Vocabulary
My mother had a stroke and now has this adult language disorder. It means "without language."
What is aphasia
A contact ulcer is a type of what kind of voice disorder?
What is an organic voice disorder?
Acquired motor speech disorder characterized by damage to the systems that control the muscles of speech production and can affect the speed, range, direction, and strength of articulators and speech movements.
What is dysarthria?
What is falls?
Number of cranial nerves
What is 12?
An individual has weakness in the right side of their face. This is an example of what?
What is hemiparesis?
Harshness, raspiness, tremor, straining, etc. are all characteristics of what feature of voice?
What is vocal quality?
Acquired speech disorder characterized by deficits in the motor planning and motor programming of speech movements.
What is apraxia of speech?
This part of the brain is responsible for processing auditory information and producing fluent speech.
What is Broca's area?
This type of stroke is the most common stroke and occurs due to a blockage in the arteries
What is an ischemic stroke?
What is pitch?
Drinking water, not yelling, reducing alcohol/caffeine intake, avoiding smoking or smokey environments
What are vocal hygiene techniques?
Two structures of the central nervous system
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Area of the brain responsible for language comprehension and producing meaningful speech
What is Wernicke's area?
How many distinct types of dysarthria are there?
A client has difficulty with naming items or objects. This can be described as what?
What is anomia?
This voice disorder occurs without any structural changes to the larynx
What is a functional voice disorder?
This structure of the brain is in charge of coordinating fine motor movements, maintains muscle tone, and promoting overall motor learning.
What is the cerebellum?
Non-fluent aphasia type characterized by slow and labored speech, atypical speech rhythm, and several grammatical errors.
What is Broca's aphasia?
What is use (pragmatics)?
This term refers to the tone that is produced as the voice is amplified and filtered through the pharyngeal, oral, and nasal cavities?
What is resonance?
This is a member of the voice evaluation that provides imaging and diagnosis of any structural issues impacting vocal fold movement and vocal quality?
What is a laryngologist?
This structure of the brain is in charge of regulating motor functioning and maintaining posture and muscle tone.
What is the basal ganglia?
This type of aphasia is characterized by utilizing of a lot of jargon and paraphasias in their speech, impaired reading and language comprehension, and difficulty with speech repetition tasks. What type of aphasia is this client presenting with?
What is Wernicke's aphasia?
Cranial nerve responsible for providing innervation to the heart, lungs, digestive system, larynx, throat and innervation for phonation, elevation of soft palate, and swallowing.
What is cranial nerve x (Vagus nerve)?