Speech & Language

Question 1

agrammatism

Answer 1

the inability to string words together in phrases or sentences within grammar rules

Question 2

agraphia

Answer 2

a loss of acquired ability to write language

Question 3

alexia

Answer 3

the loss or impairment in the ability to read

Question 4

amusia

Answer 4

a defect in the appreciation or expression of music

Question 5

anomia

Answer 5

difficulty finding words to label people or things even though they may be familiar

Question 6

anomic aphasia

Answer 6

inability to name objects or people despite relatively intact speech, comprehension and repetition

Question 7

aphasia

Answer 7

a loss or deterioration of the ability to comprehend and express ideas through language (writing, reading, speech, comprehension)

Question 8

aprosodia

Answer 8

the loss of prosodic speech

Question 9

articulation

Answer 9

the ability to pronounce phonemes, the smallest units of speech that are comprised of vowels and consonants, clearly and distinctly

Question 10

cluttering

Answer 10

a non-fluent speech abnormality that is jerky and rapid, using phrasing patterns that do not relate to grammar

Question 11

conduction aphasia

Answer 11

a type of fluent aphasia caused by lesions of the associated fibres connecting Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas. There are many paraphrastic errors and impairment of confrontational naming, reflected in both spoken and written language

Question 12

coprolalia

Answer 12

compulsive and explosive profanity or obscenities

Question 13

dysarthria

Answer 13

poorly articulated speech due to dysfunction anatomically peripheral apparatus used from words