Exam 1 Types of Aphasia Flashcards
Non FLuent
poor word output, increased effort for producing speech w/ poor articulation.
Fluent aphasia
speech is present but contains little meaningful communication. poor understanding/awareness of mistakes.
Types of Fluent Aphasia
Wernicke’s, Conduction, Anomic, Transcortical-sensory
Types of Non Fluent Aphasia
Brocas, Transcortical-motor, Global
Big 4
Fluency-have the patient tell you about their day or important life event
Auditory Comprehension- read a story, ask them to restate summary/give directions and see if they follow
Naming- showing patient pictures of familiar things and ask them to name it
Repetition- saying a list of words that increases the number of words each time and asking the patient to repeat them back
Brocas Aphasia
MCA
Fluency: NON FLUENT
Comprehension: Relatively good
Repetition: Impaired
Naming: Impaired
Notes: slow, labored articulation, phonological errors
Wernickes Aphasia
MCA/PCA
Fluency: FLUENT
Comprehension: Impaired
Repetition: Impaired
Naming: Impaired
Notes: made-up/in-correct words, jargon
Transcortical Motor Aphasia
ACA
Fluency: NON FLUENT
Comprehension: Relatively good
Naming: Impaired
Repetition: Relatively intact
Notes: missing words, short utterances, phonological errors
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
PCA
Fluency: FLUENT
Comprehension: Impaired
Naming: Impaired
Repetition: Impaired
Notes: made-up/in-correct words, jargon
Conduction Aphasia
MCA/PCA
Fluency: FLUENT
Comprehension: Mildy impaired
Naming: Impaired
Repetition: Impaired
Notes: Incorrect ordering of sounds; self-correction attempts
Global Aphasia
MCA
Fluency: NON FLUENT
Comprehension: Impaired
Naming: Impaired
Repetition: Impaired
Notes: Limited to single words or phrases, very few word(s) usage
Anomic Aphasia
Fluency: FLUENT
Comprehension: Mildly impaired
Naming: Impaired
Repetition: Relatively intact
Notes: trouble with naming
Posterior lesions
fluent aphasia
Anterior lesions
non fluent aphasia
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
a form of frontal temporal dementia.
slow, steady decline in language abilities, eventually leads to dementia. no sudden brain injury or event.
Semantic PPA
-Left anterior temporal lobe atrophy
-Fluent speech with preserved grammar and syntax
-Loss of conceptual knowledge
Logopenic PPA
- Left perisylvian atrophy (temporal-parietal junction)
- Impaired repetition and word retrieval
- Phonological errors
- No agrammatism (grammar remains intact)
non-fluent PPA
-Left posterior frontal atrophy
- Apraxia of speech, dysarthria
-Agrammatism: difficulty forming grammatically correct sentences
-Anomia: trouble finding words
Limitations of traditional aphasica classification system
-no aphasiac is alike
- some can produce and some can comprehend
- language does not live in a silo
- brain interconnectivity
- multiple deficits, not just one
