CSD 463 FINAL EXAM PART 4 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An acquired neurogenic language disorder caused by brain
injury, usually in the left hemisphere
What four language areas can aphasia affect? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Spoken expression, spoken
comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension.
What does NOT cause aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensory problems, psychiatric disorders, motor
disorders, or intellectual disability.
What is the most common cause of aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stroke
What are the two major types of stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ischemic (blocked vessel) and
hemorrhagic (ruptured vessel).
What are other causes of aphasia besides stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TBI, brain tumors, brain
surgery, infections, and progressive neurological diseases (e.g., PPA).
What is crossed aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aphasia caused by right‑hemisphere damage in
someone whose language is right‑dominant.
What brain structures can cause subcortical aphasia when damaged? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and white matter tracts.
Why is early stroke recognition critical? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Treatment within ~4 hours can prevent
severe brain damage.
What additional signs suggest a hemorrhagic stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sudden severe headache,
nausea/vomiting, loss of consciousness, onset during exertion.
, What is anomia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty retrieving words — the most common symptom of
aphasia.
What are phonemic paraphasias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sound‑based errors (e.g., "wishdasher" for
dishwasher).
What are semantic paraphasias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Meaning‑based substitutions (e.g., "table" for
bed).
What spoken comprehension difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Trouble with
complex grammar, fast speech, figurative language, and slow processing.
What reading comprehension difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty
recognizing words, sounding out words, and interpreting function words.
What writing difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Incorrect letters, substitutions,
nonsense words, run‑ons, and grammatical errors.
What are the strongest predictors of aphasia recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Initial severity, lesion
location, and lesion size.
What factors negatively affect recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Post‑stroke depression, social
isolation, cognitive impairments, and delayed therapy.
What areas must be assessed in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Expressive and receptive language in
both spoken and written modalities.
What contexts must be considered during assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Social, educational, and
vocational communication needs.
What personal factors must SLPs consider in aphasia treatment planning? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Hearing, vision, motor impairments, cognitive status, depression, fatigue, and pain.
What is aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅An acquired neurogenic language disorder caused by brain
injury, usually in the left hemisphere
What four language areas can aphasia affect? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Spoken expression, spoken
comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension.
What does NOT cause aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sensory problems, psychiatric disorders, motor
disorders, or intellectual disability.
What is the most common cause of aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Stroke
What are the two major types of stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Ischemic (blocked vessel) and
hemorrhagic (ruptured vessel).
What are other causes of aphasia besides stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅TBI, brain tumors, brain
surgery, infections, and progressive neurological diseases (e.g., PPA).
What is crossed aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Aphasia caused by right‑hemisphere damage in
someone whose language is right‑dominant.
What brain structures can cause subcortical aphasia when damaged? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Thalamus, basal ganglia, cerebellum, and white matter tracts.
Why is early stroke recognition critical? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Treatment within ~4 hours can prevent
severe brain damage.
What additional signs suggest a hemorrhagic stroke? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sudden severe headache,
nausea/vomiting, loss of consciousness, onset during exertion.
, What is anomia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty retrieving words — the most common symptom of
aphasia.
What are phonemic paraphasias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sound‑based errors (e.g., "wishdasher" for
dishwasher).
What are semantic paraphasias? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Meaning‑based substitutions (e.g., "table" for
bed).
What spoken comprehension difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Trouble with
complex grammar, fast speech, figurative language, and slow processing.
What reading comprehension difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Difficulty
recognizing words, sounding out words, and interpreting function words.
What writing difficulties occur in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Incorrect letters, substitutions,
nonsense words, run‑ons, and grammatical errors.
What are the strongest predictors of aphasia recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Initial severity, lesion
location, and lesion size.
What factors negatively affect recovery? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Post‑stroke depression, social
isolation, cognitive impairments, and delayed therapy.
What areas must be assessed in aphasia? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Expressive and receptive language in
both spoken and written modalities.
What contexts must be considered during assessment? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Social, educational, and
vocational communication needs.
What personal factors must SLPs consider in aphasia treatment planning? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Hearing, vision, motor impairments, cognitive status, depression, fatigue, and pain.
