Aphasia
Of brain disorder.
Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion.
This concept's ID is @1~71006
Contains
- global aphasia
Loss of all ability to communicate.
- conduction aphasia
Aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting...
- nominal aphasia
Inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken names of objects.
- motor aphasia
Aphasia in which expression by speech or writing is severely impaired.
- visual aphasia
Inability to perceive written words.
- transcortical aphasia
A general term for aphasia that results from lesions outside of Broca's area...
- Wernicke's aphasia
Aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment...
- auditory aphasia
An impairment in understanding spoken language that is not attributable to hearing...