CH 10

Question 1

Aphasia literally means ______

Answer 1

without language

Question 2

Aphasia is caused by

Answer 2

some sort of brain damage in the broca or wernicke

Question 3

Estimated that _____ Americans have Aphasia

Answer 3

one million

Question 4

____ adults become aphasic each day

Answer 4

200

Question 5

Aphasia may affect _______________

Answer 5

listening, speaking, reading, writing, and other specific language functions such as naming. Also could affect arithmetic, gesturing, telling time, counting money, or interpreting environmental noises.

Question 6

Aphasia can be thought of as two types

Answer 6

Expressive/fluent: how we speak, write, express ourselves

Receptive: how we interpret incoming information

Question 7

Fluent aphasia

Answer 7

damage on left hemisphere
substitute words,
exhibit neologisms (made up words)
normal rate, intonation, pauses, and stress patterns

Question 8

4 types of fluent aphasia

Answer 8

Wernicke’s
Anomic
Conduction
Transcorical Sensory

Question 9

Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 9

• fluent aphasia that doesn’t make sense
• terrible comprehension
• trouble imitating
• damage in wernicke’s area

Question 10

Anomic Aphasia

Answer 10

Fluent

Otherwise normal speech but can’t recall names of objects

Question 11

Conduction Aphasia

Answer 11

fluent
speech makes no sense at all
Like wernicke’s but they know they have it so it’s worse

Question 12

Dementia

Answer 12

umbrella term for pathological conditions and syndromes

characterized by decline due to neurogenic causes

Question 13

Dementia problems

Answer 13

Memory, abstract thinking, reasoning, judgement, ability to tend to relevant information, impaired communication and personality changes

Question 14

Dementia Diagnosis

Answer 14

Involves a team incuding primary care doctor, neurologist, SLP

Question 15

Dementia two categories

Answer 15

Cortical- (outside of the brain) alzheimers, picks disease

sub-cortical- associated with disease like MS, parkinsons, AIDS, huntingtons,

Question 16

Dementia intervention

Answer 16

prolong dropping of memory, help them cope

Not improving condition, just helping situation

Question 17

Average life expectency after being diagnosed with alzheimers is ____ years

Answer 17

7 years

Question 18

Transcortical Sensory Aphasia

Answer 18

Rarest of fluent aphasias
fluent but full of errors
CAN immitate words
Able to repeat or imitate (this is why it's different from wernicke's)
Brain damage on left hemisphere