Module 2: Aphasia Defined Flashcards
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murray & clark, aphasia definition
a disruption in using and understanding language following neurological injury or disease that is not related to general intellectual decline or sensorimotor deficits; any language modality may be affected, including speaking, listening, writing, and reading
aphasia is a ___-modality language impairment
multi
true or false: aphasia is an acquired disorder (+)
true; it is not congenital nor due to poor development
the most common cause of aphasia is ___
stroke
the primary complaint and most noticeable symptom of aphasia is ___
anomia, aka naming difficulties
“can you hand me the… er… remote?”
name the speech symptom
anomic pause
“can you hand me the TV?”
name the speech symptom
semantic paraphasia
“can you hand me the rebote?”
name the speech symptom
phonemic paraphasia
“can you hand me the… other there… the clicker… for the TV?”
name the speech symptom
anomic circumlocution
“can you hand me the jazzlepam?”
name the speech symptom
neoligism
“griss me the jazzlepam”
name the speech symptom
jargon
“you… uh… remote?”
name the speech symptom
agrammatism
“fast the jazzleman on the choose”
name the speech symptom
paragrammatism (misuse grammar and syntax) / empty speech (reduction-misuse of content words)
true or false: if the patient does not have naming problems, they are considered nonaphasic
true
patient has poor repetition (3)
broca’s, wernicke’s, conduction
patient has good repetition (3)
transcortical motor, transcortical sensory, anomic
nonfluent : effortful, pause-filled halting speech : ___
agrammatism / telegraphic speech
patient is fluent (4)
wernicke’s, transcortical sensory, conduction, anomic
patient is nonfluent (3)
global, broca’s, transcortical motor
fluency : articulatory agility-ease / speech rate :: auditory comprehension : ___
discriminating speech sounds, recognizing whole words, accessing-activating meaning of words
patient has poor auditory comprehension (3)
global, wernicke’s, transcortical sensory
patient has good auditory comprehension (4)
broca’s, transcortical motor, conduction, anomic
alexia : acquired dyslexia : ___
reading difficulties
agraphia : acquired dysgraphia : ___
writing difficulties