Aphasia Types

Question 1

broca’s aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 1

nonfluent

Question 2

broca’s aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 2

• inferior frontal lobe
• brodmann’s area 44 and 45

Question 3

broca’s aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 3

relatively intact

Question 4

broca’s aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 4

1. reading comprehension is poor
2. oral expression in confrontational naming is significantly impaired
3. spelling errors

Question 5

broca’s aphasia: another note

Answer 5

apraxia of speech

Question 6

wernicke’s aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 6

fluent

Question 7

wernicke’s aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 7

• wernicke’s area
• brodmann’s area 22

Question 8

wernicke’s aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 8

poor

Question 9

wernicke’s aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 9

1. anomia
2. difficulty with meanings of printed words
3. excessive but meaningless writing

Question 10

wernicke’s aphasia: another note

Answer 10

lack of self-awareness

Question 11

conduction aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 11

fluent

Question 12

conduction aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 12

• lower parietal lobe, arcuate fasciculus, supramarginal gyrus
• brodmann’s area 40

Question 13

conduction aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 13

relatively intact

Question 14

conduction aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 14

1. better comprehension of silently read content
2. impaired repetition
3. literal paraphasias

Question 15

global aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 15

nonfluent

Question 16

global aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 16

frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes

Question 17

global aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 17

impaired

Question 18

global aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 18

1. expressions limited to a few words
2. impaired reading comprehension and writing expression
3. greatly reduced fluency

Question 19

global aphasia: another note

Answer 19

apraxia of speech

Question 20

transcortical mixed aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 20

nonfluent

Question 21

transcortical mixed aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 21

• inferior frontal lobe, watershed regions
• brodmann’s area 6, 8, 9, 10, and 46

Question 22

transcortical mixed aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 22

severely impaired

Question 23

transcortical mixed aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 23

1. limited spontaneous speech
2. severe echolalia
3. unimpaired automatic speech

Question 24

transcortical sensory aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 24

fluent

Question 25

transcortical sensory aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 25

• parietal/temporal lobe, watershed regions, angular gyrus, posterior middle temporal gyrus
• brodmann’s area 37 and 39

Question 26

transcortical sensory aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 26

poor

Question 27

transcortical sensory aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 27

1. logorrhea
2. neologisms
3. naming severely impaired

Question 28

transcortical sensory aphasia: another note

Answer 28

poor self-monitoring

Question 29

transcortical motor aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 29

nonfluent

Question 30

transcortical motor aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 30

• frontal lobe, watershed regions
• brodmann’s area 6, 8, 9, 10, and 46

Question 31

transcortical motor aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 31

good in basic conversation but impaired for complex speech

Question 32

transcortical motor aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 32

1. literal and semantic paraphasias
2. intact repetition skills
3. severely impaired writing

Question 33

anomic aphasia: fluent or nonfluent?

Answer 33

fluent

Question 34

anomic aphasia: site of lesion

Answer 34

varies, often angular gyrus

Question 35

anomic aphasia: auditory comprehension

Answer 35

intact

Question 36

anomic aphasia: 3 other characteristics

Answer 36

1. word finding difficulties, more circumlocutions
2. intact reading comprehension and writing expression
3. intact repetition