Study guide Exam3 Pt.1 Flashcards
Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
The medical term for stroke. Can be one of two types: ischemic or hemorrhagic.
Coup/contracoup
In a TBI, when the brain moves in a “back and forth” manner causing damage first at the site of impact, then a secondary injury occurs in the opposite direction
Anomia
Difficulty coming up with the words you want to say.
Open head injury
Traumatic Brain Injury that penetrates into the scalp, skull and meninges
paraphasia
These are sound and word substitutions a person makes when they have aphasia. They usually occur in someone who has fluent speech
Broca’s Area
Part of the brain that is related to programming the motor movements for speech; damage here would cause expressive speech and language problems
Dementia
An impairment of short- and long-term memory with related changes in abstract thinking, judgement, and personality that causes significant social and occupational impairment.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Hearing loss associated with a problem in the cochlea and/or auditory nerve that prevents sound from being transferred to the auditory portion of the brain
neologisms
Words made up by patients with aphasia. They use them as though everyone understands them.
Wernicke’s Area
Part of the brain that is primarily responsible comprehension of language and the formulation of language concepts
Conductive hearing loss
Hearing loss caused by problems in the outer or middle ear that inhibit the transmission of sound from the environment to the inner ear
aphasia
The loss of the ability to comprehend or formulate language typically associated with neurological damage. May impact all aspects of language (speaking, listening, reading and writing).
Right Hemisphere Disorder
Language is intact, primary deficits are communication, attention/perception, cognition
perseveration
Unintentional repetition of a word, sound or movement
Traumatic Brain Injury
Damage to the brain that is externally induced.
