Aphasia
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cognition disorder, language disorder, sign /symptom
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Scope Note
cognitive disorder marked by an impaired ability to comprehend or express language in its written or spoken form; caused by diseases which affect the language areas of the dominant hemisphere; general categories include receptive, expressive, and mixed forms of aphasia.
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- Find a Professional| Shop|| My Account|Guest Login| Search for: | | | Advanced Search| Home | Site Location:Home> The Public> Speech, Language & Swallowing> Disorders and Diseases> Aphasia Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to language centers of the brain.
- Sometimes the damage that created the aphasia is no longer readily observable by medical scanning or tests, but the nature of the disturbed communication can pretty much confirm whether or not it is aphasia.
- Aphasia is an acquired communication disorder that results from an injury to the brain, most commonly stroke.
- What is aphasia? Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.
- The most common cause ofaphasia is a stroke, but other causes are brain tumors, head injury, orother neuralgic illnesses.
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