ASSESSMENT Flashcards
patients cannot recognize and identify objects, persons, or sounds using one or more of their senses
AGNOSIA
inability to voluntarily move one’s muscles and limbs
AKINESIA
loss of language
APHASIA
difficulties UNDERSTANDING spoken and/or written language
RECEPTIVE APHASIA/WERNICKE’S APHASIA
difficulties PRODUCING spoken and/or written language
EXPRESSIVE APHASIA/BROCA’S APHASIA
difficulty UNDERSTANDING and SPEAKING (the most severe form of aphasia)
GLOBAL APHASIA
A person is unable to perform tasks or movements when asked
APRAXIA
The use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.
CIRCUMLOCUTION
You have difficulty speaking because the muscles you use for speech are weak.
DYSARTHRIA
It affects your ability to produce and understand spoken language.
DYSPHASIA
Abnormal Voice
DYSPHONIA
the invention of words to which meanings are attached.
NEOLOGISMS
the production of an unintended sound within a word, or of a whole word or phrase.
PARAPHRASIA
specific type of shakiness that develops as you do a purposeful movement, like reaching for an object.
TREMORS (INTENTION)
A visible, involuntary twitching of an individual muscle
FASCICULATION