Name That Aphasia!
Non-fluent, BAD aud. comp, BAD rep., BAD naming
What is GLOBAL aphasia
This is essentially a fill in the blank statement. used as part of a naming assessment.
What is a cloze statement.
This is an acquired disorder of reading that commonly accompanies aphasia.
What is alexia.
Treatment goals for this aphasia targets increased fluency and expressive skills.
What is broca’s aphasia.
Term for when the pts. omits function words and primarily uses content words within their speech.
What is telegraphic speech.
fluent, poor aud. comp., good rep., bad naming :(
What is transcortical sensory aphasia.
condition where there is a loss of vision to one half of the visual field due to damage to the optic tract.
What is hemianopsia.
An acquired disorder of writing that requires intact vision and motor-kinesthetic skills.
What is agraphia.
Treatment goals for this aphasia include comprehending 1-step commands with context, getting consistent yes/no responses, and functional gestures or drawings.
What is global aphasia.
Developed by Gall, the determination of skills and deficits based on raised bumps and depressions in the skull.
What is phrenology.
Fluent, good aud. comp., good rep., BAD naming
What is anomic aphasia.
The main difference between standardized and dynamic testing.
What is… dynamic testing allows for more manipulation than formal/standardized testing allows.
These are the types of alexia.
What are deep dyslexia, surface dyslexia, and phonological dyslexia.
Treatment for this aphasia includes improving comprehension and self-monitoring
What is Wernicke’s aphasia.
This is when the pt. has lack of recognition of a particular sense.
What is agnosia.
Gradual onset, subtype of frontotemporal dementia, 4 types, early complaint: pt. can’t find their words, frontal and temporal lobe atrophy bilaterally
What is primary progressive aphasia.
This % of right-hand dominant individuals house language in the left hemisphere.
What is 95–98%.
These are the types of agraphia.
What are apraxic agraphia, deep dysgraphia, and surface dysgraphia.
This is the steps/components of the Mediated Learning Experience.
What is test-teach-retest.
The difference between confrontation naming and generative naming.
What is… confrontation naming is when the pt. is asked to name a specific item or picture and a generative naming is when the pt. is asked to name as many items within a certain category.
These are the FOUR subtypes of PPA.
What are frontal variant, non-fluent variant, fluent variant, and logopenic/phonological variant.
Deficits seen due to lesions on the arcuate fasiculus closer to the temporal lobe VS the parietal lobe
What is… temporal lobe = impaired memory and parietal lobe = impaired phonemic representation
Assessment tasks for agraphia.
What are automatic tasks, propositional writing tasks, written confrontation naming, writing to dictation, and/or functional tasks.
Most severe= picture-to-picture naming
point to pictures by name
point to objects by function
answer yes/no questions
follow commands with visual stimuli
follow commands with body parts
narrative comprehension
What is the Richard Peach hierarchy.
the difference between a “localizationist” and a “connectionist.”
What is… localizationalists associate a part of the brain with a certain skill and a connectionist say everything works together/ functions as a network