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C Aphasia Si Apraxia
C Aphasia Si Apraxia
Not synonymous
Derangement of language function is
production or comprehension of
spoken or written language
Dysarthria and anarthria= defect in
articulation with intact mental
functions and comprehension
Dysphonia or aphonia= alteration or
loss of voice because of a disorder of
the larynx or its innervation
Disconnection language
syndromes
= disorders of language that result not from a
lesion of the cortical language areas
themselves but from an interruption of
association pathways
Conduction aphasia,
Alexia= visual verbal agnosia/ word blidness
as well as transcortical motor, transcortical
sensory, and transcortical mixed aphasia .
Global aphasia
Wernicke aphasia
Two main elements impairment of the comprehension of
speech ( can execute simple comands, but there is a
failure to carry out complex ones)
+ relatively fluent but paraphasic
speech
The lesion is variable but usually involves the posterior onethird of the superior temporal gyrus near the primary
auditory cortex
Broca aphasia
In the complete syndrome, patients present with - a nonfluent aphasia.
They speak haltingly, without intonation, and have difficulty
producing spontaneous speech, naming, and repeating.
AGRAPHIA
related to communication.
include the comprehension of metaphor,
sarcasm, and humor, as well as the emotional
prosody of speech, ie, the extralinguistic
aspects of human communication.
Patients with right hemisphere lesions may
understand words but fail to understand the
emotional context of a conversation or the
facial expressions and tones of voice that
convey meaning in normal communication
ANARTHRIA
In pure dysarthria or anarthria there is no
APRAXIA
Types of Apraxia
Etiology
DRESSING APRAXIA
is often seen in patients with nondominant
parietal lobe lesions.
They cannot dress themselves and do not
know how to position a shirt,shoes,
trousers, or other items of clothing to put
them on correctly.
An underlying impairment of spatial
orientation is responsible.
Constructional apraxia
refers to the inability to draw or copy
quality pictures, such as interlocking
pentagons, or complex figures, such
as the Rey-Osterreith figure.
Constructional apraxia can localize
damage to several brain regions,
including the frontal or left or right
parietal area.