communication disorders

Question 1

aphasia

Answer 1

• acquired neuro impairment of processing for receptive and/or expressive language
• d/t BI, CVA, trauma

Question 2

fluent aphasia

Answer 2

• word output and speech production functional - speech lacks substance
• Wernicke’s: posterior superior tempral gyrus, comprehension impaired, impaired writing
• conduction aphasia: impairment with repetition, word-finding difficulties

Question 3

non-fluent aphasia

Answer 3

• frequently in frontal lobe
• poor word output and dysprosodic speech - impaired rhythm and inflection, poor articulation, effortful search for words
• broca’s: most common, intact reading and auditory, frustaration, motor impairment
• global: comprehension impaired

Question 4

verbal apraxia

Answer 4

• non-dysarthric and non-aphasic impairment of prosody and articulation of speech
• verbal expression impaired secondary to deficits in motor planning
• lesion adjacent to broca’s area
• pt unable to intiate speech even through they understand task

Question 5

dysarthria

Answer 5

• motor disorder of speech caused by UMN lesion - affects muscles use to articulat words and sounds
• speech often “slurred”

Question 6

treating aphasia - communication strategies

Answer 6

• use more tactile and visual cues
• concise sentences - yes/no only
• allow adequate processing time
• allow time for communication
• allow patient to perform activity/therapy without receptive feedback