APHASIA EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | APHASIA STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST
2026/2027
Broca's Aphasia - ANS ✔✔impaired comprehension of complex topics
preserved auditory comprehension
Nonfluent
reduced phrase length
abnormal rhythm and stress patterns
semantic and phonological paraphasias
impaired repetition
preserved reading comp
impaired writing
Wernicke's Aphasia - ANS ✔✔comprehension deficits
fluent speech may be semantically empty
semantic and phonological paraphasias
impaired repetition
impaired reading comp
good written expression
conduction aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved auditory comp
fluent output is interrupted by hesitations and self corrections.
phonemic paraphasias
Conduite approach
verbal repetition deficits at sentence level
impaired writing to dictation
, Anomic Aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved comp
fluent output with episodes of word finding difficulty
Pauses and slowed rate
preserved repetition
Written language is similar to verbal output.
Transcortical Motor Aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved auditory comp for everyday conversation
reduced verbal output
impaired naming
normal repetition
Transcortical sensory aphasia - ANS ✔✔impaired auditory comp
speech is fluent but semantically empty
impaired naming
repetition is normal
reading comp is bad
Global Aphasia - ANS ✔✔complete loss of expressive and receptive language
can comprehend simple info
verbal expression includes simple words, phrases, curses
Treatment for Single Word Production - ANS ✔✔Object/Picture ID or matching spoken word to
picture
treatment of sentence comprehension - ANS ✔✔yes/no questions
2026/2027
Broca's Aphasia - ANS ✔✔impaired comprehension of complex topics
preserved auditory comprehension
Nonfluent
reduced phrase length
abnormal rhythm and stress patterns
semantic and phonological paraphasias
impaired repetition
preserved reading comp
impaired writing
Wernicke's Aphasia - ANS ✔✔comprehension deficits
fluent speech may be semantically empty
semantic and phonological paraphasias
impaired repetition
impaired reading comp
good written expression
conduction aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved auditory comp
fluent output is interrupted by hesitations and self corrections.
phonemic paraphasias
Conduite approach
verbal repetition deficits at sentence level
impaired writing to dictation
, Anomic Aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved comp
fluent output with episodes of word finding difficulty
Pauses and slowed rate
preserved repetition
Written language is similar to verbal output.
Transcortical Motor Aphasia - ANS ✔✔preserved auditory comp for everyday conversation
reduced verbal output
impaired naming
normal repetition
Transcortical sensory aphasia - ANS ✔✔impaired auditory comp
speech is fluent but semantically empty
impaired naming
repetition is normal
reading comp is bad
Global Aphasia - ANS ✔✔complete loss of expressive and receptive language
can comprehend simple info
verbal expression includes simple words, phrases, curses
Treatment for Single Word Production - ANS ✔✔Object/Picture ID or matching spoken word to
picture
treatment of sentence comprehension - ANS ✔✔yes/no questions
