Paige's SLP653 Final Flashcards
What is the importance of appropriate stimuli selection?
- variables that can affect ability to repeat
- single syllable (love) VS multisyllabic (microscopic)
- what semantic category it belongs to
- low VS high frequency words
- initial phoneme
Naming Errors Response Types
HARMONICA
- empty circumlocutions: “I know what that is”
- Semantic Circumlocutions: “you blow it”
- Semantic paraphasia: “flute”
- Phonetic paraphasia: “Karmonica”
- Neologism: “parakodim”
- Visual Perception naming error: “double decker bus”
- Perseveration
What is apraxia of speech?
- motor planning programming deficit
- common in Broca’s
what are the characteristics of Apraxia?
- consonant and vowel distortions
- slow overall rate
- distorted anticipatory substitutions
- errors of stress
- effortful, visible, audible articulation posture
What is common in Perseveration and aphasia
-common in aphasia
-severity correlated with aphasia severity
3 types:
-stuck in set
-continuous perseveration
-recurrent perseveration
What is stuck in set (Perseveration)?
inappropriate maintenance of a category or framework of responses after the introduction of a new task
What is continuous perseveration?
inappropriate prolongation or continuation of behaviors without an intervening response stimulus
What is recurrent perseveration?
-inappropriate recurrence of a previous response following presentation of a new stimulus
AAC Devices
when determining which AAC is appropriate for each patient one needs to obtain thorough information on the needs and capabilities of the certain individual
High tech AAC Device
- tobii dynavox
- linagraphica
- GoTalk
Low tech AAC device
- picture icons
- communication boards
- communication notebook
Super low tech AAC
- facial expressions/ gestures
- writing/ drawing
- pointing
Why is Group Therapy important with aphasia population?
- people with aphasia can practice and use the communication skills used in therapy in a more functional and relevant way while also receiving emotional and psychological support through shared experience
- groups are supportive in that everyone understand aphasia
- turn taking
- practicing communication
- interacting with communicative partners
Assessment of apraxia of speech
Apraxia Battery for Adults - 2
ABA -2
What is an assessment for aphasia?
- The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE)
- Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)