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    Expressive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia) is a type of aphasia characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language (spoken, manual...
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    intelligence, however, is unaffected. Expressive language and receptive language can both be affected as well. Aphasia also affects visual language such as...
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    area, and the deficit in language production as Broca's aphasia, also called expressive aphasia. Broca's area is now typically defined in terms of the...
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  • Aphasiology (category Aphasias)
    of aphasias have been described, but two are best known: expressive aphasia (Broca's aphasia) and receptive aphasia (Wernicke's or sensory aphasia). Acute...
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    of expressive language, and a symptom of all forms of aphasia, but patients whose primary deficit is word retrieval are diagnosed with anomic aphasia. Individuals...
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  • and a psychologist if accompanying behavioral problems are present. Expressive aphasia is characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language...
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    Global aphasia is a severe form of nonfluent aphasia, caused by damage to the left side of the brain, that affects receptive and expressive language skills...
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  • the basal ganglia, and can be seen in patients with expressive aphasia. Transcortical sensory aphasia is caused by lesions in the inferior left temporal...
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  • progressive aphasias caused by progressive illnesses such as dementia. Acute aphasias Expressive aphasia also known as Broca's aphasia, expressive aphasia is a...
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    Conduction aphasia, also called associative aphasia, is an uncommon form of difficulty in speaking (aphasia). It is caused by damage to the parietal lobe...
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    hallucinations were elicited by electrical functional mapping. Progressive expressive aphasia is the deterioration of normal language function that causes individuals...
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  • aphasia is a method for treating patients who have lost the ability to speak after a stroke or accident. Non-fluent aphasia, also called expressive aphasia...
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    Wernicke's aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, fluent aphasia, or posterior aphasia, is a type of aphasia in which individuals...
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  • between different aspects of production; for example, the difficulty of expressive aphasia patients in producing regular past-tense verbs, but not irregulars...
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    causes. In 1997, he had a stroke, which left him with paralysis and expressive aphasia. He eventually grew to interpret this event as an act of grace, learning...
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    Both expressive and receptive aphasia also affect the use of sign language, in analogous ways to how they affect speech, with expressive aphasia causing...
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    despite the inefficiencies. Broca's aphasia is a specific type of expressive aphasia and is so named due to the aphasia that results from damage or lesions...
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    results in expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia) while damage to Wernicke's area results in receptive aphasia (also called fluent aphasia). Explicit...
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    arrest, which progressed into a "brain injury" leading to "significant expressive aphasia and significant memory issues" due to the prolonged lack of oxygen...
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  • Apraxia of speech (category Aphasias)
    similar or alternative disorders. Although disorders such as expressive aphasia, conduction aphasia, and dysarthria involve similar symptoms as apraxia of speech...
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  • assessment for aphasia includes a gathering of a case history, a self-report from the patient, an oral-motor examination, assessment of expressive and receptive...
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  • needed] Agrammatism is seen in many brain disease syndromes, including expressive aphasia and traumatic brain injury.[citation needed] Agrammatism was first...
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    she was 20 years old that caused temporary paralysis and temporary expressive aphasia. Several years later, she had a transient ischemic attack while on...
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  • example: Aphasia affects both the expression and reception of language. Both two most common types, expressive aphasia and receptive aphasia, affect speech...
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    syndrome MCA syndrome PCA syndrome Aphasia Frontal lobe Expressive aphasia Abulia Parietal lobe Receptive aphasia Hemispatial neglect Gerstmann syndrome...
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  • understanding language. Receptive aphasia causes impaired comprehension. Expressive aphasia is reflected in odd choices of words, the use of partial phrases,...
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  • Landau–Kleffner syndrome (LKS)—also called infantile acquired aphasia, acquired epileptic aphasia or aphasia with convulsive disorder—is a rare childhood neurological...
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  • Progressive nonfluent aphasia (PNFA) is one of three clinical syndromes associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration. PNFA has an insidious onset...
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    behavior Social disinhibition Compulsive eating Language signs Aphasia Expressive aphasia The causes of frontal lobe disorders can be closed head injury...
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  • fissure produces the typical effects of a lesion in Broca's area (i.e., expressive aphasia). Some individuals afflicted with Broca's fissure are aided by speech...
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