aphasia & RHD practice questions

Question 1

Zander is a 72-year-old retired musician with moderate Wernicke’s aphasia. Which of the following areas would be critical to target FIRST in his treatment plan?

-To improve reasoning skills
-To reduce neologisms
-To reduce repetition errors
-To improve singing skills

Answer 1

To reduce neologisms

Question 2

Mr. Jones is a 69-year-old retired accountant, and currently has a form of progressive aphasia. His symptoms include relatively intact comprehension skills, shorter-than-normal phrase length, agrammatism, and deficits in prosody. What is his most likely diagnosis?

-Logopenic aphasia
-Semantic dementia
-Fluent PPA
-Nonfluent PPA

Answer 2

Nonfluent PPA