of Fluent Aphasia?
- Wernicke’s Aphasia
2. Conduction Aphasia
Where is Wernicke’s aphasia?
what is it also known as?
posterior region of superior temporal gyrus
AKA Fluent and RECEPTIVE aphasia
Where is Brocha’s Aphasia?
What is it also known as?
3rd convolution of frontal lobe
AKA NON-Fluent and EXPRESSIVE aphasia
What is verbal apraxia?
verbal expression is impaired secondary to deficits in motor planning
What is Dysarthria?
caused by upper motor neruon lesion that affects muscles used to articulate words and sounds causing slurred speech
What is the most common form of aphasia?
Broca’s Aphasia
Mneumonic for Broca’s Aphasia?
BEAN
Broca’s, Expressive Aphasia, Non-fluent aphasia
What are the two types of non-fluent aphasia?
- Broca’s Aphasia
2. Global Aphasia
Lesions typically occur in what area with Fluent Aphasia (3)?
- temporal lobe
- Wernicke’s area
- regions of the parietal lobe
What region is typically affected with non-fluent aphasia?
frontal lobe
What is dysprosodic speech?
impairment in the rhythm and inflection of speech
Aphasia typically results from a stroke in which hemisphere?
Left hemisphere
Which aphasia occurs when all language functions are affected?
Global Aphasia
What is receptive aphasia?
The inability to comprehend verbal commands, despite being able to verbalize, is known as receptive aphasia (Wernicke’s aphasia).
What is expressive aphasia?
The inability to verbalize language despite intact reading and auditory comprehension (Brocha’s Apahsia)
