FINAL EXAM CASD 4383
Aphasia - Answer-A group of disorders that result in language impairment for adults (ACQUIRED)
Main cause of Aphasia - Answer-stroke
lesser cause of Aphasia - Answer-TBI, Brain diseases, encephalitis
What kind of disorder is Aphasia categorized as? - Answer-It is a multi-modality disorder in that, it often
affects any modalities of communication such as reading, writing, listening, and gesturing. There is a
possibility for vision, cognitive, physical, and sensory impairments as well.
Two types of categories for Aphasia - Answer-Fluent and Non-fluent Aphasia
fluent Aphasia - Answer--consists of impairment mainly to language comprehension and speech output
follows melodic contour
-speech is fluid
- main characteristics of word retrieval difficulties, semantic paraphasia, neologism, and perseveration.
Non-fluent Aphasia - Answer--better or more intact comprehension but poor output
-agrammertism, phonemic, and literal paraphasia, echololia
Types of Fluent Aphasia - Answer-1. Wernicke's Aphasia
2. Conduction Aphasia
3. Anomia Aphasia
4. Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
,Wernick'es Aphasia - Answer--site of lesions in Wernicke's area
-Located in the posterior portion of the first temporal gyrus in the left hemisphere
- Fluent but meaningless speech and Impaired comprehension
Conduction Aphasia - Answer-better language comprehension
Than Wernicke's, have fluent speech
They have terrible imitation skills
Anomia Aphasia - Answer-only impairment is word retrieval
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia - Answer-- looks like Conduction,
Have excellent imitation skills, better language
Comprehension
Types of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Answer-1. Broca's Aphasia
2. Transcortical Motor Aphasia
3. Global Aphasia
Broca's Aphasia - Answer-posterior inferior frontal lobe
good comprehension, effortful articulation
agrammatism, impaired prosody
Transcortical Motor Aphasia - Answer-looks like Broca's
imitation skills are excellent, lesions are in
, the medial frontal cortex
Global Aphasia - Answer-everything is impaired
site of lesions is typically in multiple places
Symptoms of Language - Answer-1. Agrammatism
2. Paraphasia
3. Anomia
4. Neologism
5. Perseveration
Agrammatism - Answer-a deficit of syntax, reliance on content words with an omission of function
words
EX: man sleep, man bed
Paraphasia - Answer-errors in output characterized by the production of unintended sounds, syllables,
or words
a. Phonemic- literal, sounds and syllables
EX: Plen, bananana
b. Semantic- words, replace the intended word with something in the same semantic category
Anomia - Answer-difficulty with word retrieval, also referred to as involuntary circumlocution
Aphasia - Answer-A group of disorders that result in language impairment for adults (ACQUIRED)
Main cause of Aphasia - Answer-stroke
lesser cause of Aphasia - Answer-TBI, Brain diseases, encephalitis
What kind of disorder is Aphasia categorized as? - Answer-It is a multi-modality disorder in that, it often
affects any modalities of communication such as reading, writing, listening, and gesturing. There is a
possibility for vision, cognitive, physical, and sensory impairments as well.
Two types of categories for Aphasia - Answer-Fluent and Non-fluent Aphasia
fluent Aphasia - Answer--consists of impairment mainly to language comprehension and speech output
follows melodic contour
-speech is fluid
- main characteristics of word retrieval difficulties, semantic paraphasia, neologism, and perseveration.
Non-fluent Aphasia - Answer--better or more intact comprehension but poor output
-agrammertism, phonemic, and literal paraphasia, echololia
Types of Fluent Aphasia - Answer-1. Wernicke's Aphasia
2. Conduction Aphasia
3. Anomia Aphasia
4. Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
,Wernick'es Aphasia - Answer--site of lesions in Wernicke's area
-Located in the posterior portion of the first temporal gyrus in the left hemisphere
- Fluent but meaningless speech and Impaired comprehension
Conduction Aphasia - Answer-better language comprehension
Than Wernicke's, have fluent speech
They have terrible imitation skills
Anomia Aphasia - Answer-only impairment is word retrieval
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia - Answer-- looks like Conduction,
Have excellent imitation skills, better language
Comprehension
Types of Non-Fluent Aphasia - Answer-1. Broca's Aphasia
2. Transcortical Motor Aphasia
3. Global Aphasia
Broca's Aphasia - Answer-posterior inferior frontal lobe
good comprehension, effortful articulation
agrammatism, impaired prosody
Transcortical Motor Aphasia - Answer-looks like Broca's
imitation skills are excellent, lesions are in
, the medial frontal cortex
Global Aphasia - Answer-everything is impaired
site of lesions is typically in multiple places
Symptoms of Language - Answer-1. Agrammatism
2. Paraphasia
3. Anomia
4. Neologism
5. Perseveration
Agrammatism - Answer-a deficit of syntax, reliance on content words with an omission of function
words
EX: man sleep, man bed
Paraphasia - Answer-errors in output characterized by the production of unintended sounds, syllables,
or words
a. Phonemic- literal, sounds and syllables
EX: Plen, bananana
b. Semantic- words, replace the intended word with something in the same semantic category
Anomia - Answer-difficulty with word retrieval, also referred to as involuntary circumlocution
