Word-finding difficulty
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Word-finding difficulty. Cerebrovascular disorders, Corticobasal degeneration (CBD), Motor neurone disease (MND). Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Causes
- Cerebrovascular disorders
- Corticobasal degeneration (CBD)
- Motor neurone disease (MND)
- Vascular dementia
- Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD)
- Primary progressive aphasia (PPA)
- Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
- Parkinson’s disease (PD)
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Post-polio syndrome (PPS)
Presentations
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Types of speech errors
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Clinical assessment
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References
- Rohrer JD, Knight WD, Warren JE, Fox NC, Rossor MN, Warren JD. Word-finding difficulty: a clinical analysis of the progressive aphasia. Brain 2008; 131:8-38.
- Josephs KA, Duffy JR, Strand EA, et al. Characterizing a neurodegenerative syndrome: primary progressive apraxia of speech. Brain 2012; 135:1522-1536.
- Hedman E, Hartelius L, Saldert C. Word-finding difficulties in Parkinson's disease: complex verbal fluency, executive functions and other influencing factors. Int J Lang Commun Disord 2022; 57:565-577.
- Brandstadter R, Fabian M, Leavitt VM, et al. Word-finding difficulty is a prevalent disease-related deficit in early multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler 2020; 26:1752-1764.
- Bruno RL, Zimmerman JR. Word finding difficulty as a post-polio sequelae. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2000; 79:343-348.
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