20 Questions
Which area of the brain is implicated in the impairment of word comprehension in aphasia?
Posterior superior temporal lobe
What type of speech is characteristic of the described nonfluent aphasia?
Slow, with few words and laborious effort
What is a common feature of the words produced in nonfluent aphasia?
Meaningful, with nouns, transitive verbs, and important adjectives
In nonfluent aphasia, what may be impaired in addition to speech production?
Word naming
Which term refers to a loss of voice that accompanies disease affecting the larynx or its nerve supply?
Aphonia
What does dysphonia refer to?
Impairment in the volume, quality, or pitch of the voice
Which condition refers to a defect in the muscular control of the speech apparatus?
Dysarthria
What does aphasia refer to?
Disorder in producing or understanding language
Which type of aphasia is often rapid, voluble, and effortless?
Wernicke Aphasia
Which type of aphasia is nonfluent (or expressive)?
Broca Aphasia
What type of aphasia is characterized by meaningful words, impaired inflection and articulation, and the dropping of small grammatical words?
Broca's aphasia
Where is the location of lesion in global aphasia?
Posterior inferior frontal lobe
What is the typical characteristic of the words produced in Wernicke's aphasia?
Totally incomprehensible
What is impaired in addition to speech production in nonfluent aphasia?
Repetition
What is the term for a disorder in producing or understanding language caused by lesions in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, usually the left?
Aphasia
Which condition refers to a defect in the muscular control of the speech apparatus, such as lips, tongue, palate, or pharynx?
Dysarthria
In nonfluent aphasia, what may be impaired in addition to speech production?
Writing skills
Which type of aphasia is often rapid, voluble, and effortless in terms of spontaneous speech?
Wernicke aphasia
What does dysphonia refer to?
Impairment in the volume, quality, or pitch of the voice
What is a common feature of the words produced in nonfluent aphasia?
Slurred speech with impaired volume and quality
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