| 1. | Research on the efficacy of treatment for global aphasia is somewhat inconclusive.
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| 2. | Persons with global aphasia are often depression.
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| 3. | Persons with global aphasia are socially appropriate, usually attentive, and task-oriented.
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| 4. | Global aphasia is usually an effect of a thrombotic stroke rather than an embolic one.
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| 5. | Some studies have shown that persons diagnosed with global aphasia do not make significant gains.
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| 6. | Patients with mixed transcortical aphasia demonstrate similar deficits as those seen in patients with global aphasia.
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| 7. | Global aphasia has been cited the most common type of aphasia in patients referred for speech therapy.
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| 8. | Using WAB or the BDAE can rule out global aphasia if the ability to repeat is present.
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| 9. | Speech and language goals for persons with global aphasia should be focused on improving participation in daily activities.
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| 10. | Although the prognosis for persons diagnosed with global aphasia is poor, minimal gains in language abilities are possible.
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