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PPA is a type of ___ dementia.
PPA is a type of ___ dementia.
PPA is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by ___.
PPA is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by ___.
To meet the PPA criteria, there needs to be a gradual onset of language problems, isolated in the initial stages of disease. What are the other criteria to meet the diagnosis of PPA?
To meet the PPA criteria, there needs to be a gradual onset of language problems, isolated in the initial stages of disease. What are the other criteria to meet the diagnosis of PPA?
mpairment not explained by stroke, tumor, TBI, or other neurological or psychiatric conditions. No initial behavioral disturbances, prominent visuospatial or episodic memory deficits Impaired activities of daily living related to language deficit
What are the 3 types of PPA?
What are the 3 types of PPA?
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Match the neural bases for each variant of PPA
Match the neural bases for each variant of PPA
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Single-word comprehension deficits and picture-naming deficits are core clinical features of this variant.
Single-word comprehension deficits and picture-naming deficits are core clinical features of this variant.
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Apraxia of speech and agrammatism are core clinical features of this variant.
Apraxia of speech and agrammatism are core clinical features of this variant.
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Phrase and sentence repetition deficit and difficulty with single-word retrieval in spontaneous speech and picture naming are core clinical features of this variant.
Phrase and sentence repetition deficit and difficulty with single-word retrieval in spontaneous speech and picture naming are core clinical features of this variant.
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As this variant progresses, patients may develop a movement disorder, dysphagia, progressively unintelligible and agrammatic speech, and mutism.
As this variant progresses, patients may develop a movement disorder, dysphagia, progressively unintelligible and agrammatic speech, and mutism.
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With SVPPA, atrophy spreads throughout the semantic network eventually affecting the frontal and parietal lobes. What are 3 other features that may develop?
With SVPPA, atrophy spreads throughout the semantic network eventually affecting the frontal and parietal lobes. What are 3 other features that may develop?
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What features develop as LVPPA progresses?
What features develop as LVPPA progresses?
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Repetition is intact with the logopenic variant.
Repetition is intact with the logopenic variant.
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When assessing PPA, standard aphasia batteries and classifications may be used.
When assessing PPA, standard aphasia batteries and classifications may be used.
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What extralinguistic cognitive domains should be assessed?
What extralinguistic cognitive domains should be assessed?
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Individuals with this variant have poor grammar in written and spoken language. Therefore, they will perform poorly on subtests assessing grammatical processing.
Individuals with this variant have poor grammar in written and spoken language. Therefore, they will perform poorly on subtests assessing grammatical processing.
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Individuals with this variant will have difficulty with naming subtests and perform poorly on auditory comprehension subtests.
Individuals with this variant will have difficulty with naming subtests and perform poorly on auditory comprehension subtests.
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Individuals with this variant will have difficulty with naming subtests and impaired repetition
Individuals with this variant will have difficulty with naming subtests and impaired repetition
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On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant will exhibit fluent speech with high frequency nouns, pronouns, and verbs and a normal speech rate.
On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant will exhibit fluent speech with high frequency nouns, pronouns, and verbs and a normal speech rate.
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On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant will exhibit an intermediate speech rate, syntactic errors, lexical retrieval difficulties, and phonemic paraphasias.
On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant will exhibit an intermediate speech rate, syntactic errors, lexical retrieval difficulties, and phonemic paraphasias.
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On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant exhibit agrammatic and slow speech with frequent speech distortions.
On picture description tasks, individuals with this variant exhibit agrammatic and slow speech with frequent speech distortions.
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Residual semantic knowledge is important for treatment items and retrieval of episodic memories and personally relevant treatment items leads to improved outcomes.
Residual semantic knowledge is important for treatment items and retrieval of episodic memories and personally relevant treatment items leads to improved outcomes.
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In the treatment of lexical retrieval for all variants of PPA, research on the utilization of the paired presentation of picture and spoken and/or written word form has shown gains for trained items, with little generalization to untrained items or contexts.
In the treatment of lexical retrieval for all variants of PPA, research on the utilization of the paired presentation of picture and spoken and/or written word form has shown gains for trained items, with little generalization to untrained items or contexts.
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Research on the utilization of cueing hierarchies, including semantic feature analysis, and phonemic and orthographic cues has shown gains for trained items, generalization to untrained items, and maintenance up to 1-year
Research on the utilization of cueing hierarchies, including semantic feature analysis, and phonemic and orthographic cues has shown gains for trained items, generalization to untrained items, and maintenance up to 1-year
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The use of AAC has shown promise with individuals with PPA. What is a critical component of using AAC in this population?
The use of AAC has shown promise with individuals with PPA. What is a critical component of using AAC in this population?
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Video implemented script training in aphasia (VISTA) has been used to thrift NFVPPA. Research shows minimaal gains for trained scripts, with no improvement in speech intelligibility observed for untrained tasks, and no generalization.
Video implemented script training in aphasia (VISTA) has been used to thrift NFVPPA. Research shows minimaal gains for trained scripts, with no improvement in speech intelligibility observed for untrained tasks, and no generalization.
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Individuals with NFVPPA and LVPA have ___ object knowledge skills.
Individuals with NFVPPA and LVPA have ___ object knowledge skills.
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With LVPPA, we see impaired phonological processing due to ___ atrophy, greater in the language-dominant hemisphere.
With LVPPA, we see impaired phonological processing due to ___ atrophy, greater in the language-dominant hemisphere.
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With NFVPPA, we see impaired ___ ___ and/or apraxia of speech due to frontoinsular atrophy, greater in the language-dominant hemisphere.
With NFVPPA, we see impaired ___ ___ and/or apraxia of speech due to frontoinsular atrophy, greater in the language-dominant hemisphere.
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Mixed PPA is relatively common.
Mixed PPA is relatively common.
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