SPA-2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Edema, Closed Head Injury, Pragmatics
2 Oct 2016
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Adult language disorders part 2, with dr. madden. Conduction aphasia - fluent speech, naming trouble, have some writing and reading difficul- ties, can understand them, they can understand you, main trouble is with repetition. May have issues with right arm movement/sensory issues. The middle cerebral artery is going to be impaired, and sometimes parts of the posterior. Global aphasia - most severe type of aphasia. Nonfluent, cannot name, cannot repeat, can- not comprehend. Right hemiparesis, right hemianopia, right hemisensory loss. Result of a very large stroke, usually right after stroke has occurred. Usually can understand more than they can say, even though everything is still impaired to a degree. People often recover, can change type of aphasia as they get better but not speak fluently). ex: can turn from global (problems with everything) to broca"s (can comprehend. Not one area of the brain associated with the condition. Signs (such as a lazy right arm) are often not apparent.
