broca's aphasia

Question 1

most common nonfluent aphasia

Answer 1

brocas

Question 2

two major symptoms of brocas

Answer 2

motor component, verbal articulatory impairment, and agrammatism

Question 3

motor component

Answer 3

lack of lfuency

Question 4

verbal articulatory impairment

Answer 4

coexisiting apraxia (in many occassions)

Question 5

agrammatism

Answer 5

lack of grammatical elements

Question 6

damage specific to broca’s area does NOT produce broca’s aphasia

Answer 6

true

Question 7

what does result in brocas aphasia

Answer 7

damage aroun broca’s area, insula, lower motor cortex, sub adjacent subcortical and periventricular white mater

Question 8

minor broca’s aphasia (damage of specfically brocas area)

Answer 8

-mildly nonfluent speech
-relatively shorter sentences
-mild agrammatism
-presence of phonetic deviations (phonological errors) and a few phonological paraphasias
-possible appearance of foreign accent

Question 9

semantic paraphasia

Answer 9

substiution of target word with a word that is semantically related or in same semantic category (spoon for fork, shoe for sock)

Question 10

phonemic paraphasias

Answer 10

phonological errors, including substitution of one or more phonemes of target word (fencil for pencil, cook for book)

Question 11

neologisms

Answer 11

nonsensical words that do no exists, typically seen in fluent aphasia

Question 12

promoting aphasics’ communicaicative effectiveness (PACE)

Answer 12

to improve pragmatic skills by teaching them to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant stimuli, use of contextual cues, follow conversational rules, and avoid confabulation

Question 13

intensive language action therapy (constraint-induced language therapy) CILT

Answer 13

principle: forced use of affected domains (verbal language) and mass practice leads to functional gains in communication

Question 14

CILT components

Answer 14

only verbal mode is accepted forcing clients to use their affected domains. restricts other language modalities

Question 15

intensive comprehesnion aphasia program

Answer 15

it is an intensive treatment focusing on neuroplasticity. living with aphasia includes conideration of following factors:
-severity of aphasia
-participation in life situations
-communication and language environment
-personal identity, attitudes, and feelings

Question 16

intensive comprehesnion aphasia program

Answer 16

it is an intensive treatment focusing on neuroplasticity. living with aphasia includes conideration of following factors:
-severity of aphasia
-participation in life situations
-communication and language environment
-personal identity, attitudes, and feelings

Question 17

melodic intonation therapy

Answer 17

principle: designed for indviduals with nonfluent aphasia. MIT combines several technqiues including intoned speech, unison production with the clinican, and lip reading

Question 18

helm elicited language program for syntax simulation

Answer 18

used for adolecescents and adults with agrammatical speech, based on synctactic hierarchy of dfficulty shown by agrammatic clienys

Question 19

transcranial direct stimulation

Answer 19

it is a non-invasive and inexpensive method aimed at direct activation of affected brain areas. can simultaneously used with speech therapy