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Transcortical Sensory Aphasia

Characteristics

  • Poor auditory comprehension
  • Difficulty obeying commands
  • Fluent speech
  • Echolalic speech
  • Intact repetition
  • Cannot attach meaning to words

(Hegde, 2011)

Treatment

Diagnosis

What is Transcortical Sensory Aphasia (TSA)?

Example

References

Treatment Continued...

As a clinician you need to:

  • Assist patient regain communication skills
  • Help patient learn to compensate for residual deficits
  • Let patient and family guide your treatment
  • Educate patient and family
  • Keep patient motivated

TSA continued...

"Type of aphasia that is characterized by impaired auditory comprehension with intact repetition and fluent speech."

Boatman et all, 2000

  • Treatment techniques to improve auditory comprehension:
  • Use common words
  • Use concrete nouns
  • Concise and grammatically simple sentences
  • Speak slowly
  • Use of gestures
  • Coincidence Learning

(ASHA, n.d.)

American Speech-Language and Hearing Association. (n.d.) Aphasia: Treatment. Retrieved March 16, 2017 from www.asha.org

Boatman, D. Gordon, et all. (2000). Transcortical Sensory Aphasia: Revisited and revised. Brain, 123,1634-1642.

Assessment of Aphasia. (2012, June 04). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from https://medicalspeechpathology.wordpress.com/student-handbook/assessment-of-aphasia/

Aphasia - Assessment. (n.d.). Retrieved March 20, 2017, from http://www.d.umn.edu

Riseberry-McKibbin,C., & Hegde, M.N.(2011). An Advanced Review of Speech Language Pathology: Preparation for PRAXIS and Comprehensive Examination (3rd Edition). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.

  • Clinician should assess areas of:
  • Auditory comprehension
  • Fluency
  • Oral expression

  • Clinicians can use:
  • Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE)
  • Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia (MTDDA)
  • Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA)

By: Marta Domingos

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