Dysarthria
Where is the lesion area of Hyperkinetic Dysarthria?
What is the Basal Ganglia (excessive dopamine)
Which of the following set of symptoms best characterizes Broca's aphasia?
-Cannot recall certain classes of words; for example, cannot remember the names for red objects
-Telegraphic and slow speech with word retrieval / naming deficits
-Speech is fluent but makes no sense
-Cannot spell correctly
What is "Telegraphic and slow speech with word retrieval / naming deficits"
Which of the following symptoms is NOT a characteristic of Apraxia?
-aware of errors
-groping
-attempts to correct errors
-excess and equal stress
What is "excess and equal stress?
A disorder related to motor execution.
What is dysarthria?
As part of a study, a group of naive judges and a group of experienced SLPs were asked to rate the "femaleness" of ten male-to-female transgender individuals from video-recorded speech samples using three different modes of presentation: auditory only, visual only, and audiovisual. Which of the following represents the dependent variable of investigation?
-mode of presentation
-experience level of the judges
-training in speech-language pathology
-video recording
-rated "femaleness"
What is "rated 'femaleness'"
Rigidity and reduced range of motion best describes which dysarthria?
What is Hypokinetic Dysarthria
Which aphasia is associated with damage to the temporal lobe in the left hemisphere of the brain?
What is Wernicke's Aphasia
What are the affected subsystems of Apraxia?
What are "articulation and prosody"
An acquired selective impairment of language modalities and functions resulting from a focal brain lesion in the language dominant hemisphere that affects the person's communication, social function, and quality of life
What is Aphasia
As part of a study, the speech of several subjects with Wilson's disease is evaluated using an acoustic analysis system. The same subjects are assessed again, but with a different system from another manufacturer. Which of the following can be assessed by comparing the two data sets?
-Content validity
-Concurrent validity
-Test-retest reliability
-Interjudge reliability
What is concurrent validity
Damage to cranial nerves is associated with which type of dysarthria?
What is flaccid dysarthria
Which aphasia is characterized as a fluent aphasia with good comprehension and poor repetition?
What is conduction aphasia
Where is the lesion area of Apraxia?
What are "left hemisphere regions" including:
insular region, broca's area, and inferior frontal gyrus
What area of the brain is in charge of planning articulatory movements?
What is the premotor cortex
Information about which of the following would be most useful in evaluating the consistency of scoring of an assessment?
-content validity
-predictive validity
-interrater validity
-range of scaled scores
-standard deviation of raw scores
What is interrater validity
Where is the lesion area of Ataxic Dysarthria?
What is the cerebellum
What are: Broca's, Transcortical Motor, Mixed Transcortical, and Global
Which of the following etiologies is NOT associated with Apraxia:
-stroke in dominant hemisphere
-multiple sclerosis
-tumors/tremors
-degenerative diseases
What is Multiple Sclerosis
The perisylvian areas in the frontal temporal and parietal lobes, the basal ganglia and internal capsule, and middle frontal gyrus are all supplied blood by what?
What is The Middle Cerebral Artery
To legitimately use an analysis of variance (ANOVA) to reach conclusions and draw inferences about data, which of the following must be true
-the data are ordinal
-the data are nominal
-the data are qualitative
-the groups are correlated
-there are two or more groups of data
What is "there are two or more groups of data"
The following etiologies are associated with which type of dysarthria?
-UMN degeneration
-ALS
-Vascular disorders affecting both hemispheres
-stroke
What is spastic dysarthria
What is the main difference between Transcortical Motor Aphasia and Broca's Aphasia?
Repetition is intact with Transcortical Motor Aphasia.
Which of the following is NOT a motor characteristic of Apraxia:
-difficulty imitating
-groping for correct position
-reduction in strength and range of motion
-difficulty following commands to perform voluntary tasks
What is "reduction in strength and range of motion
Saying "hearing" when you mean to say "talking" is an example of which type of paraphasia?
What is phonemic paraphasia
A study tested subjects with a phonological disorder prior to treatment and again after treatment. Change in the subjects tests performance may have been due to the effects of the treatment, but also to the fact that the subjects were already practiced in taking the test.
Such subject "practice effects" are a threat to which of the following aspects of the study?
-internal validity
-external validity
-measurement precision
-measurement accuracy
-reliability
What is "internal validity"