Treatment
What type of Aphasia should we use Response Elaboration Training (RET) for?
Broca's (non-fluent) aphasia
Anterior lesions correspond more with _____ aphasias
Posterior lesions correspond more with _____ aphasias
Anterior = nonfluent aphasias
Posterior = fluent aphasias
All TBIs are _____, not all ABIs are _____
TBIs are acquired, not all ABIs are traumatic
A deficit in comprehending or expressing variations in tone of voice used to express both linguistic and emotional information
Aprosdia
What stages of dementia: Patients and caregivers begin to see difficulty with daily activities, finances, lang, and behavioral/personality changes
Mild-moderate stages
Clinicians should target _____ prior to expressive language
Auditory comprehension
What aphasia typically exhibits neologisms?
Wernicke's
A state in which the person has severely impacted but not complete impairment of awareness. It results from widespread damage to the cerebrum (the part of the brain that controls thought and behavior). This may result from brain damage, or it may follow a more severe state as people recover some function
Minimally conscious
Ability to understand that another person has ideas, beliefs, feelings, and/or emotions that differ from your own
Theory of Mind
T/F: Lewy body dementia is potentially reversible
FALSE! Vascular dementia is potentially reversible
What type of Aphasia should we use Visual Action Therapy (VAT) for?
Non-verbal/global aphasia
What aphasia is separated from Global only by repetition?
Mixed transcortical aphasia
What are the 3 main executive functions?
Planning
Problem solving
Reasoning
______ is a reduced concern about deficits
______ is an impaired awareness of deficits
Anosodiaphoria: reduced concern about deficits
Anosognosia: impaired awareness of deficits
What protein is associated with ALZ/AD?
Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP)
Amyloid Beta plaques
What percentage of treatments target expressive language?
90%
With bilingual aphasia, we must assess ?
BOTH languages
Patient enters the hospital with a GCS score of 7, is this a positive or negative prognostic indicator?
Negative (positive indicator if 8 or greater)
What are 2 primary etiologies of RHD?
CVA
Tumor
Infection
TBI
What are the most common causes of dementia?
AD/ALZ
VaD, LBD, FTLD/FTD
Other
What is Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) designed to promote?
Lexical retrieval
What is the diagnostic criteria for mTBI? (must name all 3 to get full points)
LOC <30
GCS > or equal to 13
PTA < 24 hours
Perceptual & attentional deficits
Communication deficits
Other cognitive function deficits
PPA is considered the _____ variant of FTD when it occurs with FTD
Language variant