chapter 3

Question 1

boston classification system

Answer 1

most common classification system for aphasia.

Question 2

factors considered during assessment of aphasia subtypes include

Answer 2

1. determining speech fluency and phrase length
2. determining auditory comprehension skills
3. determining repetition skills

Question 3

phrase length is determined by

Answer 3

average of 3 longest utterances

Question 4

fluent speech

Answer 4

at least 9+ words in length

Question 5

fluent aphasias

Answer 5

9+ words of phrase length

Question 6

subcortical aphasias

Answer 6

5-9 words of phrase length

Question 7

nonfluent aphasias

Answer 7

0-5 words of phrase length

Question 8

auditory comprehension skills include

Answer 8

understanding of 1&2 step directions, yes/no questions, wh- questions, and conversations

Question 9

tests of repetition includes

Answer 9

repeating single words, phrases, and sentences

Question 10

variables that affect repetition skills

Answer 10

-frequency of word occurence in language
-word and sentence length
-phonological complexity
-parts of speech
-syntactic complexity
-semantic categories
-emotional valence
-premorbid vocabulary

Question 11

better performance is expected with

Answer 11

high frequency, single-syllable words (pen, phone, bread)

Question 12

worst performance is expected with

Answer 12

mutlisyllabic, phonologically complex, low frequency words

Question 13

atypical forms of aphasia

Answer 13

• presence of R&L hemisphere stroke
  -unusal combo of lesion sites
  -atpyical cerebral dominance with personal or familiar left-hand or ambidextrity
  -history of brain related disorders
  -head injury, cartoid insufficency, psychosis, demntia, and substance abuse