Vocabulary Words Week 9

Question 1

Paralysis on one side of the body.

Answer 1

hemiplegia

Question 2

Difficulty naming entities. Clients may struggle greatly. Individuals
who have recovered from aphasia report that they knew what they wanted to say but could not locate the appropriate word. An incorrect response may continue to be produced even when the client recognizes that it is
incorrect.

Answer 2

anomia

Question 3

When paresis, paralysis, and/ or sensory impairment involve the neck and face, the client may have difficulty chewing or swallowing. There may be accompanying
drooling or gagging. A disorder of swallowing

Answer 3

dysphagia

Question 4

Strings of unintelligible speech sounds with the intonational pattern of adult speech

Answer 4

jargon

Question 5

very rapid speech with few pauses, may also be incoherent, inefficient, and pragmatically inappropriate. Wernicke’s Aphasia.

Answer 5

hyperfluent speech

Question 6

may forget to eat or may eat the same meal multiple times due to memory deficits. Oral preparatory tongue and jaw movements may be lacking in purpose, resulting in poor bolus formation and drooling. Transport of the bolus may be prolonged. Pharyngeal swallow may be delayed and laryngeal elevation reduced, resulting in possible aspiration acquired disorder, progressive, associated with Alzheimer’s disease, several small strokes, PD, MS, and other ailments that may occur among older people.

Answer 6

dementia

Question 7

A blood clot, fatty materials, or an air bubble that may travel through the circulatory system until it
blocks the flow of blood in a small artery. If it travels to the brain, it may cause a stroke.

Answer 7

embolism

Question 8

most common cause of aphasia aka stroke, the third leading cause of death in the United States

Answer 8

cerebrovascular accident

Question 9

Some children become fixed on a single task or behavior and repeat it compulsively, the repetition of inappropriate responses in which the client may become fixed on a single task or behavior and repeat it.

Answer 9

perseveration

Question 10

that is characterized
by rapid-fire strings of sentences with little pause for acknowledgment or turn taking. Content may seem to be a jumble and may be incoherent or incomprehensible, although fluent and well-articulated. Speech characterized by word substitutions,
neologisms, and often verbose verbal output. Also called Wemicke’s aphasia.

Answer 10

fluent aphasia