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Broca s vs wernicke s aphasia
A 40-year-old member asked:

Dr. Peter Gluskeranswered
Neurology 48 years experience
Aphasias: Aphasia is a problem with language (with speech sounds being normal). Wernicke and broca's areas are regions of the brain where damage results in aph... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago

Dr. Larry Armstronganswered
Neurosurgery 28 years experience
Different: Broca's aphasia is difficulty in expressing speech.
Werniche's aphasia is difficulty in understanding speech.
That's oversimplified but still an adequ... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:

Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 33 years experience
Wernike Aphasia: Speech is fluent but often degenerates into random hard to follow "streams of consciousness, which may be peppered with non-words or made up words. Th... Read More
2.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 48-year-old member asked:

Dr. Jefferson Chenanswered
Neurosurgery 35 years experience
Trouble speaking: Broca's aphasia refers to an aphasia that usually occurs when a specific area of the brain suffers an injury, for example from a stroke or head injury... Read More
5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 35-year-old member asked:

Dr. Forshing Luianswered
Neurology 44 years experience
Wernicke's aphasia: Wernicke's aphasia patients have severe problems with communication. They even do not undertand their own language. There is really no good way of com... Read More
4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 49-year-old member asked:

Dr. James Goodrichanswered
Neurosurgery 40 years experience
Broca aphasia: Broca aphasia is a stroke affecting the speech area. The patient can understand you but is not normally able to form speech or a sentence - with aggr... Read More
3.5k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 39-year-old member asked:

Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 18 years experience
Brocas Aphasia: It depends on whether a stroke involved nerves to the face and eyes. An isolated brocas aphasia from injury to a part of the frontal lobe may produce... Read More
5.4k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
A 36-year-old member asked:

Dr. Heidi Fowleranswered
Psychiatry 26 years experience
Some of these: Conditions are relatively minor ; others are more serious. Do you want to be healthier? I would encourage you to work with your doctor using a team ap... Read More
4.5k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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Dr. Julian Bragganswered
Neurology 18 years experience
Loss of language: Aphasia is an inability to properly use language, which can be caused by stroke, tumor, dementia, or many other diseases. There are many subtypes of ... Read More
5.9k viewsReviewed >2 years ago
A 22-year-old member asked:

Dr. Jonathan Dissinanswered
Neurology 40 years experience
3 major classes: There are many types of aphasia that can be grouped into three major headings: there are the motor type, the most common being broca's aphasia, the re... Read More
6.3k viewsAnswered >2 years ago
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