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