Week 6: Types of Alexia and Agraphia Flashcards
hallmark of phonological alexia
when reading
written language impairment means
there is a degraded knowledge of phonological and orthography pairing
testing of written language impairment by testing
tasks with nonwords; requires manipulation and analysis of smaller units of phonology and orthography without the meaning of words
hallmark of phonological alexia
when reading real words is better than reading nonwords - it is better because they’re relying on semantic knowledge, not their ability to read
hallmark of phonological agraphia aka alexia effect
when the spelling of nonwords is better than the spelling of real words
deep alexia and deep agraphia is when
there are semantic impairments along with phonological breakdown
global/deep alexia and agraphia
- performance in reading/spelling tasks is <30%
may have partial word form knowledge, produce unrelated nonwords - spelling more impaired than reading but not always
- all a reflection of r-hemisphere trying to compensate for loss of L-hemisphere function
global alexia
patient may not respond to a single word reading/spelling or have perservative (repetitive)/ paraphasic responses.
global alexia
patient may not respond to a single word reading/spelling or have perservative (repetitive)/ paraphasic responses.
global and deep alexia/agraphia treatrment is
often lexical in nature to retrian specific words