Exam 1 Part 12

Question 1

What is the site of lesion for alexia?

Answer 1

Angular gyrus

Question 2

Acquired impairment of reading

Answer 2

Alexia

Question 3

Congenital impairment of reading

Answer 3

Dyslexia

Question 4

Inability to write

Answer 4

Agraphia

Question 5

When a speaker restates or revises a word or phrase in order to produce it error-free or to refine what they mean

Answer 5

Self repair

Question 6

Those with aphasia are _____ successful at self-repairing errors

Answer 6

Less

Question 7

May decrease speech fluency, slow down rate of speech, and make speaker frustrated

Answer 7

Preseverative self repair

Question 8

Pathological production of phoneme repetitions, word repetitions, part-word repetitions, phrase repetitions, prolongations, and/or interjections that may affect speech fluency

Answer 8

Speech disfluencies

Question 9

What are some expressive language difficulties a person with non-fluent aphasias may face?

Answer 9

Frustration, anger, and visibly struggle to find words

Question 10

If person cannot begin a ______ language task, they may need to be given the first few words in order to complete it

Answer 10

Preserved

Question 11

Rote or over learned language

Answer 11

Preserved language

Question 12

Language produced automatically or closely associated with a stimulus

Answer 12

Automatic language

Question 13

What are examples of preserved language?

Answer 13

Counting to ten

Question 14

What are examples of automatic language?

Answer 14

Producing swear words in response to pain

Question 15

What are some associated cognitive deficits that can occur with aphasia?

Answer 15

Arousal, attention, short-term memory, problem solving, inferencing, executive functioning skills