Introduction to acquired language disorders

Question 1

What are 3 causes of right hemisphere damage?

Answer 1

1. TBI
2. Dementia
3. Progressive neurologial disorders

Question 2

Define aphasia to a patient

Answer 2

An invisible disability that affects communication

Question 3

Describe features of aphasia in anterior language area (non-fluent) (9)

Answer 3

Word finding difficulties, agrammatism, few semantic paraphasias, perseverations, short phrases, marked articulatory errors, slow rate, minimal prosody

Question 4

Describe features of aphasia in posterior language area (fluent) (8)

Answer 4

Circumlocution, paraphasias of all types, jargon, ‘empty speech’, normal/fast rate, absence of noticeable pausing, smooth articulation, varied intonation

Question 5

What are the 3 types of paraphasias?

Answer 5

Semantic, phonemic, neologisms