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SLHS 115 Exam 3 Questions and Correct
Answers
How many adults identified with a language disorder at age 5 still
have difficulty? Ans: 70%
What do adults continuously refine? Ans: Use, Content, Form
Use Ans: Code-switching! Narratives will continue to improve
Content Ans: Some words will fade while others are added.
Deficits in accuracy and speed of word retrieval/naming
Form Ans: Continues to acquire some aspects of syntax. Written
language becomes more complex than spoken. Complex sentence
construction declines with advanced age
Central Nervous Sytem (CNS) Ans: Your brain and spinal cord
communicate with the rest of the body through nerves. (Most
affected with FAS)
Four lobes of the brain: Ans: frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
Aphasia Ans: language impairment which occurs as a result of an
accident or stroke
Aphasia Affects: Ans: Over 1 million Americans. Half a million
Americans annually. About 100,000 become aphasic/year.
Aphasia Difficulties: Ans: Listening, speaking, reading, writing,
language-related functions (arithmetic, gesturing, telling time)
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Aphasia Severity: Ans: Depends on the cause, location/extent/age
of brain injury/ general health of patient
Neural infections, degenerative neural disorders, dementia, and
tumors Ans: These will have "symptoms" of aphasia, but not
technically be aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia Ans: Degenerative disorder of
language, with preservation of other cognitive functions.
Progresses over time to the inability to speak, but comprehension
is preserved (usually starts @ 50)
Ischemic Stroke Ans: Complete or partial blockage of arteries. Best
improvement is seen in the first few weeks and slows down after 3
months
Transient Ischemic Attack Ans: Also known as a mini stroke or
TIA. Symptoms mimic a stroke and can be a warning sign of
increased likelihood a stroke in the future.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Ans: Weakened artery walls burst.
Aneurysm Ans: Saclike bulging in weekend artery wall
Arteriovenous Malformation Ans: rare, poorly formed arteries and
veins with weak walls
Hemorrhagic Stroke Improvement Ans: The best at the end of the
first month and into the second month
Aphasia Characteristics (Expressive Language) Ans: Reduced
Vocab, omission/addition of words, stereotypic speech, delayed or
reduced output of speech, hyperfluent speech, word substitutions,
and word finding problems
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Aphasia Characteristics (Receptive Language) Ans: An impaired
interpretation of linguistic information
Hemiparesis Ans: Left or right side of the body is weak
Hemiplegia Ans: Left or right side of the body is paralyzed
Hemisensory Impairment Ans: Reduced sensory info on left or
right side of the body
Hemianopsia Ans: Blindness in the right visual field of each eye
Dysphagia Ans: Swallowing problems
Agnosia Ans: Problems interpreting sensory information (visual,
auditory)
Agrammatism Ans: Omission of grammatical elements in speech
(articles, prepositions, morphemes)
Agrpahia Ans: Difficulty writing
Alexia Ans: Difficulty reading
Anomia Ans: Difficulty naming items
Jargon Ans: Meaningless speech that sounds like typical speech
(same intonation)
Neologism Ans: Novel words which are made-up by and used by
individuals with aphasia
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SLHS 115 Exam 3 Questions and Correct
Answers
How many adults identified with a language disorder at age 5 still
have difficulty? Ans: 70%
What do adults continuously refine? Ans: Use, Content, Form
Use Ans: Code-switching! Narratives will continue to improve
Content Ans: Some words will fade while others are added.
Deficits in accuracy and speed of word retrieval/naming
Form Ans: Continues to acquire some aspects of syntax. Written
language becomes more complex than spoken. Complex sentence
construction declines with advanced age
Central Nervous Sytem (CNS) Ans: Your brain and spinal cord
communicate with the rest of the body through nerves. (Most
affected with FAS)
Four lobes of the brain: Ans: frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
Aphasia Ans: language impairment which occurs as a result of an
accident or stroke
Aphasia Affects: Ans: Over 1 million Americans. Half a million
Americans annually. About 100,000 become aphasic/year.
Aphasia Difficulties: Ans: Listening, speaking, reading, writing,
language-related functions (arithmetic, gesturing, telling time)
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Aphasia Severity: Ans: Depends on the cause, location/extent/age
of brain injury/ general health of patient
Neural infections, degenerative neural disorders, dementia, and
tumors Ans: These will have "symptoms" of aphasia, but not
technically be aphasia
Primary Progressive Aphasia Ans: Degenerative disorder of
language, with preservation of other cognitive functions.
Progresses over time to the inability to speak, but comprehension
is preserved (usually starts @ 50)
Ischemic Stroke Ans: Complete or partial blockage of arteries. Best
improvement is seen in the first few weeks and slows down after 3
months
Transient Ischemic Attack Ans: Also known as a mini stroke or
TIA. Symptoms mimic a stroke and can be a warning sign of
increased likelihood a stroke in the future.
Hemorrhagic Stroke Ans: Weakened artery walls burst.
Aneurysm Ans: Saclike bulging in weekend artery wall
Arteriovenous Malformation Ans: rare, poorly formed arteries and
veins with weak walls
Hemorrhagic Stroke Improvement Ans: The best at the end of the
first month and into the second month
Aphasia Characteristics (Expressive Language) Ans: Reduced
Vocab, omission/addition of words, stereotypic speech, delayed or
reduced output of speech, hyperfluent speech, word substitutions,
and word finding problems
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Aphasia Characteristics (Receptive Language) Ans: An impaired
interpretation of linguistic information
Hemiparesis Ans: Left or right side of the body is weak
Hemiplegia Ans: Left or right side of the body is paralyzed
Hemisensory Impairment Ans: Reduced sensory info on left or
right side of the body
Hemianopsia Ans: Blindness in the right visual field of each eye
Dysphagia Ans: Swallowing problems
Agnosia Ans: Problems interpreting sensory information (visual,
auditory)
Agrammatism Ans: Omission of grammatical elements in speech
(articles, prepositions, morphemes)
Agrpahia Ans: Difficulty writing
Alexia Ans: Difficulty reading
Anomia Ans: Difficulty naming items
Jargon Ans: Meaningless speech that sounds like typical speech
(same intonation)
Neologism Ans: Novel words which are made-up by and used by
individuals with aphasia
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