Suffered left-hemisphere stroke

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Mrs. Anderson is a 55-year-old woman who suffered a left-hemisphere stroke, wherein a traveling blood clot blocked blood flow to language areas of her brain, which resulted in aphasia. She was administered a standardized test to assess her language abilities. Her repetition skills were found to be impaired. When asked to describe what was happening in a pictured scene of a man and a woman having a picnic near a lake, she gave the following spoken response: Is family, um, picnic. And fish, and man is, um, oh, um, um, reading, and, um, um, lady is pouring and set, um, son is, is, um, um, flying kite. And neighbor fishing and neighbor um, um, sailing, and boy um, um, um, playing in water, and man, lady, listen to radio. And daughter, I mean, dog, oh ... oh ... cat, is lady, man, oh..oh..oh...stay. not sure.

1. Name two language characteristics that Mrs. Anderson demonstrates. Support your answers with specific evidence from her language sample. (Use Table 8.1 in text/course slide on common symptoms).

2. What type of aphasia do you suspect Mrs. Anderson has? Why? Support your answer with evidence.

3. What type of stroke did she have? Give a complete response; we're looking for 2 parts.

4. In what lobe of the brain is the lesion most likely located?

5. Some of the characteristics of Mrs. Anderson's aphasia overlap with other disorders, such as acquired apraxia of speech and fluency disorders. How does aphasia differ from apraxia and from fluency disorders?

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