An aphasia caused by damage to [Broca's area]?, also known as [Broca's aphasia]?. |
Expressive aphasia is an aphasia caused by damage to [Broca's area]?, also known as [Broca's aphasia]?. |
Speech? is difficult to initiate, nonfluent, labored, and halting. Intonation? and stress patterns are deficient. Language is reduced to disjointed words and [sentence] construction is poor. |
Speech? is difficult to initiate, nonfluent, labored, and halting. Intonation? and stress patterns are deficient. Language is reduced to disjointed words and sentence construction is poor, for example, "Son ... University ... Smart ... Boy ... Good ... Good ... " |
e.g. "Son ... University ... Smart ... Boy ... Good ... Good ... " |
Comprehension? is actually good and patients who recover go on to say that they knew what they wanted to say but could not express themselves. |
Almost paradoxically, comprehension? is actually good and patients who recover go on to say that they knew what they wanted to say but could not express themselves. |
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Compare and contrast this with [Wernicke's aphasia]? / receptive aphasia. |
Compare and contrast this with [Wernicke's aphasia]? / receptive aphasia. |
Speech? is difficult to initiate, nonfluent, labored, and halting. Intonation? and stress patterns are deficient. Language is reduced to disjointed words and sentence construction is poor, for example, "Son ... University ... Smart ... Boy ... Good ... Good ... "
Comprehension? is actually good and patients who recover go on to say that they knew what they wanted to say but could not express themselves.
Compare and contrast this with [Wernicke's aphasia]? / receptive aphasia.