Acronyms
What does SLP stand for?
Speech-language pathologist
What does TBI stand for?
Traumatic Brain Injury. There are two types: closed-head injury and open-head injury.
True/False: Intelligence is affected by aphasia.
False
Difficulty swallowing
Multiple Choices: 1) Articulation, 2) Aspiration, 3) Circumlocution, 4) Comprehension, 5) Dysarthria, 6) Dysfluency, 7) Dysphagia, 8) Perseveration, 9) Phonology, 10) Pragmatics
Dysphagia
Name all 3 speech therapists who work here.
Arianne, Audrey, Jessica
SLOP strategies for clear speech. Name one.
Slow
Loud
Overpronunciate
Pauses
A mild TBI is sometimes called a ________.
(Hint: It happens in sports-related injuries)
Concussion
What is one form of communication affected by aphasia?
Speaking, Listening (comprehension), Reading, Writing
The ability to talk around a word that you don't know
Multiple Choices: 1) Articulation, 2) Aspiration, 3) Circumlocution, 4) Comprehension, 5) Dysarthria, 6) Dysfluency, 7) Dysphagia, 8) Perseveration, 9) Phonology, 10) Pragmatics
Circumlocution
How many different diet "levels" can a speech therapist recommend? (One is Regular Diet). Hint: More than 3, less than 10.
7
SCAN external compensatory memory strategies. Name one.
Schedule (or Routine / Habit)
Calendar
Alarms
Notetaking
An abnormal growth of body tissue is called a _____. They can be cancerous (malignant) or noncancerous (benign).
Tumor
How many classifications of aphasia are there? Hint: More than 3, less than 10.
8
A motor speech disorder where damage to your nervous system causes the muscles that produce speech to become paralyzed or weakened.
Multiple Choices: 1) Articulation, 2) Aspiration, 3) Circumlocution, 4) Comprehension, 5) Dysarthria, 6) Dysfluency, 7) Dysphagia, 8) Perseveration, 9) Phonology, 10) Pragmatics
Dysarthria
There are 5 safe swallow strategies we would recommend for everyone. Name one.
Small bites/sips
Sit upright & stay upright for at least 30-45 mins
Alternate solids and liquids
Avoid distractions
WRAP internal compensatory memory strategies. Name one.
Write it down
Repeat it
Associate it
Picture it
There are two types of stroke. Name one.
Ischemic and Hemorrhagic
True/False: About 1 in every 100 Americans have aphasia.
True
The tendency to repeat an action, thought, or behavior, even when it's no longer appropriate or necessary.
Multiple Choices: 1) Articulation, 2) Aspiration, 3) Circumlocution, 4) Comprehension, 5) Dysarthria, 6) Dysfluency, 7) Dysphagia, 8) Perseveration, 9) Phonology, 10) Pragmatics
Perseveration. Word perseveration happens frequently with aphasia. Topic perseveration can happen with several types of brain injury.
There are 4 main types of attention. Name one type (or describe it).
Selective
Alternating
Divided
BEFAST are the signs that someone is having a stroke. Name at least 4. Double Points if you can name all 6.
Balance
Eyesight
Face
Arm
Speech
TIME TO CALL 911
An anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived of ______.
Oxygen. Some causes of anoxic brain injury are cardiac arrest, drowning, choking, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
If someone with aphasia has trouble expressing themselves through speech, what else can they use to communicate?
Writing/typing, gesturing, drawing pictures. Or using low-tech communication boards or high-tech devices such as smartphones and tablets (these are examples of AAC)
The inhalation of food, fluid, or other foreign material into the lungs.
Multiple Choices: 1) Articulation, 2) Aspiration, 3) Circumlocution, 4) Comprehension, 5) Dysarthria, 6) Dysfluency, 7) Dysphagia, 8) Perseveration, 9) Phonology, 10) Pragmatics
Aspiration
There are approximately 12 executive function skills (the brain's "air traffic control" system that manages our cognitive processes). Name or describe one.
Working memory, emotional control, focus/sustained attention, task initiation, planning/prioritization, organization, time management, goal-directed persistence, flexibility, metacognition, and stress tolerance, self-restraint/inhibition.