Etiologies
These can cause neurogenic communication disorders
What is Stroke, Traumatic brain injury (TBI), Surgical trauma, Degenerative disorders, and Infectious diseases
I want a sandwich so I say reekaboo this is an example of what
Neologism paraphasia
A patient who seems to be "beating around the bush" when asked questions may be doing this
What is circumlocuting
Altered consciousness after a stroke
What is a coma
What is ischemic stroke
It may be viral, fungal, bacterial, parasitic
What are infectious diseases
I want to drive my car so I say I want to snack this is an example of this
What is unrelated verbal paraphasia
Excessive speech that is meaningless and sometimes inappropriate , sometimes called diarrhea of the mouth
What is logorrhea
The severity of memory impairment is independent of the language impairment and related to the site of the lesion
What are disturbances of verbal memory
The surrounding area of an infarct
What is ischemic penumbra
Result of an external and forceful event that is not due to disease, stroke, seizure, surgery
What is traumatic brain injury
I say I want to sit in the chair while pointing at the couch this is an example of this
What is semantic paraphasia
Four modalities
What is production, comprehension, reading, and writing of language
Post-Stroke Depression and emotional changes are said to be results of these
What are cognitive and affective disorders
The ballooning of a blood vessel
What is an aneurysm
Deficits or symptoms that are of an unknown or obscure origin
What is idiopathic etiology
I say nacks when I very badly want a snack this is an example of this
What is phonemic/literal paraphasia
What are the two types of hemorrhagic strokes
What is subarachnoid and intracerebral
Emotional liability or outbursts of crying and/or laughter
What is pseudo bulbar affect
Nonfluent and fluent aphasias are also these types of aphasia
What are cortical aphasias
3rd leading cause of death in the U.S. that can happen in any part of the brain stem is known as a stroke
What is a cerebrovascular accident
I have errors in phonemes, words, or phrases that are produced unintentionally due to higher-level deficits
What is paraphasia
I occur when blocking or occlusion of a blood vessel occurs, I break away and begin to travel what am I
What is embolic stroke
Disorders of vision
What is hemianopia
Wernicke's aphasia is said to be "empty speech" this means what
What is the words or phrases being said has no meaning