Speech and Language Flashcards
1
Q
What deficit is caused by damage to Wernicke’s area?
A
receptive aphasia (speaks nonsense but does not know they aren't making sense)
2
Q
What deficit is caused by damage to Brocca’s area?
A
expressive aphasia
patient knows what they want to say but cannot
3
Q
What deficit is caused by damage to the arcuate fasciculus?
A
conduction aphasia
inability to come up with words
4
Q
What is global aphasia?
A
profound deficits in speech due to large areas of damage
5
Q
Which hemisphere is import for the prosody of speech?
A
non-language dominant (usually right)
6
Q
Receptive aphasia
A
Wernicke’s area damage
7
Q
Conduction aphasia
A
Arcuate faciculus damage, inability to come up with words
8
Q
Expressive asphagia
A
Broca’s area damage
Impaired ability to organize and control speech
9
Q
Global asphagia
A
Due to large areas of damage
10
Q
Where is aprosody on the right side?
A
Equivalent of Broca’s area
