LING 1P93 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Transcortical Sensory Aphasia, Anomic Aphasia, Receptive Aphasia
4 Apr 2016
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The more words eluded him, the more frustrated he became, unil his temper boiled. Suddenly, he clenched his ists and thrashed his arms as he shouted: 61 years old right handed (language dominant in let hemisphere) Right hemiparesis (weakness on right side: not totally paralysed. Right visual ield defect- half of visual ield (of each eye) he is unaware of. What is aphasia? (demenia and tbi have similar characterisics to aphasia but not always aphasia) Aphasia language impairment: due to the damage to language centres or network in the left hemisphere (language-dominant hemisphere) as result (most oten) of a stroke, onset sudden, two types of strokes. Ischemic (blood clot blocks an artery- oxygen cannot get to part of brain above blockage- that area of the brain dies) Important parts: broca"s area, lateral sulcus (sylvian issure), central sulcus, wernicke"s area (close to primary auditory cortex) Language disorder involving deicits in: **both expressive and receptive*: language producion.
