EEX3120 Chapter 7: Adult Language Impairments

Question 1

TRUE/FALSE, IF FALSE MAKE IT TRUE: Language impairments found in childhood will not appear into the adult years.

Answer 1

False; Many language impairments found in childhood continue into the adult years

Question 2

Name two (2) language disorders that occur and/or develop during adulthood.

Answer 2

Aphasia and dementia

Question 3

Name the impairment that affects listening, speaking, reading, and/or writing as well as specific language functions, such as naming

Answer 3

Aphasia

Question 4

Name two (2) neurogenic disorders (those that affect the CNS).

Answer 4

Apraxia, Dysarthria

Question 5

There were three (3) physical and psychosocial problems that accompany aphasia in the textbook. Name one and define it

Answer 5

Hemiparesis; a weakness on one side of the body in which strength and control are greatly reduced

Question 6

Name the pathological condition and acquired syndrome characterized by intellectual decline due to neurogenic causes, such as, memory loss

Answer 6

Dementia

Question 7

Name the disease that primarily affects the elderly with impaired memory and language, whose cause is unknown but maybe a combination of genetics and environmental factors

Answer 7

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 8

Strokes are the most common cause for this impairment

Answer 8

Aphasia

Question 9

Name the impairment due to a localized brain injury that affects understanding, retrieving and formulating meaningful and sequential elements of language

Answer 9

Aphasia

Question 10

Name the impairment that is not the result of motor speech impairment, or dementia, or a deterioration of intelligence

Answer 10

Aphasia