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Aphasia
- Impairment of
receptive/expressive
language
- Common from CVA, head trauma,
tumor or infection
- Fluent and non-fluent aphasia
- Fluent aphasia
- Also known as Wernick's aphasia
- Lesion of
superior
temporal and
superior gyrus
- "Receptive aphasia"
- Impaired comprehension and
writing skills
- Motor impairment is
not typical
- Involves temporal and
parietal lobe of brain
- Able to communicate but with no
real substance behind it
- Non-fluent aphasia
- Involves frontal lobe
- Difficulty with
communication
- Also known as Broca's aphasia
- "Expressive aphasia"
- Lesion of frontal lobe
- Common form of aphasia
- Intact comprehension
- Motor impairments are common
- Global aphasia
- Both Wernick's and Borca's
- Lesion of frontal, parietal, and temporal lobe
- Typically lesions on left side of brain