Global aphasia Flashcards
1
Q
Fluent or non-fluent?
A
Non-fluent.
2
Q
Location
A
Caused by large lesions in the fronto-temporal-parietal region of the dominant hemisphere
3
Q
Auditory Comprehension
A
Severe impairment\
Performs poorly on all comprehension tasks
e.g. selecting object from single word given
4
Q
Reading Comprehension
A
Inability to make sense of single written words
5
Q
Verbal expression
A
Non-fluent output
V limited output
Single words may not be close to item- may only produce single sound or syllable which may gain no obvious meaning or relation to the target.
6
Q
Written expression
A
Very poor like verbal expression- further complicated by hemiplegia
7
Q
Additional issues
A
Hemiplegis
Hemiparesis
Hemianopia
