Types of Aphasia

Question 1

Global aphasia

Answer 1

Nonfluent
Comprehension -
Repetition -
Naming -

• all aspects of lang severely impaired
• stereotyped utterances

Question 2

Broca’s aphasia

Answer 2

Nonfluent
Comprehension +
Repetition -
Naming -

• agrammatism
• apraxia often present
• sing word prod > sentence

Question 3

Transcortical motor

Answer 3

Nonfluent
Comprehension +
Repetition +
Naming -

• word finding diff variable (phonemic cue helps)
• preservation memorized material

Question 4

Mixed nonfluent

Answer 4

Nonfluent
Comprehension -
Repetition +
Naming -

• border zone b/w Broca’s and global
• sparse verbal output and comprehension very impaired <50%

Question 5

Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 5

Fluent
Comprehension -
Repetition -
Naming -

• fluent articulation (jargon) + preserved syntax
• all kinds of paraphasias

Question 6

Transcortical sensory

Answer 6

Fluent
Comprehension -
Repetition +
Naming -

• echolalia prominent feature
• similar to wernicke’s but repetition intact

Question 7

Conduction aphasia

Answer 7

Fluent
Comprehension +
Repetition -
Naming -

• repetition involves phonemic paraphasias
• conduite d’approche

Question 8

Anomic aphasia

Answer 8

Fluent
Comprehension +
Repetition +
Naming -

• word finding difficulty
• fluent artic + preserved syntax
• circumlocutions

Question 9

Thalamic aphasia

Answer 9

Fluent/Nonfluent
Comprehension +
Repetition +?
Naming -

• Good comp and fluent semantic paraphasias + neologisms
• May have sparing of repetition, like Transcortical aphasias
• Impairment can be limited to word retrieval difficulties
• Word retrieval difficulties can be category specific

Question 10

Anterior non thalamic aphasia

Answer 10

Nonfluent?
Comprehension +?
Repetition -?
Naming -

• like Broca’s with slow and poorly articulated speech
• Unlike Broca’s in that they have intact grammatical form

Question 11

Posterior non thalamic aphasia

Answer 11

Fluent?
Comprehension -?
Repetition -?
Naming - 
-Like Wernicke's