exam 1 aphasia

define central and peripheral Alexia.. reading difficulty...

A lesion in Brocas area causes Brocas aphasia

Broca aphasia is not fluent but wernickes is fluent

How to determine fluency?

What is aphasia?

anomic aphasia is not fluent

the speech characteristics of apraxia of speech are: disordered articulation &prosody, slow labored, halt speech, gropin

Which of the following are general features of a non fluent aphasia?

Right handed individual with a left CVA that impacted the frontal lobe of the left MCA will demonstrate

The warning signs for stroke are BEFAST (Balance,Eyes,Face,Arms,Speech,Time)

Step 0 for diagnosing aphasia is?

What is the mildest form of aphasia? they are fluent and have good comp & repetition

global aphasia impacts all areas

which is not a subtype of apraxia?

All of the following are causes and factors of stroke EXCEPT

a person with aphasia often has impaired nonlinguistic skills example: executive function, memory.

Jean-Baptise Bouillaud came up with localization. He said specific parts of brain controlled specific movements

Which is true of a CT scan?

A ischemic stroke is when a blood vessel is obstructed and a hemorrhagic stroke is a ruptured blood vessel

characteristics of gerstmanns syndrome include

how should you measure apraxia of speech?

ID aphasia: spared auditory comp, not fluent, telegraphic speech, agrammatic, poor repetition

Who is the originator of the theory of phrenology? (mental functions in brain are based on anatomy)

you can diagnose aphasia type with out imaging.

Which is a fact about an MRI?

surface Alexia has a good ability to read pseudo words but limited access to meaning of real words

4 things to check for in aphasia: auditory comp, rep, word retrieval, fluency

Who tried to make the connect with speech and language to the left hemisphere/ inferior frontal gyrus?

Which is NOT a cause of adult aphasia?

Pure word deadness is when patients can not repeat spoken language.

transcortical motor is nonfluent and transcortical sensory is fluent

Wernickes aphasia is not aware of their deficits

Step 1 for diagnosing and classifying aphasia is determining...