Exam 1 Part 15 Flashcards
Apraxia that progresses into a more degenerative motor disease
Primary progressive apraxia of speech
What are some characteristics of acquired apraxia of adults?
Unpredictable articulation/prosody errors, more errors with frequently occurring sounds
Sounds that different a lot but are produced ____ to each other will have more problems
Next/close to
What is prosody like for acquired apraxia for adults?
Equal stress, inappropriate pauses, reduced speed, poor intonation
What are some frequent phoneme errors in apraxia?
s, t, d, z, j, th
What are of speech is first to go in acquired apraxia of speech?
Prosody
Does imitation assist with treating apraxia?
No
Do people with acquired apraxia have auditory comprehension issues?
No
True or false: people with acquired apraxia have, nonfluent, agrammatism, language issues?
False; none
Inability to initiate speech
Aphemia
__% of apraxia co-occurs with dysarthria and/or nonfluent aphasia (verbal apraxia)
88
If someone has an apraxia that co-occur with aphasia, would the apraxia or aphasia show more?
Aphasia
What are the best possible outcomes of apraxia of speech?
Single, small unilateral lesion in frontal lobe, mild aphasia, no non-verbal/oral apraxia, younger person, no history of neurological disorder, initiate treatment within 1 week of onset
What are some characteristics of apraxia?
Phonemic errors are prominent, all errors appear perseveration or anticipatory, errors are off target, effortful groping, errors are inconsistent, monitoring of speech leads to prosody disturbances
Saying a word or phoneme over again
Perseverative