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Aphasia
Various types and etiologies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Type of Aphasia caused by lesion(s) in the left posterior inferior frontal lobe | Broca's Aphasia |
| Severely impaired fluencyRelatively spared auditory comprehensionAgrammatismAbnormal prosodyArticulation impairmentRelatively poor repetitionAnomia Can utter automatic speech (“hello”)Are the characteristics of ________ Aphasia | Broca's Aphasia |
| Type of Aphasia caused by lesion(s)to anterior superior frontal lobesuperior to Broca’s area | Transcortical Motor Aphasia |
| Horseshoe-shaped area that surrounds the sylvian fissure in the temporal and frontal lobes. It perceives and integrates language with other cerebral activities, and articulates its expression | Perisylvian Arc |
| Section of the brain; Functions in comprehension and formulation of language; Lesion in this area will cause receptive aphasia with defective use of words, meaningless verbiage, lack of comprehension | Wernicke’s Area |
| Characterized by a language disturbance with relatively fluent speech output9+ words | Fluent Aphasia |
| Characterized by a language disturbance with disrupted, non-fluent output0-5 words | Non-Fluent Aphasia |
| Characterized by a language disturbance with relatively fluent speech outputUsually subcortical6-8 words | Boarderline Aphasia |
| Global aphasia,Broca’s aphasia,Transcortical motor aphasia,Mixed nonfluent aphasia, | Non-Fluent Aphasia Types |
| Paucity of speech or nonverbal (Abulia-lack of speech),Agrammatism,Slow and effortful speech,Poor repetition,Paraphasic errors and perseveration (stuck-in-set) | Language characteristics of Non-Fluent Aphasia |
| Excessive pausesNormal comprehensionProsodic disturbances | Non-Language characteristics of Non-Fluent Aphasia |