Chapter 46

Question 1

Aphasia

Answer 1

The total or partial loss (a) of the ability to use or understand language (phasia)

Question 2

Blindness

Answer 2

The absence of sight

Question 3

Braille

Answer 3

A touch reading and writing system that uses raised dots for each letter of the alphabet; the first 10 letters also represent the number 0 through 9

Question 4

Cerumen

Answer 4

Earwax

Question 5

Deafness

Answer 5

Hearing loss in which it is impossible for the person to understand speech through hearing alone

Question 6

Expressive Aphasia

Answer 6

Difficulty expressing or sending out thoughts through speech or writing; Broca’s aphasia

Question 7

Global Aphasia

Answer 7

Difficult expressing or sending out thoughts and difficulty understanding language; mixed aphasia

Question 8

Hearing Loss

Answer 8

Not being able to hear the range of sounds associated with normal hearing

Question 9

Low Vision

Answer 9

Vision loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses, contact lenses, drugs, or surgery; vision loss interferes with every-day activities

Question 10

Receptive Aphasia

Answer 10

Difficulty understanding language; Wernicke’s aphasia

Question 11

Tinnitus

Answer 11

A ringing, roaring, hissing, or buzzing sound in the ears or head

Question 12

Vertigo

Answer 12

Dizziness

Question 13

Dysarthria

Answer 13

Difficult or poor (dys) speech (arthria)

Question 14

Apraxia of Speech

Answer 14

Not (a) to act, do, or perform (praxia)