Aphasias

Question 1

Wernicke’s

Answer 1

Left temporal. AKA fluent, receptive, sensory

Question 2

Broca’s

Answer 2

Left frontal (motor strip). AKA nonfluent, expressive, motor; speak short, meaningful phrases that are produced with great effort; able to understand the speech of others to varying degrees

Question 3

Conduction

Answer 3

deficits in the connections between the speech-comprehension and speech-production areas; Auditory comprehension is near normal, and oral expression is fluent with occasional paraphasic errors. Repetition ability is poor.

Question 4

Transcortical sensory

Answer 4

similar deficits as in Wenicke’s aphasia, but repetition ability remains intact

Question 5

Transcortical motor

Answer 5

Similar deficits as in Broca’s aphasia, except repetition ability remains intact. Auditory comprehension is generally fine for simple conversations, but declines rapidly for more complex conversations

Question 6

Anomic

Answer 6

Difficulty with naming

Question 7

Aphasia

Answer 7

impairments in written and or spoken language