Neuroanatomic Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders
Blood Supply to the Brain
100
Low frequency words are more difficult
What is how does frequency of occurrence affect comprehension of brain injured adults?
100
WHO is an acronym for this.
What is the World Health Organization?
100
Opening, Accommodation, Closing
What are the three stages of a treatment session?
100
Complete disconnection syndrome is also called this.
What is "split-brain syndrome"?
100
These arteries supply blood to the upper and anterior regions of the frontal lobes.
What are the anterior cerebral arteries?
200
Nouns and verbs are easier
What is how does part of speech affect comprehension?
200
According to WHO, the term "impairment" denotes this.
What is structural or functional abnormality?
200
nature and severity of brain injury
patient's medical and physical status
motivation
What are the variables that affect benefit from therapy?
200
Patients with posterior temporal lobe damage often experience this.
What is contralateral field blindness?
200
The middle cerebral arteries supply most of the blood to this part of the brain.
What is the lateral surfaces of the brain hemispheres?
300
Gestural responses and yes/no questions
What are 2 ways to test sentence comprehension in brain-injured adults?
300
The acronym, ICF stands for this.
What is the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health
300
Delivery of consequences that are intrinsically rewarding or punishing
What is "incentive feedback"?
300
The loss of ideas needed to understand and demonstrate knowledge the use of objects is known as this.
What is ideational apraxia?
300
Occlusions of the blood supply to the brain that occur below this will not cause as much damage as occlusions above it.
What is the Circle of Willis?
400
Comprehension of Single words and comprehension of sentences
What are aspects of reading comprehension that most language tests assess?
400
The acronym FIM stands for this.
What is the Functional Independence Measure
400
This model assumes that every human has a finite amount of cognitive resources available for cognitive processes.
What is the Resource-Allocation Model?
400
This is a condition in which patients fail to recognize otherwise familiar stimuli in a sensory modality even though basic perception in the modality is preserved.
What is agnosia?
400
The areas of overlapping blood supply to the brain are also known as this.
What are the "Watershed areas"?
500
Boston Naming Test
What is a standardized test of confrontation naming?
500
The acronym QCL stands for this.
What is Communication Quality of Life Scale?
500
These are the four areas that can improve with treatment.
What is quality of life, symptom severity, adequate relief, and global improvement?