disorders of speech

Question 1

dysphonia

Answer 1

impairment to vocalise speech

Question 2

dysarthria

Answer 2

impairment to articulate speech

Question 3

dysphagia

Answer 3

impairment to comprehend or express speech

Think broca’s and wernicke’s

Question 4

pressure of speech

Answer 4

increased quantity and rate of speech

Question 5

Speech retardation

Answer 5

decrease in quantity and rate

Question 6

circumstantiality

Answer 6

organised and goal orientated speech form but cramped by excessive/irrelevant information

Question 7

Perseveration

Answer 7

the repetition of a particular response despite the absence/cessation of the stimulus
Often seen in organic brain disorders

Question 8

Tangentially

Answer 8

organised speech but not goal orientated i.e. not really relevant to the conversation

Question 9

neologism

Answer 9

made up word

Question 10

metonym

Answer 10

using an existing word with a new meaning

Question 11

clang association

Answer 11

linkage of words based on sound rather than meaning

Question 12

pseudologica fantastica

Answer 12

fluent and plausible lying