planning Flashcards
1
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- What is function of premotor cortex?
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A. Planning of movements
2
Q
- What are some disruptions an individual can encounter with atypical self-monitoring, specifically due to hearing loss?
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b. Planning of speech
3
Q
- Aphasias are associated with difficulties with planning or comprehension of speech. Difficulty with higher order planning (production) of spoken or signed language is BEST characteristic of which of the following:
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b. Broca’s Aphasia
4
Q
- What organs are used in the production of speech?
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a. Lungs
b. Larynx
c. Pharynx
5
Q
- Where is the Broca’s area located on the brain?
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a. Left frontal lobe
6
Q
- Difficulty comprehending speech is most likely due to damage to what part of the brain?
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b. Wernicke’s area
7
Q
- At what age is the critical period of language development optimal?
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a. 3-7
8
Q
- If a patient shows symptoms of reduced speech comprehension. What area is most likely damaged within the patient’s brain?
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a. Wernicke’s area
9
Q
- What term describes when comprehension and the production of speech are intact while there is difficulty repeating words or sentenced after hearing them?
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b. Conduction aphasia
10
Q
- Someone diagnosed with aphasia has a hard time understanding what is being said and also does not seem to understand that what they are saying doesn’t make sense. What is most likely their condition?
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c. Wernicke’s aphasia
11
Q
- ____ is a speech deficit that can be caused by the physical weakness in the muscles involved in speech production.
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a. Dysarthria
12
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- Bill has been diagnosed with conduction aphasia, a language disorder stemming from damage to the arcuate fasciculus (a nerve tract that connect the temporal and the frontal cortex). His language processing cortex areas remain in-tact and functional. What symptom(s) will Bill show?
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C. Difficulty in repeating words
13
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- Which of the following is NOT a result of Broca’s Aphasia?
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b. Decreased comprehension of language
