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Dysarthria?
A MOTOR DISORDER OS SPEECH THAT IS CAUSE BY AN UPPER MOTOR NEURON LESION THAT AFFECTS THE MUSCLES THAT ARE USED TO ARTICULATE WORDS AND SOUNDS

(SPEECH IS OFTEN SLURRED AND THERE MAY ALSO BE AN EFFECT ON RESPIRATORY OR PHONATORY SYSTEMS DUE TO THE WEAKNESS)
Verbal apraxia
DIFFICULTY PROGRAMMING AND PLANNING SPEECH MOVEMENTS
True/False

A pt with expressive aphasia will have intact reading and writing skills?
TRUE
Global aphasia?
*MAJOR NON-FLUENT APHASIA
*LESION OF FRONTAL, TEMPORAL, AND PARIETAL LOBES
*COMPREHENSION (READING AND AUDITORY) IS SEVERELY IMPAIRED
*IMPAIRED NAMING AND WRITING SKILLS
*MAY INVOLUNTARILY VERBALIZE, USUALLY WITHOUT CONTEXT
*MAY USE NONVERBAL (GESTURES SKILLS FOR COMMUNICATION
Where are the lesions located in the brain with a pt with Global aphasia?
*FRONTAL LOBE
*TEMPORAL LOBE
*PARIETAL LOBE
A lesion located in the frontal lobe will show what form of aphasia?
EXPRESSIVE APHASIA/BROCA'S APHASIA/NON FLUENT APHASIA
What area of the brain is the lesion located on a pt with Broca's aphasia?
FRONTAL LOBE
Broca's aphasia?
*MAJOR NON-FLUENT APHASIA
*AKA "EXPRESSIVE APHASIA"
*LESION LOCATED IN THE FRONTAL LOBE
*INTACT AUDITORY AND READING COMPREHENSION
*FREQUENT FRUSTRATION REGARDING LANGUAGE SKILL ERROR
True/False

A pt with wernicke's aphasia will not have good articulation of speech?
FALSE

*WILL HAVE GOOD ARTICULATION
*WILL HAVE POOR COMPREHENSION OF WORDS
Non-fluent aphasia is AKA?
EXPRESSIVE APHASIA
A pt with this form of aphasia understands spoken language however, cannot articulate the words into spoken sentences?
BROCA'S APHASIA
Neologism?
*NONSENSE WORDS
*PRESENT IN PEOPLE WITH RECEPTIVE APHASIA/WERNICKE'S APHASIA
Receptive aphasia?
IMPAIRED AUDITORY COMPREHENSION
If a pt suffers a stroke in the Wernicke's Area, what kind of symptoms will be present?
*IMPAIRED WRITING
*POOR NAMING ABILITY
*FLUENT APHASIA
*RECEPTIVE APHASIA
A pt will suffer from what kind of aphasia if the lesion is located in the temporal lobe?
RECEPTIVE APHASIA
(WERNICKE'S APHASIA)
If a patient is suffering from receptive aphasia, where is the lesion located in the brain?
TEMPORAL LOBE
If a patient is suffering for Brocas speech aphasia, where is the lesion located in the brain?
FRONTAL LOBE
This part of the brain is involved in the articulation of speech?
BROCAS SPEECH AREA
(LOCATED IN THE FRONTAL LOBE)
Wernickes area?
INTERPRETS THE MEANING OF SPEECH MY RECOGNIZING SPOKEN WORDS
(LOCATED IN THE TEMPORAL LOBE
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