Glossary
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Paraphasias - A paraphasia is when an incorrect word is substituted for the right one. There are three main types of paraphasia:
- Phonemic paraphasias also called literal paraphasias, involve the substitution, addition, or rearrangement of speech sounds so that the error can be identified as sounding like the target e.g. pike/pipe, kipe/pipe
- Verbal paraphasias are identified based on whether there is a semantic relationship between the words e.g day/month; talking/hearing
- Neologistic paraphasias are spoken words which cannot be identified as having come from the patient’s language e.g. planker/comb; pinwad/light
Penetration – when foreign matter such as food, liquid or secretions enter into the larynx but does not pass through the true vocal cords
Phonology – speech sounds
Primary Progressive Aphasia – a language disorder which progresses gradually and has a prolonged course due to a degenerative condition.
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