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When speech is impaired and not normal, it is called aphasic speech. Aphasias are first categorized as either fluent or non-fluent. They can then be further sub-characterized by whether there are deficits in repetition, comprehension, and naming. | When speech is impaired and not normal, it is called aphasic speech. Aphasias are first categorized as either fluent or non-fluent. They can then be further sub-characterized by whether there are deficits in repetition, comprehension, and naming. | ||
* **Fluency** | * **Fluency** | ||
- | * **Fluent**: Patient is able to produce connected speech. Sentence structure is relatively intact but lacks meaning. | + | * **Fluent Aphasia**: Patient is able to produce connected speech. Sentence structure is relatively intact but lacks meaning. |
- | * **Non-fluent**: Speech production is halting and effortful. Grammar is impaired; content words may be preserved. | + | * **Non-fluent Aphasia**: Speech production is halting and effortful. Grammar is impaired; content words may be preserved. |
* **Repetition**: Patient is able to repeat words over and over again | * **Repetition**: Patient is able to repeat words over and over again | ||
* **Language Comprehension**: Patient is able to understand the context and meaning behind sentences and words | * **Language Comprehension**: Patient is able to understand the context and meaning behind sentences and words | ||
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* Neologisms: a completely new word (e.g. - "bobfrest" instead "tree") | * Neologisms: a completely new word (e.g. - "bobfrest" instead "tree") | ||
* Perseveration: returning to a same topic or word, over and over again | * Perseveration: returning to a same topic or word, over and over again | ||
- | * Anomia | + | * **Anomia** |
* Anomia is a symptom of all forms of aphasia, but patients whose primary deficit is word //retrieval// are diagnosed with anomic aphasia. Some level of anomia is seen in all of the aphasias. | * Anomia is a symptom of all forms of aphasia, but patients whose primary deficit is word //retrieval// are diagnosed with anomic aphasia. Some level of anomia is seen in all of the aphasias. | ||
+ | * **Fluency Tasks** | ||
+ | * Semantic fluency: is a task that involve producing words belonging to a predetermined semantic category (e.g. - animals, fruits and vegetables) | ||
+ | * Phonemic fluency: is a task that involves producing words beginning with a given letter (e.g. - F, A and S being the most commonly) | ||
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==== Comparison Table ==== | ==== Comparison Table ==== | ||
+ | * **Fluency**: the smoothness or flow in which sounds, syllables, words, and phrases are joined when speaking quickly | ||
+ | * **Repetition**: (e.g. - "No ifs ands or buts" in the MMSE") | ||
+ | * **Comprehension**: assesses understanding (e.g. - the 3-step command in MMSE) | ||
+ | * **Naming**: (e.g. - naming watch, pen) | ||
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<panel type="info" title="Aphasia Syndromes" subtitle="N = Normal or relatively spared, Imp = Impaired, * = with paraphasia, † = with echolalia" no-body="true"> | <panel type="info" title="Aphasia Syndromes" subtitle="N = Normal or relatively spared, Imp = Impaired, * = with paraphasia, † = with echolalia" no-body="true"> | ||
^ Aphasia ^ Fluency ^ Repetition ^ Comprehension ^ Naming ^ | ^ Aphasia ^ Fluency ^ Repetition ^ Comprehension ^ Naming ^ |