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SLHS 115 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
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How many adults identified with a language disorder at age 5 still have
difficulty? Ans: 70%
What do adults continuously refine? Ans: Use, Content, Form
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Use Ans: Code-switching! Narratives will continue to improve
Content Ans: Some words will fade while others are added. Deficits in
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accuracy and speed of word retrieval/naming
Form Ans: Continues to acquire some aspects of syntax. Written
language becomes more complex than spoken. Complex sentence
construction declines with advanced age
Central Nervous Sytem (CNS) Ans: Your brain and spinal cord
communicate with the rest of the body through nerves. (Most affected
with FAS)
Four lobes of the brain: Ans: frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
Aphasia Ans: language impairment which occurs as a result of an
accident or stroke
Aphasia Affects: Ans: Over 1 million Americans. Half a million Americans
annually. About 100,000 become aphasic/year.
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Aphasia Difficulties: Ans: Listening, speaking, reading, writing, language-
related functions (arithmetic, gesturing, telling time)
Aphasia Severity: Ans: Depends on the cause, location/extent/age of
brain injury/ general health of patient
Neural infections, degenerative neural disorders, dementia, and tumors
Ans: These will have "symptoms" of aphasia, but not technically be
aphasia
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Primary Progressive Aphasia Ans: Degenerative disorder of language,
with preservation of other cognitive functions. Progresses over time to the
inability to speak, but comprehension is preserved (usually starts @ 50)
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Ischemic Stroke Ans: Complete or partial blockage of arteries. Best
improvement is seen in the first few weeks and slows down after 3
months
Transient Ischemic Attack Ans: Also known as a mini stroke or TIA.
Symptoms mimic a stroke and can be a warning sign of increased
likelihood a stroke in the future.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Ans: Weakened artery walls burst.
Aneurysm Ans: Saclike bulging in weekend artery wall
Arteriovenous Malformation Ans: rare, poorly formed arteries and veins
with weak walls
Hemorrhagic Stroke Improvement Ans: The best at the end of the first
month and into the second month
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Aphasia Characteristics (Expressive Language) Ans: Reduced Vocab,
omission/addition of words, stereotypic speech, delayed or reduced
output of speech, hyperfluent speech, word substitutions, and word
finding problems
Aphasia Characteristics (Receptive Language) Ans: An impaired
interpretation of linguistic information
Hemiparesis Ans: Left or right side of the body is weak
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Hemiplegia Ans: Left or right side of the body is paralyzed
Hemisensory Impairment Ans: Reduced sensory info on left or right side
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of the body
Hemianopsia Ans: Blindness in the right visual field of each eye
Dysphagia Ans: Swallowing problems
Agnosia Ans: Problems interpreting sensory information (visual, auditory)
Agrammatism Ans: Omission of grammatical elements in speech
(articles, prepositions, morphemes)
Agrpahia Ans: Difficulty writing
Alexia Ans: Difficulty reading
Anomia Ans: Difficulty naming items
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SLHS 115 Exam 3 Questions and Answers
(100% Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
How many adults identified with a language disorder at age 5 still have
difficulty? Ans: 70%
What do adults continuously refine? Ans: Use, Content, Form
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Use Ans: Code-switching! Narratives will continue to improve
Content Ans: Some words will fade while others are added. Deficits in
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accuracy and speed of word retrieval/naming
Form Ans: Continues to acquire some aspects of syntax. Written
language becomes more complex than spoken. Complex sentence
construction declines with advanced age
Central Nervous Sytem (CNS) Ans: Your brain and spinal cord
communicate with the rest of the body through nerves. (Most affected
with FAS)
Four lobes of the brain: Ans: frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
Aphasia Ans: language impairment which occurs as a result of an
accident or stroke
Aphasia Affects: Ans: Over 1 million Americans. Half a million Americans
annually. About 100,000 become aphasic/year.
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Aphasia Difficulties: Ans: Listening, speaking, reading, writing, language-
related functions (arithmetic, gesturing, telling time)
Aphasia Severity: Ans: Depends on the cause, location/extent/age of
brain injury/ general health of patient
Neural infections, degenerative neural disorders, dementia, and tumors
Ans: These will have "symptoms" of aphasia, but not technically be
aphasia
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Primary Progressive Aphasia Ans: Degenerative disorder of language,
with preservation of other cognitive functions. Progresses over time to the
inability to speak, but comprehension is preserved (usually starts @ 50)
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Ischemic Stroke Ans: Complete or partial blockage of arteries. Best
improvement is seen in the first few weeks and slows down after 3
months
Transient Ischemic Attack Ans: Also known as a mini stroke or TIA.
Symptoms mimic a stroke and can be a warning sign of increased
likelihood a stroke in the future.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Ans: Weakened artery walls burst.
Aneurysm Ans: Saclike bulging in weekend artery wall
Arteriovenous Malformation Ans: rare, poorly formed arteries and veins
with weak walls
Hemorrhagic Stroke Improvement Ans: The best at the end of the first
month and into the second month
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Aphasia Characteristics (Expressive Language) Ans: Reduced Vocab,
omission/addition of words, stereotypic speech, delayed or reduced
output of speech, hyperfluent speech, word substitutions, and word
finding problems
Aphasia Characteristics (Receptive Language) Ans: An impaired
interpretation of linguistic information
Hemiparesis Ans: Left or right side of the body is weak
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Hemiplegia Ans: Left or right side of the body is paralyzed
Hemisensory Impairment Ans: Reduced sensory info on left or right side
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of the body
Hemianopsia Ans: Blindness in the right visual field of each eye
Dysphagia Ans: Swallowing problems
Agnosia Ans: Problems interpreting sensory information (visual, auditory)
Agrammatism Ans: Omission of grammatical elements in speech
(articles, prepositions, morphemes)
Agrpahia Ans: Difficulty writing
Alexia Ans: Difficulty reading
Anomia Ans: Difficulty naming items
