SIMUCASE APHASIA FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

SIMUCASE APHASIA FINAL
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


CharacteristicsaofaWernicke'saAphasiaa-aans-✔✔-
LanguageaComprehensionaisaseverely,aevenaprofoundly,adisrupted

-Expressiveaspeech-languageaisafluent,aeffortless,aandamayabeacopious

-Repetitionaisaimpaireda(reflectsaauditoryacomprehension)

-Readingaandawritingareflectaauditoryacomprehensionaandaverbalaexpression

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AapersonawithaWernicke'saaphasiaamayabeaprofoundlyaunawareaofatheirainabilityatoaund
erstandaoraofatheirapooracommunication

Wernicke'salanguageacomprehensiona-aans-
✔✔Mayafailatoaunderstandaevenasimpleaspokenaorawrittenainformation

wernicke'saexpressiveaspeech-languagea(fluent,aeffortful,aandamayabeacopious)a-aans-
✔✔-
Lotsaofasemanticaandaphonemicaparaphasiasatoatheapointaofaneologismsaandajargon,a"
wordasalad."
-Syntacticallyacorrect,aevenalengthyautterances,abutameaningaisaobscured
-Mayaoramayanotademonstrateaword-retrievalapauses,asearches

DanaAphasiaaCharacteristicsaobserved:a-aans-✔✔-Fluentabutadisorganizedaspeech
-Paraphasias,aneologisms,ajargon
-Impairedaauditoryacomprehensiona(especiallyacomplexadirections)
-Impairedanamingaandawordaretrieval
-Limitedaawarenessaofaerrors

DanaRelativeaStrengthsa-aans-✔✔Yes/noaresponses
Gesturesaandapointing
Eyeacontact
Occasionalameaningfulasingleawords

DanaTreatmentaapproacha-aans-✔✔-LifeaParticipationaApproachatoaAphasiaa(LPAA)
-A-FROMaframeworka(focusaonaparticipation,aenvironment,apersonalafactors)
-Spouseaheavilyainvolvedaforacarryoveraandageneralization