Intro to Speech and Hearing Disorders: Chapter 8 Study Guide

What is Aphasia?

A language disorder resulting from brain injury, affecting speaking, understanding, reading, and writing.

Distinguish Fluent Aphasia (Wernicke's/Receptive)

Characterized by fluent speech but impaired comprehension and meaningless speech output.

Distinguish Nonfluent Aphasia (Broca's/Expressive).

Characterized by effortful speech, good comprehension, and difficulty forming sentences.

What are the features of right hemisphere disorder?

Impairments in attention, perception, memory, pragmatics, emotional expression, and spatial awareness.

Describe cognitive-communicative features related to traumatic brain injuries.

Attention deficits, memory problems, executive dysfunction, impaired social skills, and difficulty with reasoning.

Define dementia and its characteristics.

A progressive decline in cognitive function, affecting memory, language, reasoning, and social skills.

Important considerations for aphasia assessment?

Assessing speech production, comprehension, reading/writing abilities, and the impact on quality of life.

Goals of aphasia therapy?

Improving communication abilities, facilitating language recovery, and teaching compensatory strategies.