PSYCH 161 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Auditory Verbal Agnosia, Anomic Aphasia, Dysarthria
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Classically distinguished from agrammatism as involving grammatical substitution rather than omission, but this may be a matter of degree. Severe forms can result in word salad nonsensical speech. We save a lot of hands on hold for peoples for us other hands. I don"t know what you get but i talk with a lot of hand fram. Most severe is word deafness (auditory verbal agnosia) classically not an aphasia. Mild word level & simple phrase level problems typical of wernicke"s. Broca/conduction mostly have trouble only with complex syntax. A range of errors can be noted. Difficulty naming objects or finding words in connected speech. Considered a motor planning deficits distinguishable from higher-level aphasic phonological paraphasias and lower-level dysarthrias. Relatively easy to identify by clinical impression but harder to quantify. Lower-level articulatory deficit yielding consistently distorted speech. Language disorder caused by cortical damage, typically involving the left hemisphere. Occurs in 21-38% of acute stroke patients.
