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.
e.g. "Son ... University ... Smart ... Boy ... Good ... Good ... "
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.
Compare and contrast this with [Wernicke's aphasia]? / receptive aphasia.
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