Week 6: Types of Alexia and Agraphia Flashcards

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hallmark of phonological alexia

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when reading

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written language impairment means

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there is a degraded knowledge of phonological and orthography pairing

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testing of written language impairment by testing

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tasks with nonwords; requires manipulation and analysis of smaller units of phonology and orthography without the meaning of words

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hallmark of phonological alexia

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when reading real words is better than reading nonwords - it is better because they’re relying on semantic knowledge, not their ability to read

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hallmark of phonological agraphia aka alexia effect

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when the spelling of nonwords is better than the spelling of real words

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deep alexia and deep agraphia is when

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there are semantic impairments along with phonological breakdown

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global/deep alexia and agraphia

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  • 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
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global alexia

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patient may not respond to a single word reading/spelling or have perservative (repetitive)/ paraphasic responses.

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global alexia

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patient may not respond to a single word reading/spelling or have perservative (repetitive)/ paraphasic responses.

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global and deep alexia/agraphia treatrment is

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often lexical in nature to retrian specific words

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