types of aphasia Flashcards
Nonfluent,
Language comprehension
relatively intact,
repetition of
words/phrases poor
Broca’s Aphasia
Nonfluent,
Language comprehension
relatively intact,
strong repetition skills; may
have difficulty spontaneously
answering questions
Transcortical Motor Aphasia
Nonfluent,
Language comprehension
impaired,
severe expressive and receptive language impairment; may be able to communicate using facial expression, intonation, and gestures
Global Aphasia
Fluent,
Language comprehension
relatively intact,
word finding difficulties; difficulty repeating phrases
Conduction Aphasia
Fluent,
Language comprehension
relatively intact,
repetition of words/phrases good; word finding difficulties; uses generic fillers (e.g., “thing”) or
circumlocution
Anomic Aphasia
Fluent,
Language comprehension
impaired,
repetition of words/phrases
poor
Wernicke’s Aphasia
Fluent,
Language comprehension
impaired,
repetition of words/phrases good; may repeat questions rather than answering them (“echolalia”)
Transcortical Sensory
Aphasia
a type of dementia. It is characterized by gradual loss of language function in the context of relatively well-preserved
memory, visual processing, and personality until the advanced stages
Primary progressive aphasia
when a person demonstrates language impairment after suffering damage to the hemisphere on the dominant side of the body, rather than the alternate side.
(a right handed
person who develops aphasia following a right hemisphere stroke)
Crossed aphasia
results from damage to subcortical regions of the brain (e.g., thalamus
or basal ganglia), and symptoms can mirror those that arise from cortical lesions.
Subcortical aphasia