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Anomic Aphasia characteristics...
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-fluent
-difficulty naming -good syntax -verbal paraphasias/word substitutions -good repitition -good auditory comprehension -good reading -good writing -good articulation |
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Broca's Aphasia characteristics...
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-nonfluent
-telegraphic speech -impaired naming -impaired repetition -better auditory comprehenion, although impaired -impaired reading -impaired writing -monotone speech |
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Mixed Transcortical Aphasia characteristics...
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-nonfluent
-severely echolalic -severely impaired auditory comprehension -good repetition -impaired reading -impaired writing -impaired naming -produces mostly automatic and/or involuntary communication |
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Conduction Aphasia characteristics...
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-fluent
-disproportionate impairment in the ability to repeat stimuli -paraphasic speech -impaired naming -impaired reading -impaired writing -good syntax -good articulation -good prosody -nearly normal auditory comprehension |
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Global Aphasia characteristics...
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-profoundly impaired language abilities
-impaired repetition -impaired naming -impaired writing -impaired reading -impaired auditory comprehension -perseveration of words -nonfluent -ability to use only a few words or serial utterances |
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Wernicke's Aphasia characteristics...
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-fluent
-meaningless speech -normal fluency -impaired auditory comprehension -impaired naming -impaired repetition -impaired reading -impaired writing |
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Transcortical Sensory Aphasia characteristics...
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-fluent
-meaningless speech -impaired naming -impaired auditory comprehension -difficulty following directions, pointing to targets, answering Y/N questions -normal automatic speech -good reading -good repetition |
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Transcortical Motor Aphasia characteristics...
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-nonfluent
-good repetition -good auditory comprehension for basic conversations -echolalic -severely reduced spontaneous speech -difficulty reading aloud -severely impaired writing -attempts to initate speech simultaneously with motor activities |
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what is an embolus?
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a mass of debris/tissue that travels and can get stuck in smaller arteries, causing blood flow to be blocked
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what is a thrombus?
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a collection of blood material which blocks blood flow
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what are the characteristics of nonfluent aphasia?
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-limited speech output
-agrammatic speech -extremely effortful speech -reduced rate of speech -impaired prosody |
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list the fluent aphasias
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Wernicke's
Transcortical Sensory Conduction Anomic |
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list the nonfluent aphasias
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Transcortical Motor
Global Mixed Transcortical Motor Broca's |
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what has a tendency to co-occur with Broca's?
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dysarthria
AOS |
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this type of aphasia is very rare and presents with various neurological symptoms
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Mixed Transcortical Motor
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this is the most severe type of aphasia, and it tends to co-occur with AOS, nonverbal apraxia and other neurological symptoms
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Global
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this type of aphasia tends to co-occur with motor disorders
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Transcortical Motor
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this type of aphasia is rare, its similar to Wernicke's but it has better auditory comprehension
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Conduction
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this type of aphasia does not usually occur with other neurological symptoms
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Wernicke's
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in this type of aphasia, most language functions are ok with the exception of naming
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Anomic
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