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Chapter 7 Flashcards

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Describes the types of communication deficits seen in people who have sustained damage to the brain in one way or another.

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Neurological Impairments

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Related to linguistic programming, speech motor programming, and the production of expressive speech and language.

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Broca’s Area

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Primarily responsbile for the comprehension of speech and language and the formulation of language concepts.

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Wernicke’s Area

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Language that is formulated in Wernicke’s Area is transmitted (via the arcuate fasciculus) to…

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Broca’s Area for speech to be programmed and transmitted to the muscles for speech.

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The loss of the ability to comprehend or formulate language typically associated with neurological damage.

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Aphasia

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A disorder that results from damage to the parts of the brain that contain language

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Aphasia

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Causes problems with any or all of the following: speaking, listening, reading, and writing

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Aphasia

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What causes damage to the brain that results in Aphasia?

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Typically caused by a stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident CVA)

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What causes strokes?

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  1. blockage in a blood vessel supplying blood to brain (ischemic)
  2. Or bleeding in or around the brain (hemorrhagic)
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Says, “A disturbance of one or more aspects of language comprehension, one or more aspects of language form and expression. The disturbance is caused by newly acquired disease of the CNS.”

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Damasio (1981)

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Types of Strokes (CVA)

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  1. Ischemic

2. Hemorrhagic

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Blockage in the artery that supplies blood (oxygen) to the brain.

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Ischemic Stroke

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“Gradual blockage”

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Thrombosis

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“Clot gets lodged in artery causing blockage”

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Embolism

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A bleed in the brain caused by an aneurysm

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Hemorrhagic Stroke

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A bubble in the artery. Over time it gets weak and bursts

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Aneurysm

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Difficult with retrieving and producing words

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Anomia

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Sound and word substitutions that are often found in the speech of aphasic patients whose speech and language is fluent

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Paraphasias

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Words made up by patients with aphasia. They use them as though everyone understands them

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Neologisms

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Using normal intonation, prosody, and fluent speech and language while stringing together a series of meaningless words that don’t make sense to the listener.

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Jargon

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Deficit where articles, conjunctions, and grammatical morphemes might be left out. Effortful; short sentences tend to leave in nouns and/or verbs

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Agrammatism

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Leaving out most nouns and verbs, leaving in only non-content words.

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Paragrammatism

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Unintentional repetition of a word, sound or movement.

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Perseveration

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  1. Varies in severity
  2. Depends on extend and location of damage
  3. Damage associated with Wernicke’s Area and surrounding tissue
  4. Perhaps like hearing another language
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Deficits of Comprehension associated with Aphasia

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May be able to understand simple conversation, but not complex

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Aphasia

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May be able to follow simple commands, but nothing more

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Aphasia

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Verbal anosia- “pure word deafness”- unable to comprehend any verbal language

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Aphasia

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Difficulty identifying sensory information.

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Agnosias

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Client is able to perceive the sensation, but unable to interpret what is it

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Agnosias

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Can be evident in all senses: visual, tactile, auditory, taste, and smell

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Agnosias

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Able to read words, but can’t explain, doesn’t know what they have read.

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Visual Agnosias

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Patient can read fluently, but has no idea what the word means

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Visual Agnosias

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Deficits in Reading and Writing associated with Aphasia (2)

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  1. Agraphia

2. Alexia

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Inability to write, not due to weakness, but related to inability to connect the language areas of the brain with the areas that control the ability to write words

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Agraphia

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Problems associated with reading

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Alexia

36
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Both deficits exist on a continuum ranging from no ability to mildly impaired

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Agraphia and Alexia

37
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Classification of Aphasia types (3):

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  1. Expressive/receptive
  2. Fluent/non-fluent
  3. Boston Classification System
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Boston Classification System (8 but only 4 important)

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  1. Broca’s Aphasia
  2. Wernicke’s Aphasia
  3. Global Aphasia
  4. Anomic Aphasia
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Broca’s Aphasia: What area of the brain is damaged?

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Anterior part. usually anterior to the lower portion of the motor area (Broca’s Area)

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Broca’s Aphasia: Is the deficit primary expressive or receptive?

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Expressive

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  1. Difficult producing grammatical sentences; mostly nouns verbs, adjectives
  2. Difficult naming objects
  3. Difficult with oral reading and reading comprehension
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characteristics of Broca’s Aphasia

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Wernicke’s Area: What area of the brain is damaged?

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Upper portion of the temporal lobe (Wernicke’s Area)

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Wernicke’s Area: Is the deficit primary expressive or receptive?

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Receptive

44
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  1. Fluent sounding speech, but makes no sense (jargon)
  2. Lots of paraphasia and neologisms
  3. Significant comprehension problems
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characteristics of Wernicke’s Aphasia

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Global Aphasia: What area of the brain is damaged?

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Both Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area and connections between the two

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Global Aphasia: Is the deficit primary expressive or receptive?

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Both expressive and receptive

47
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  1. Stereotypical expressions in response to any question
  2. Jargon
  3. Preservations
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characteristics of Global Aphasia

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Anomic Aphasia: What area of the brain is damaged?

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Outside of the language zone. Varies from person to person

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Anomic Aphasia: Is the deficit primary expressive or receptive?

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Expressive

50
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  1. Word finding deficits

2. Paraphasias

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characteristics of Anomic Aphasia

51
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Left hemisphere intact= therefore intact language, but still have poor communication

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Right Hemisphere Disorder

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Primary deficits of Right Hemisphere Disorder (3)

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  1. Communication
  2. Attention/perception
  3. Cognition
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A sudden trauma to the head or the piercing of the skull by a foreign object results in a traumatic (sudden and severe) brain injury.

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Trauma is extremely induced

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Also called head injury or brain injury

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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Injuries range from mild to severe (meaning extent of damage to the brain)

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Traumatic Brain Injury

57
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Symptoms range from mild to severe (impact on life)

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Traumatic Brain Injury

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  1. MVA
  2. Falls
  3. Sporting accidents
  4. Occupational injuries
  5. Violent crimes
  6. Abuse
  7. Suicide attempts
  8. Military actions
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Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury

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TBI

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Traumatic Brain Injury

60
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Males have it 2-3 times more

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TBI

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Ages 15-24

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TBI

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Ages 75-older

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TBI

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Those in urban areas

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TBI

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Lower socioeconomic status

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TBI

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May though October

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TBI

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Types of injuries that produce close head injury (2)

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  1. Acceleration/deceleration

2. Nonacceleration

67
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Damage occurs at the site of impact

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Coup

68
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A secondary injury occurs in the opposite direction

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Contracoup

69
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a brain injury in which damage in the form of extensive lesions in white matter tracts occurs over a widespread area.

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Diffuse Axonal Shearing

70
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A concussion is a…

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mild TBI

71
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An impairment of short and long term memory with related changed in abstract thinking, judgement, and personality that causes significant and occupational impairment

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Dementia

72
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What are the chronic disorders of the brain that lead to dementia? (4)

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  1. Alzheimer’s Disease
  2. Pick’s Disease
  3. Multiple Strokes
  4. Other brain disorders such as TBI
73
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Motor Speech Disorders: (2)

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  1. Dysarthria

2. Apraxia

74
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Results from paralysis, weakness, or incoordination of the speech musculature that is a neurological origin

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Dysarthria

75
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Symptoms of Dysarthria:

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Vary, depending on the type and location of damage to the nervous system

76
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Damage to muscles controlling respiration, phonation, articulation. Causes weakness or paralysis

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Dysarthria

77
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Dysarthria speech can be:

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  1. Slurred, slower rate due to weak muscles
  2. Frequent rapid, uncontrolled movements and stiffness of muscles
  3. Mixed symptoms
78
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Difficult or inability to produce learned speech movements.

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Apraxia of Speech

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  1. Difficult initiating speech and voice
  2. Inconsistent sound errors
  3. Hesitant, interrupted, not fluent speech
  4. Impairment increases as word length increases
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Characteristics of Apraxia of Speech

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May be able to purse lips and whistle at will

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Apraxia of Speech

81
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Unable to correctly achieve lip movement for /w/ in word water

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Apraxia of Speech

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