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Title: Wernickes aphasia


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Wernickes aphasia
  • Michaelyn Butcher
  • Marshall University
  • CD 315

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What is aphasia?
  • Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder
    that impairs a person's ability to process
    language, but does not affect intelligence
    (Aphasia fact sheet, 1999).
  • Aphasia impairs the ability to speak and
    understand others, and most people with aphasia
    experience difficulty reading and writing
    (Aphasia fact sheet,1999).

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What is Wernickes aphasia?
  • Wernickes aphasia is a fluent syndrome
    associated with lesions in the auditory cortex
    known as Wernickes area (Bloom, 1997).

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What is Wernickes area?
  • Wernickes area is responsible for language
    formulation and comprehension of spoken and
    written language (Bloom, 1997). This is a
    picture of wernickes area retrieved from Cornell
    University. http//pine.psych.cornell.edu/educatio
    nal/brain_areas.html

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What can cause aphasia?
  • Cerebrovascular accident (stroke) in Wernickes
    area
  • Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Tumor in Wernickes area
  • Infections

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What speech characteristics may occur?
  • Fluent effortless speech
  • Logorrhea (excessive use of words)
  • Verbal paraphasias (pencil for pen)
  • Literal paraphasias (totkebook for notebook)
  • Neologisms (made up words)
  • (Bloom, 1997).

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What comprehension problems occur?
  • Auditory comprehension is usually severely
    impaired in patients with wernickes aphasia.
    This means they can not understand what they
    hear.
  • Reading comprehension is usually impaired and
    written performance is variable. (Bloom, 1997).
    This means they have trouble understanding what
    they read.

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Are Wernickes patients aware of problem?
  • Patients suffering from Wernickes aphasia
    usually are not aware of their deficit because of
    impaired auditory comprehension.
  • In mild cases of Wernickes aphasia, patients may
    be slightly aware of their deficit (Brookshire,
    2003).

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How does Wernickes aphasia effect family members?
  • May become intolerant and uncomfortable.
  • Burdened by sadness and anxiety.
  • Spouses may become angry, overprotective and
    depressed.
  • Changes in managing the details of daily life can
    overpower the patient and family. This may take
    adjustment. (Bloom,1997).

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Ways family members can communicate
  • Use short, uncomplicated sentences.
  • Repeat the content words or write down key words.
  • Maintain a natural conversational manner
    appropriate for an adult.
  • Minimize distractions, such as a blaring radio,
    whenever possible.
  • Include the person with aphasia in conversations.
  • Encourage any type of communication, whether it
    is speech, gesture, pointing, or drawing.
  • Avoid correcting the individual's speech.
  • Allow the individual plenty of time to talk.
    (Aphasia).

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Resources
  • Bloom, R. (1997). Communication disorders
    following focal brain damage. In R. Bloom C.
    Ferrand (Eds.), Introduction to organic and
    neurogenic disorders of communication Current
    scope of practice (pp. 139-165). Needham Heights,
    MA Allyn Bacon.
  • Brookshire, R.H. ( 2003). Aphasia caused by
    destruction of cortical centers for language. In
    R.H. Brookshire (Eds.),  Introduction to
    neurogenic communication disorders. (pp.
    153-164). St. Louis, MO Mosby Inc.
  • National Aphasia Association. Aphasia fact
    sheet. (1999). Retrieved March 1, 2005, from
    http//www.aphasia.org
  • National institute on deafness and other
    communication disorders. Aphasia. (2002).
    Retrieved March 1, 2005, from http//http//www.ni
    dcd.nih.gov/health/voice/aphasia.asp
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