SLPA 3704 Chapter Notes - Chapter Notes: Agraphia, Paraphasia, Agrammatism
9 Jan 2019
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Acquired deficit in the ability to produce/comprehend written/spoken language due to damage to the brain. Most often caused by strokes to left cerebral hemisphere. Not the result of motor, intellectual, or psychological impairment. Due to lesions at or near broca"s area. Lesions anywhere within anterior portion of left cerebral hemisphere may cause expressive deficits. Difficulty in the ability to derive meaning from language. Due to lesion at or near wernicke"s area. Some level of anomia seen in all aphasias. Person knows the meaning they want to communicate but cannot find the words to do so. Inability to comprehend verbal language produced by others. Most language used in social interactions is formulaic and predictable. Mild deficits may not yield as much difficulty though deficits more pronounced with a lengthy or detail heavy utterance or paragraph. Severe deficits may yield inability to understand a single word of the speech.
