STROKE REHABILITATION EXAM
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What should All suspected stroke patients be admitted directly and what
does this allow? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o Specialist acute stroke
unit:
o Early recognition and treatment of complications
o MDT working
o Co-ordinated and organised in-patient care with weekly MDT
meetings
o Programmes of education and training for staff, patients, carers
o Involvement of carers in rehabilitation
o Staff interest and expertise
Define aphasia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ loss of ability to
understand or express speech due to brain dysfunction
What is expressive dysphasia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o
understands language, but cannot find the right words
o recognises incorrect language
o reading and writing may be affected
,What is receptive dysphasia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o inability
to understand language
o does not recognise error in speech
o reading & writing affected
What is dysarthria? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ · know what they
want to say, but cannot get the words out correctly · understanding,
ready & writing notaffected
What is hemianopia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Loss of one half of
the visual fields
Define apraxia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Difficulty in performing
tasks despite intact motor function
Define asterognosis - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Inability to identify
objects in both hands by touch alone despite intact sensation
Define agnosia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o Inability to recognise
objects.
o Persons, sounds, shapes or smells when the specific sense is intact or
these is no memory loss
, Define inattention - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Inability to attend to
stimuli bilaterally despite intact sensation
When does aphasia usually occur? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
occurs when someone has a left hemisphere stroke - usually when
Broca's or Wernicke's are the site of the location
What is Receptive dysphasia due to? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a
lesion in Wernicke's area and results in the inability to understand
language correctly
What is receptive dysphagia usually associated with? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ · there is often a combination of expressive and
receptive dysphasia, as the two areas are closely related anatomically
What is the difference between dysarthria and aphasia? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ · in dysarthria, comprehension, reading and writing
should not be affected
Define dysarthria - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o motor disturbance of
speech
o a problem of weak muscles and reduced control affecting the ability to
speakclearly
QUESTIONS |GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
What should All suspected stroke patients be admitted directly and what
does this allow? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o Specialist acute stroke
unit:
o Early recognition and treatment of complications
o MDT working
o Co-ordinated and organised in-patient care with weekly MDT
meetings
o Programmes of education and training for staff, patients, carers
o Involvement of carers in rehabilitation
o Staff interest and expertise
Define aphasia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ loss of ability to
understand or express speech due to brain dysfunction
What is expressive dysphasia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o
understands language, but cannot find the right words
o recognises incorrect language
o reading and writing may be affected
,What is receptive dysphasia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o inability
to understand language
o does not recognise error in speech
o reading & writing affected
What is dysarthria? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ · know what they
want to say, but cannot get the words out correctly · understanding,
ready & writing notaffected
What is hemianopia? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Loss of one half of
the visual fields
Define apraxia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Difficulty in performing
tasks despite intact motor function
Define asterognosis - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Inability to identify
objects in both hands by touch alone despite intact sensation
Define agnosia - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o Inability to recognise
objects.
o Persons, sounds, shapes or smells when the specific sense is intact or
these is no memory loss
, Define inattention - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Inability to attend to
stimuli bilaterally despite intact sensation
When does aphasia usually occur? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
occurs when someone has a left hemisphere stroke - usually when
Broca's or Wernicke's are the site of the location
What is Receptive dysphasia due to? - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a
lesion in Wernicke's area and results in the inability to understand
language correctly
What is receptive dysphagia usually associated with? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ · there is often a combination of expressive and
receptive dysphasia, as the two areas are closely related anatomically
What is the difference between dysarthria and aphasia? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ · in dysarthria, comprehension, reading and writing
should not be affected
Define dysarthria - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ o motor disturbance of
speech
o a problem of weak muscles and reduced control affecting the ability to
speakclearly
