Quizizz Exam 4 Review for Communication Disorders in Adults

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If a chart reviews reveals the medications of Aricept or Namenda, you might consider the person has the following disorder?

Alzheimer's

The Glasgow Coma Scale, Adelaide Coma Scale, and the Ranchos Amigos Levels of Cognitive Functioning are assessments used for measuring what?

Arousal

Alzheimer's disease is categorized as

Cortical Dementia

Which stage of grief do patients believe that nothing is wrong and there will never be anything wrong with their abilities, may blame others, or make excuses for difficulties

Denial Stage

Which term refers to when a person unconsciously removes themselves emotionally from painful, stressful, or upsetting situations

Disassociation

Which technique requires the difficulty level of task to be set within the ability of the patient to maximize patient success?

Errorless Learning

Which is a characteristic of Frontotemporal lobe dementia?

Exhibits Pathological changes in the frontal lobe

Which of the following is an internal memory strategy?

Face-name associations

Hematoma refers to the amount of pressure in skull becoming higher than blood pressure

False

In normal aging reaction time doesn't change

False

Post traumatic epilepsy does not occur as a result of head injury.

False

Subcortical dementia is the most common dementia.

False

Therapy for dementia should increase demands on impaired abilities

False

Which is a characteristic of a caregiver that is a sympathizer?

Feels sorry for the patient and has little understanding of pt's emotions

What is a hematoma?

Gathering of blood outside of blood vessel

Which is subtle cognitive changes that are similar (but worse than) normal aging, & MAY be a pre-diagostic sign of dementia?

Mild Cognitive Impairment

Which is considered an indirect therapy approach for dementia?

Modifying the patients environment

When a therapist breaks down complex tasks into smaller parts or arranges tasks from concrete to abstract, which approach are they using?

Montessori Approach

Which is a balanced state among a patient's sense of purpose, perception of improvement, & ownership of goals is called

Motivation

Which of the following is a neuropathology found in Huntington's disease?

Mutant Huntington's protein

Which term indicates an injury that penetrates the skull into the brain

Open head injury

Levodopa or L-dopa is commonly prescribed for which of the following disorder?

Parkinson's

A hallmark abnormality of Parkinson's disease is

Rigidity and resting tremors

What level of Military TBI damage is the result of bomb fragments or flying debris?

Secondary Trauma

Pick's disease is all but which of the following?

Subcortical Dementia

AAC is often necessary for individual's with Huntington's disease.

True

In Alzheimer's disease, an individual's personality changes early in the disease process.

True

In Pick's disease there is gradual atrophy of brain mass.

True

Negative emotional reactions will affect progress of therapy for patients

True

Which is the best definition of Restorative memory approaches for memory?

Work to rehabilitate memory abilities

Dementia is NOT

a disease

Short term memory loss is usually the first indication of which disease?

alzheimers disease

Which is a neuropathology of Alzheimer's?

amyloid plaque

Which of the following is a secondary mechanism of damage for TBI?

cerebral edema Intracranial pressure post traumatic epilepsy

Which stage of grief have patients lost their sense of purpose, may appear apathetic, unmotivated, and discouraged

depression stage

Which term refers to when individuals transfer their own feelings of anxiety, fear, etc. onto another person?

displacement/projection

Pick the best description for minimally conscious state

displays inconsistent but define behavioral signs of consciousness

Which of the following is true about Early Stage Alzheimer's disease?

lasts 2 years on average motor function remains intact short term memory abilities are lost

Which is considered a direct therapy treatment for dementia?

memory prosthesis reminiscence therapy spaced retrieval therapy

Huntington's disease is characterized by which of the following?

motor symptoms of chorea

Lacunar state is result of

multiple infarcts to subcortical regions of the brain

A symptom of mild cognitive impairment is difficulty following detail heavy conversations.

true


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