CSD 444 - EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
2 Types of CVAs - Answers - Ischemic Stroke
Hemorrhagic Stroke
What is the difference between Ischemic and Hemorrhagic CVAs? - Answers -
Ischemic: complete or partial occlusion (blockage) of blood supply to the brain
Hemorrhagic: Bleeding into the brain that causes damage
During an Ischemic CVA, _______________ plaque forms on arterial walls, which leads
to what? - Answers - atherosclerosis
leads to the progressive narrowing of blood vessels which then leads to a clot in the
vessel
What can cause a hemorrhagic CVA? - Answers - high blood pressure; weakened
arterial walls
What does the right side of the brain control in comparison to the left? - Answers -
Right: visual-spatial perception and attention
Left: language specialization for most people
Aphasia - Answers - loss or reduction of language skills due to brain injury
What 4 modalities are affected by aphasia? - Answers - -Expressive Language
-Receptive Language
-Reading Comprehension
-Written Expression
The aphasia syndromes are caused by damage in ___________ regions considered
important for what 3 things? - Answers - cortical regions
- Language comprehension
- Language formulation
- Language production
Where are the language regions of the brain located? - Answers - left middle cerebral
artery (most people)
Broca's Aphasia is caused by an occlusion of the:
Wernicke's Aphasia is caused by an occlusion of the:
,Global Aphasia is usually caused by occlusion of the: - Answers - anterior branch of
the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
posterior branch of the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
main trunk of the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
Broca's Aphasia is = to Brodman's Area _______ - Answers - 44 + 45
Wernicke's Aphasia is = to Brodman's Area ______ - Answers - 22
What hemiplegia or hemiparesis do patients usually have when they have Broca's
aphasia? - Answers - right-sided hemiplegia/hemiparesis
What is Broca's Area responsible for? - Answers - planning speech movements,
initiation of speech, and speech production
How do words sound when someone has Broca's Aphasia? - Answers - slowly,
laboriously, haltingly, long pauses between or within words, monotone
In those with Broca's Aphasia, what do the utterances mostly consist of? What is
missing? - Answers - content words (nouns, adjectives, verbs)
Missing function words (conjunctions, articles, prepositions)
With Broca's Aphasia, _________ is lacking, but _______ is better. - Answers -
Output; input
Can those with Broca's Aphasia self-monitor? - Answers - yes. they are aware of
errors they make and will attempt to fix those errors. Often results in frustration and
anger.
What is the personality of someone with Broca's Aphasia? - Answers - usually
cooperative and remember treatment tasks and goals from day to day
Describe the written language of someone with Brocas's Aphasia. - Answers - slow
and laborious; strings of content words with misspellings and distortions or omissions of
letters; letters are clumsily formed; usually in print and writing slants down page
People with Wernicke's aphasia usually experience: - Answers - poor comprehension
of spoken and printed verbal materials (there is a range of severity)
Patients with mild or moderate Wernicke's aphasia usually what? - Answers -
understand the overall point of conversations but miss many specifics
, Wernicke's aphasia may cause a patient to struggle to appreciate the differences
between _______ with similar __________. - Answers - words; meanings
What does someone with Wernicke's aphasia's speech sound like? - Answers -
smooth, effortless, and copious, long syntactically well-formed sentences with normal
intonation and stress patterns; may struggle a little with word retrieval
The speech of someone with Wernicke's aphasia may be filled with: - Answers - Verbal
Paraphasias - substitution of one word for another
Literal Paraphasias - transposition of sounds within words
Neologisms: nonsense words
Jargon: speech is incomprehensible to others but appears to make sense to the
individual
Patients with Wernicke's have a severe _____________________ impairment -
Answers - word retrieval
Circumlocution - Answers - talking around missing words
Unless forcibly _____________, patients with Wernicke's aphasia may _____________.
- Answers - interrupted; talk at a great length
Press of speech or Loggorrhea - Answers - Talking at great length unless forcibly
interrupted.
What does a person with Wernicke's aphasia handwriting look like? - Answers -
resembles speech, may be mechanically normal but is deficient in content.
What form is a person with Wernicke's aphasia in comparison to Broca's aphasia? -
Answers - Wernicke's : cursive
Broca's : print
Patients with press of speech when they talk exhibit ____________ when they write. -
Answers - press of writing
Give examples of the following:
- Semantic paraphasia
- Neologistic Jargon
- Phonemic paraphasia - Answers - - stool for chair, spoon for fork, boy for girl
- chossl for chair, rugal for notebook
- pon for pot
2 Types of CVAs - Answers - Ischemic Stroke
Hemorrhagic Stroke
What is the difference between Ischemic and Hemorrhagic CVAs? - Answers -
Ischemic: complete or partial occlusion (blockage) of blood supply to the brain
Hemorrhagic: Bleeding into the brain that causes damage
During an Ischemic CVA, _______________ plaque forms on arterial walls, which leads
to what? - Answers - atherosclerosis
leads to the progressive narrowing of blood vessels which then leads to a clot in the
vessel
What can cause a hemorrhagic CVA? - Answers - high blood pressure; weakened
arterial walls
What does the right side of the brain control in comparison to the left? - Answers -
Right: visual-spatial perception and attention
Left: language specialization for most people
Aphasia - Answers - loss or reduction of language skills due to brain injury
What 4 modalities are affected by aphasia? - Answers - -Expressive Language
-Receptive Language
-Reading Comprehension
-Written Expression
The aphasia syndromes are caused by damage in ___________ regions considered
important for what 3 things? - Answers - cortical regions
- Language comprehension
- Language formulation
- Language production
Where are the language regions of the brain located? - Answers - left middle cerebral
artery (most people)
Broca's Aphasia is caused by an occlusion of the:
Wernicke's Aphasia is caused by an occlusion of the:
,Global Aphasia is usually caused by occlusion of the: - Answers - anterior branch of
the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
posterior branch of the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
main trunk of the middle cerebral artery (usually the left)
Broca's Aphasia is = to Brodman's Area _______ - Answers - 44 + 45
Wernicke's Aphasia is = to Brodman's Area ______ - Answers - 22
What hemiplegia or hemiparesis do patients usually have when they have Broca's
aphasia? - Answers - right-sided hemiplegia/hemiparesis
What is Broca's Area responsible for? - Answers - planning speech movements,
initiation of speech, and speech production
How do words sound when someone has Broca's Aphasia? - Answers - slowly,
laboriously, haltingly, long pauses between or within words, monotone
In those with Broca's Aphasia, what do the utterances mostly consist of? What is
missing? - Answers - content words (nouns, adjectives, verbs)
Missing function words (conjunctions, articles, prepositions)
With Broca's Aphasia, _________ is lacking, but _______ is better. - Answers -
Output; input
Can those with Broca's Aphasia self-monitor? - Answers - yes. they are aware of
errors they make and will attempt to fix those errors. Often results in frustration and
anger.
What is the personality of someone with Broca's Aphasia? - Answers - usually
cooperative and remember treatment tasks and goals from day to day
Describe the written language of someone with Brocas's Aphasia. - Answers - slow
and laborious; strings of content words with misspellings and distortions or omissions of
letters; letters are clumsily formed; usually in print and writing slants down page
People with Wernicke's aphasia usually experience: - Answers - poor comprehension
of spoken and printed verbal materials (there is a range of severity)
Patients with mild or moderate Wernicke's aphasia usually what? - Answers -
understand the overall point of conversations but miss many specifics
, Wernicke's aphasia may cause a patient to struggle to appreciate the differences
between _______ with similar __________. - Answers - words; meanings
What does someone with Wernicke's aphasia's speech sound like? - Answers -
smooth, effortless, and copious, long syntactically well-formed sentences with normal
intonation and stress patterns; may struggle a little with word retrieval
The speech of someone with Wernicke's aphasia may be filled with: - Answers - Verbal
Paraphasias - substitution of one word for another
Literal Paraphasias - transposition of sounds within words
Neologisms: nonsense words
Jargon: speech is incomprehensible to others but appears to make sense to the
individual
Patients with Wernicke's have a severe _____________________ impairment -
Answers - word retrieval
Circumlocution - Answers - talking around missing words
Unless forcibly _____________, patients with Wernicke's aphasia may _____________.
- Answers - interrupted; talk at a great length
Press of speech or Loggorrhea - Answers - Talking at great length unless forcibly
interrupted.
What does a person with Wernicke's aphasia handwriting look like? - Answers -
resembles speech, may be mechanically normal but is deficient in content.
What form is a person with Wernicke's aphasia in comparison to Broca's aphasia? -
Answers - Wernicke's : cursive
Broca's : print
Patients with press of speech when they talk exhibit ____________ when they write. -
Answers - press of writing
Give examples of the following:
- Semantic paraphasia
- Neologistic Jargon
- Phonemic paraphasia - Answers - - stool for chair, spoon for fork, boy for girl
- chossl for chair, rugal for notebook
- pon for pot
