Speech and aphasia

Question 1

Damage to brain areas subserving linguistic capacity will lead to:

Answer 1

aphasia

Question 2

Is aphasia acquired or inherited?

Answer 2

acquired

Question 3

What is the difference between aphasia and dysarthria?

Answer 3

dysarthria = speech disorder due to MOTOR SYSTEM involvement

Question 4

And what’s the deal with dysphonia?

Answer 4

VOICE disorder related to laryngeal disease

Question 5

What is the difference between aphasia and amnesia?

Answer 5

Amnesia = impairment of recent memory, with deficient new learning

Aphasia = acquired disorder of language

Question 6

Where is the language center lateralized in the majority of people?

Answer 6

left hemisphere

Question 7

What are the 6 parts of an aphasia exam?

Answer 7

Spontaneous speech, auditory comprehension, repetition, naming, reading, writing

Question 8

Regarding spontaneous speech, what is considered “nonfluency”?

Answer 8

labored, effortful speech;

Question 9

what is the criteria for poor auditory comprehension?

Answer 9

can only follow

Question 10

Describe Broca’s aphasia

Answer 10

Nonfluent spontaneous speech, good comprehension, poor repetition, poor naming. Involves damage to Broca’s area

Question 11

Describe Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 11

Fluent and paraphasic speech, poor auditory comprehension, poor repetition, poor naming. Damage to Wernicke’s area in temporal lobe

Question 12

Describe conduction aphasia

Answer 12

Fluent spontaneous speech, good auditory comprehension, poor repetition, poor naming. Damage to arcuate fasciculus (white matter tract, connecting Wernicke’s and Broca’s areas)

Question 13

Desribe global aphasia

Answer 13

nonfluent spontaneous speech, poor auditory comprehension, poor repetition, poor naming. Damage to entire perisylvian region