COMD 705 Exam 1 (Part 1)

Which describes an assessment based on the Boston System that differentiates syndromes and Aphasia types?

Non-complex, canonical structures in sentence production. Speakers usually omit function words in sentences

Which type of stroke has a more complicated medical treatmentand an unpredictable recovery pattern?

In the Dual Stream Model of Language Processing, the ventral stream connections carry:

Pint > like "mint" represents which type of alexia?

A patient arrives and you choose to assess pragmatics. Which is an appropriate formal assessment?

An example of a lexical treatment is:

John Hughlings Jackson was responsible for:

T or F: Scientists in the 16th and 17th century were able to distinguish language disorders from cognitive deficits

T or F: Melodic Intonation therapy can be utilized for agrammatism

Which of the following should be answered during an aphasia assessment?

Which structure within the limbic system is important for programming/executing movement? (Including speech movements!)

T or F: In Agrammatism, action naming is typically less impared than object naming

What is neuroplasticity?

Behavior therapy in Aphasia therapy focuses on:

Which of the following should be considered when assessing word retrieval / production?

Lexical-decision, repetition, minimal-pair detection normal; impaired phonological comprehension

Which is NOT an example of executive functioning?

The aphasia categorized with intact fluency, poor comprehension, and intact repetition is best known as:

Which is NOT an example of peripheral (early stages) alexia?

The ventral stream is responsible for which process upon activation?

Compared to other language functions, relatively intact comprehension is specifically characteristic of:

"Comb" for "cobe" can represent which type of alexia?

T or F: Research has shown that the chronic stage of stroke is static

T or F: an ischemic stroke can be either thrombotic or embolic

What is Neural Plasticity?

Which correctly describes a word finding error type?

Common aphasia behaviors include impaired:

Which is an example of an informal reading/writing assessment?

Which best describes an ischemic stroke?

The combination approach:

Which of the following best represents the justification of clinicians being familiar with models of aphasia?

The frontal lobe is responsible for:

Which area of the brain has been shown to lead to improvement in comprehension and fluency upon increased activation?

Which describes an impairment-focused approach utilized with aphasia?

You are assessing anomia. What is an example of an assessment you could use to assess word finding (formally)?

Which type of aphasia displays intact fluency, comprehension and repetition?

Chronic:

In healthy language processing:

Which is an example of a treatment you may choose to utilize with a patient who is experiencing pragmatic difficulties?

In the cognitive neuropsychological approach, scientists attempt to explain aphasia through:

Which of the following scientists revived connectionism?

The parietal lobe is responsible for:

A patient presents with difficulties in attention. As a formal assessment, you choose to utilize:

The name of the brain region deemed responsible for articulated speech was coined by:

T or F: Fluency is easy to quantify and use as a clinical measure

When assessing Agrammatism, a standardized assessment that can be used is:

An interruption of blood flow to the ACA could cause:

Aphasia can be defined as:

Which correctly identifies the lesion represented by "3" in the Wenicke-Leichtiem model?

Which scientist was responsible for phrenology?

The internal carotids are connected to the vertebrals by:

In Semantically based treatment:

Which include skills of sustained, selective/focused, switching, and divided?

Based on findings from Robey (1998), when should treatment for Aphasia start?

In the Dual Stream Model of Language Processing, the dorsal stream connections carry:

The WHO-ICF Framework:

Long term memory impacts working memory

T or F: therapy-induced brain plasticity occurs with intensive therapy, even years post-onset

Which best describes a neurologic factor related to pattern of recovery?

Which represents one of the main cons of the Classical Associative Connectionist Models?

Neurotypical individuals show the activation of which stream for language production tasks?

A Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA):

Compared to other language functions, relatively intact repetition is specifically characteristic of:

Which is described by normal repetition, minimal pair detection normal, impaired phonological comp/lexical decision

Aphasia is NOT:

One consequence of an interruption of blood flow to the MCA could be:

Compensation can be defined as:

Subacute:

Which neurocognitive model is dominant paradigm within the world of Aphasia?

T or F: All aphasia batteries include a repetition subtest

What is recovery?

If you were to order the following types of evidence from most-least, which is accurate?

Hemi-attention and hemiakinesia can be a sign of Neglect syndrome

The name of the brain region deemed responsible for comprehension of speech was coined by:

Which describes an informal assessment for word retrieval/production?

Which is described by no repetition, minimal pair detection impaired, and is ameliorated by lip reading

Which correctly lists the ROMA core outcome set?

What percentage of stroke survivors have aphasia?

Prognostic factor(s) of recovery:

"Wernicke's Area" is found:

Which structure within the limbic system is the sensory and relay station of the brain?

Which describes an assessment also based on the Boston System but emphasizes fluency, comp., repetition & naming?

T or F: Aphasia affects communication, social functioning, quality of life, and caregiver's quality of life

Which of the following correctly labels the Wernicke-Leichtiem model?

What is the role of the SLP in post-stroke aphasia intervention?

T or F: all aphasia batteries include auditory comprehension subtests

Which is responsible for memory processing and sexual / emotional aspects of behavior?

Which type of aquired alexias affect the deeper processes?

Which lesion site would most likely result in a phonological production deficit?

An estimated _____ people in the USA have aphasia.

Which describes a declarative memory?

After a stroke occurs, the most changes occur in which stage?

Executive function impairments are closely tied to:

In the sentence-processing model (Garrett 1988), where does mapping occur?

Acute:

FAST stands for:

The _____ supply hemispheres via the MCA and ACA

A cognitive model that states damage to a specific brain area leads to a specific deficit is:

Most cases of aphasia are due to: