Exam 3

Question 1

Acquired global loss of brain function with slow insidious onset

Answer 1

Dementia

Question 2

What is the cause of dementia?

Answer 2

Variety of diseases

Question 3

What are symptoms of dementia?

Answer 3

Deficit in verbal/expressive language, recognition/identification of objects, inability to execute motor activities, abstract thinking, judgement, execution of complex tasks

Question 4

Sudden disturbance in consciousness or change in cognitive ability that fluctuates throughout the course of the day

Answer 4

Delirium

Question 5

When is the onset of delirium?

Answer 5

Result of general medical condition

Question 6

Changes that are significant enough to not be within normal spectrum of changes with age but not severe enough to affect ADLs

Answer 6

Mild cognitive impairment

Question 7

What are the symptoms of mild cognitive impairment?

Answer 7

Decreased ability to concentrate, word finding abilities, short-term memory, difficulty following detail heavy tasks

Question 8

What is the role of an SLP in cognitive disorders?

Answer 8

Must assess and treat cognitive communicative deficits that are result of dementia, recognize, diagnose, provide treatment for cognitive, communicative, or swallowing deficits as a result of dementia

Question 9

Cortical dementia that is most common cause etiology of dementia, progressive and fatal disease with no known treatments to stop or slow progression

Answer 9

Alzheimer’s disease

Question 10

What is the age of onset for Alzheimer’s?

Answer 10

65

Question 11

What is the neuropathology of Alzheimer’s?

Answer 11

Neurofibrillary tangles, amyloid plaques, granulovacuolar degeneration, neuronal atrophy

Question 12

How is Alzheimer’s diagnosed?

Answer 12

Clinical signs, autopsy, Pittsburg compound test

Question 13

True or false: Dementia is a disease not a syndrome

Answer 13

False; syndrome not disease

Question 14

What are some factors of normal aging?

Answer 14

Slight decline in word finding, slight decline in selective attention skills, divided attention begins to break down, reaction time is slowed, episodic and short-term memories are reduced, long-term and procedural memory is intact

Question 15

What are the symptoms of early stage I Alzheimer’s?

Answer 15

Impaired working memory, difficulty completing familiar tasks, misplacing items, difficulty remembering common names, sudden mood changes, disorientation to time, name, place, becoming lost