aphasia

Question 1

what is aphasia

Answer 1

loss or defective language from damage to speech centres within the dominant hemisphere (usually left)

Question 2

failure to construct sentences
disjointed words
reduced fluency
preserved comprehension
"know what they want to say but cant get the words out"

Answer 2

broca’s aphasia

also called expressive or anterior aphasia

Question 3

where is damage in broca’s aphasia

Answer 3

dominant hemisphere frontal lobe

Question 4

muddled words
insertion of incorrect/made up words into speech
incomprehension of other’s speech
‘like a foreign language’

Answer 4

Wernicke’s aphasia (also called receptive, posterior aphasia)

Question 5

where is damage in Wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 5

dominant hemisphere

superior temporal gyrus

Question 6

difficulty in naming objects

Answer 6

nominal/anomic/amnestic aphasia

Question 7

combination of broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia

loss of language production and understanding

Answer 7

global/central aphasia

Question 8

cause of global aphasia

Answer 8

severe left hemisphere infarct

Question 9

what is dysarthia

Answer 9

disordered articulation
slurred speech
language is intact

Question 10

causes of dysarthia

Answer 10

paralysis, slowing or inco-ordination of muscles or articulation

Question 11

gravelly speech (‘Donald duck voice’)

Answer 11

pseudobulbar palsy

Question 12

jerky ataxic speech

Answer 12

cerebellar lesions

Question 13

monotone speck

Answer 13

Parkinson’s

Question 14

fatigued speech

Answer 14

myasthenia gravis