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| Language/Sound Processing (4) |
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1. Sound enters via primary auditory cortex, located just behind the ears in temporal lobe.
2. Sound then goes to Wernicke's area where it is processed and gains comprehension.
3. Sound then goes into Broca's area, where expressive language is developed (muscle programming).
4. Signals are then sent to the primary motor cortex to establish motor controls and express a response. |
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| Language is associated with what part of the brain? |
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| Patient is nonfluent, typically conscious of nonfluency and are easily frustrated because they cannot express what they want to express |
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| Issues in Wernicke's area |
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| Patient is very fluent, but does not usually know they are speaking "gibberish" |
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"no name" Varying effects, ex:
- not being able to remember names and faces after stroke/incident
- not being able to articulate a name for an object but having the sensation of having the name on "the tip of the tongue"
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"No language"
Affects 1 million in the U.S.
May affect listening, reading, speech, or writing
Ranges in severity due to location of trauma, age, and cause |
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Reduced vocabulary
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Ommision/addition of words
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Stereotypic speech
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Delayed or reduced output of speech
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Word substitutions
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Hyperfluent speech
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Impaired interpretation of linguistic information
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Concomitant - naturally associated/occurring
- hemiparesis
- hemiplegia
- hemisensory impairment
- hemianopsia
- dysphagia
- agnosia
- agrammatism
- agraphia
- alexia
- anomia
- jargon
- neologism
- paraphasia
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| Weakness on one side of the body |
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| Loss of sensation on one side |
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