CSD 1080 Final Exam Study Guide with Verified
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Page | 1 Aphasia- -Language disorder characterized by the breakdown in the ability to
formulate, retrieve, or decode language
Pointing- -Most users of communication boards indicate their selection by _________
Hypokinetic Dysarthria- -A breathy, monopitch voice would most likely be found in an
individual with ________
Dyskinesia- -Uncoordinated movement
Audiology- -Involved in:
The prevention, identification, and evaluation of hearing disorders
The selection of appropriate hearing aids for individuals with hearing impairments
Habilitation & rehabilitation of hearing loss
Stroke- -Most common cause of aphasia
Language- -What type of disorder is aphasia?
Aphasia difficulties- -Speak in short or incomplete sentences.
Speak in sentences that don't make sense.
Substitute one word for another or one sound for another.
, Speak unrecognizable words.
Have difficulty finding words.
Not understand other people's conversation.
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Not understand what they read.
Aphasia problem categories- -Spoken language
Written language
Physical / sensory functions
Cognitive changes
Anomia- -Difficulty in naming things, objects, or people
Word finding difficulty
Patient will often “talk around” the missing word
I.e. circumlocution
May perseverate on incorrect word even though they know it’s not the right one
Paraphasia- -Word substitution
Phonemic or semantic
Phonemic paraphasia- -Substituted word sounds like correct word
Semantic paraphasia- -Substituted word has similar meaning or is associated to
correct word
Neologism- -The use of words that don’t exist
, Agrammatism- -a pattern of syntactically defective speech
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Hemiplegia- -Paralysis on one side of the body
Contralateral- -affected side of the body is opposite the side of the brain
Hemiparesis- -Weakness or incomplete paralysis on one side of the body
Wernicke’s aphasia- -Fluent aphasia
Primary feature: Disturbed auditory comprehension
Speech comprehension: Poor
Spoken characteristics: Semantic paraphasis, jargon, poor repetition, impaired naming,
meaning sentences are usually grammatical but often lack content
Broca’s aphasia- -Non-fluent
Primary feature: Impairment in expression
Speech comprehension: Relatively poor
Spoken characteristics: Short & a-grammatical sentences, slow & labored speech with
articulation and phonological errors, poor repetition, poor naming
Global- -Fluent
Primary feature: Fluent & confluent features present to a severe degree
Speech comprehension: Very poor
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Page | 1 Aphasia- -Language disorder characterized by the breakdown in the ability to
formulate, retrieve, or decode language
Pointing- -Most users of communication boards indicate their selection by _________
Hypokinetic Dysarthria- -A breathy, monopitch voice would most likely be found in an
individual with ________
Dyskinesia- -Uncoordinated movement
Audiology- -Involved in:
The prevention, identification, and evaluation of hearing disorders
The selection of appropriate hearing aids for individuals with hearing impairments
Habilitation & rehabilitation of hearing loss
Stroke- -Most common cause of aphasia
Language- -What type of disorder is aphasia?
Aphasia difficulties- -Speak in short or incomplete sentences.
Speak in sentences that don't make sense.
Substitute one word for another or one sound for another.
, Speak unrecognizable words.
Have difficulty finding words.
Not understand other people's conversation.
Page | 2
Not understand what they read.
Aphasia problem categories- -Spoken language
Written language
Physical / sensory functions
Cognitive changes
Anomia- -Difficulty in naming things, objects, or people
Word finding difficulty
Patient will often “talk around” the missing word
I.e. circumlocution
May perseverate on incorrect word even though they know it’s not the right one
Paraphasia- -Word substitution
Phonemic or semantic
Phonemic paraphasia- -Substituted word sounds like correct word
Semantic paraphasia- -Substituted word has similar meaning or is associated to
correct word
Neologism- -The use of words that don’t exist
, Agrammatism- -a pattern of syntactically defective speech
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Hemiplegia- -Paralysis on one side of the body
Contralateral- -affected side of the body is opposite the side of the brain
Hemiparesis- -Weakness or incomplete paralysis on one side of the body
Wernicke’s aphasia- -Fluent aphasia
Primary feature: Disturbed auditory comprehension
Speech comprehension: Poor
Spoken characteristics: Semantic paraphasis, jargon, poor repetition, impaired naming,
meaning sentences are usually grammatical but often lack content
Broca’s aphasia- -Non-fluent
Primary feature: Impairment in expression
Speech comprehension: Relatively poor
Spoken characteristics: Short & a-grammatical sentences, slow & labored speech with
articulation and phonological errors, poor repetition, poor naming
Global- -Fluent
Primary feature: Fluent & confluent features present to a severe degree
Speech comprehension: Very poor
