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Chapters 7 & 12
Lecture 9
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Undergraduate 1
03/24/2012

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Language/Sound Processing (4)
Definition
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.
Term
Language is associated with what part of the brain?
Definition
Left Hemisphere
Term
Issues in Broca's area
Definition
Patient is nonfluent, typically conscious of nonfluency and are easily frustrated because they cannot express what they want to express
Term
Issues in Wernicke's area
Definition
Patient is very fluent, but does not usually know they are speaking "gibberish"
Term
Aphonia
Definition

"no name" Varying effects, ex:

  • not beingĀ 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"
Term
Aphasia
Definition
"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
Term
Symptoms of Aphasia
Definition
  • Reduced vocabulary
  • Ommision/addition of words
  • Stereotypic speech
  • Delayed or reduced output of speech
  • Word substitutions
  • Hyperfluent speech
  • Impaired interpretation of linguistic information
Term
Concomitant Deficits
Definition

Concomitant - naturally associated/occurring

  • hemiparesis
  • hemiplegia
  • hemisensory impairment
  • hemianopsia
  • dysphagia
  • agnosia
  • agrammatism
  • agraphia
  • alexia
  • anomia
  • jargon
  • neologism
  • paraphasia
Term
Hemiparesis
Definition
Weakness on one side of the body
Term
Hemiplegia
Definition
Paralysis on one side
Term
Hemisensory Impairment
Definition
Loss of sensation on one side
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