Aphasias

Question 1

Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 1

-Blockage of superior L MCA
Non-Fluent, Effortful
- telegraphic
- agrammatic
- automatic speech
- very aware of errors
- understands everything

Question 2

Anomic Aphasia

Answer 2

-Diverse cause & sites of lesion
Main Problem: Word Retrieval in Spontaneous Speech & Naming Tasks
- fluent
- grammatically correct
- unusual pauses
- circumlocutions
- substitutions of non-specific words

Question 3

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 3

Blockage of inferior L MCA
Fluent, Effortless
- meaningless
- impaired comprehension
- jargon- neologisms (non-words)
- paraphasia errors
- repetition
- prosody intact
- unaware of errors

Question 4

Global Aphasia

Answer 4

Infarct of Entire L MCA
Profound Impairments of all Modalities of Receptive & Expressive Language
- perseverative utterances
- relay on gestures/drawing to communicate
- attentive, alert,
- socially appropriate
- can perform non-verbal tasks

Question 5

Conduction Aphasia

Answer 5

• Lesion of Arcuate Fasciculus
  Arcuate Fasciculus: communication between Broca’s & Wernicke’s Area
• Grossly Impaired Repetition with preserved language comprehension
• paraphasia errors in spontaneous speech
• pauses = word retrieval
• alert, attentive
• aware of erros
• unsuccessful attempts at self-correction

Question 6

Transcortical Aphasia

Answer 6

Watershed area Damage; surrounding MCA
Dominant Hemispheres
- Surrounding areas damaged

Question 7

Pericentral Aphasia

Answer 7

Repetition Lost = central aphasia
Repetition Intact = pericentral aphasia

Question 8

Transcortical Motor Aphasia

Answer 8

Damage anterior & superior to Broca’s area
Repetition Intact

Question 9

Transcortical Sensory Aphasia

Answer 9

Posterior Watershed Infart
Repetition Intact
- No speech comprehension

Question 10

Subcortical Aphasia

Answer 10

Various Lesion Locations