Wernicke's Flashcards
1
Q
Neurologic damage
A
Posterior lesion (superior temporal gyrus)
auditory areas of temporal cortex
angular gyrus
2
Q
Speech
A
fluent, content impaired (lots of paraphasias)
normal prosody& intonation
paragrammatic
unaware of their errors
jargon, neologisms,
cirucmlocuations, reformulations
3
Q
Naming
A
impaired
poor confrontation naming
paraphasias, perseveration
4
Q
Auditory Comprehension
A
Impaired
may be able to answer highly personal questions
5
Q
Repetition
A
impaired
6
Q
Reading
A
impaired
tends to mirror their auditory comprehension
however, could be better because it is visual & not going through auditory input (so damaged temporal region)
7
Q
Writing
A
impaired
semantic errors, paraphasias
