aphasia

difficulty in planning and executing the volitional movements of speech

when blood supply to brain is inhibited b.c of blockage in artery

plaque builds up in artery and closes it off prohibiting blood flow

piece of plaque breaks off and migrates from large artery to smaller artery and blocks flow of blood

How is aphasia classified?

What is auditory comprehension

word finding problems or inability to retrieve a word

substitution of a sound (sofa-tofa)

word substitution (sofa-chair)

Damage to frontal lobe

Broca's

Global aphasia

Wernicke's

Melody, intonation, rhythym

excessive talking

made up words

real words put together with no meaning

talking around a word

Conduction Aphasia

Anomic Aphasia

Blood

Signs of a stroke

What are the fluent/receptive types of aphasia?

What are the nonfluent/expressive types of aphasia?

–John has trouble making sentences with the word “coat”. He may say “He wear tote” instead of he is wearing a coat.

–Emma has trouble naming items. When she is telling you about a picture of “Keeneland” she may say “they have um horses, I go there with my my family”

–When asked which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of meat, Abe would not know the correct answer.

–Elle would not be able to repeat “the nurses station is down the hall”