CSD 2230
Aphasia and Related Adult Disorders
What is Aphasia
?
Definition
Mechanisms of Aphasias - Causes of Aphasia
Cerebrovascular Accident or stroke
General Information
Disease
Arteriosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
Hypertension
Two general types of stroke:
Ischemia
Hemorrhage
Blood Supply to Cortex
Anterior Cerebral Artery
Middle Cerebral Artery
Posterior Cerebral Artery
Circle of Willis
Trauma
Closed Head Injury
Open Head Injury
Traumatic Brain Injury
Symptoms
Definition
Spoken Language
Anomia
Paraphasias
Circumlocutions
Agrammatism
Jargon
Verbal Stereotypes
Auditory Comprehension
Written Language
Reading
Preservation
Awareness and Self-Correction.
Syndromes of Aphasia
Syndrome
Boston Classification System (Goodglass & Kaplan, 1972)
Nonfluent Aphasias
Broca's Aphasia
Global Aphasia
Transcortical Motor Aphasia
Fluent Aphasias
Wernicke's Aphasia
Conduction Aphasia
Anomic Aphasia
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
Resources
Healthlinkusa
National Association of Aphasia
NIDCD
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