Aphasia (W5) Flashcards
Which of the following statements is not true about aphasia?
- Aphasia is an acquired disorder
- Aphasia leads to impairment in auditory comprehension and verbal expression
- Aphasia lead to impairment in reading comprehension and written expression
- Aphasia does not affect intellect
NOT Aphasia results from a sensory deficit
This classification system of aphasia looked at neuroanatomical damage and functioning to predict the communicative consequences of damage to various brain regions?
Connectionist model
All of the following are part of the zone of language except?
Broca’s area
Wernicke’s area
Primary auditory cortex
Angular gyrus
NOT Primary motor cortex
A person who struggles to get words out, speaks using words and phrases, and leaves words out would be described as having this type of aphasia?
Non-Fluent Aphasia
Linguistic processes that are used to classify aphasia types include all of the following except?
Auditory comprehension
Repetition
Speech fluency
Naming
NOT Writing
When syntax is simplified or incomplete and responses are short this is described as?
Agrammatism
This disorder is characterized by inability to produce words, excessive pausing, no response, and or errors in naming?
Anomia
Which of the following is not a type of paraphasia?
Phonemic paraphasia
Semantic paraphasia
Neolgism
Sterotypy
NOT Paragnosia
Why might repetition not be affected in some types of aphasia?
It doesn’t process meaning
A person with this type of aphasia is fluent, has smooth effortless verbal expression, poor comprehension, poor repetition, and is unaware of errors in his speech?
Wernicke’s aphasia
A person with this type of aphasia exhibits severe impairments in both receptive and expressive language?
Global aphasia
Persons with this aphasia exhibit good auditory comprehension, difficulty initiating and maintaining speech, and good repetition abilities?
Transcortical motor aphasia
Persons with this aphasia produce non-fluent, agrammatic speech, have mildly impaired comprehension, and good self-awareness of errors?
Broca’s aphasia
This type of aphasia may result when damage occurs in the thalamus or basal ganglia and the person may exhibit hypophonia?
Sub-cortical aphasia
This disorder is associated with aphasia and results in the person having difficulty understanding written language?
Alexia
