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Aphasia, also known as dysphasia, [a] is an impairment in a person’s ability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. [2] The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine, but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in developed countries. [3]
TMoA, or any other type of aphasia, is identified and diagnosed through the screening and assessment process. Screening can be conducted by an SLP or other professional when there is a suspected aphasia. [8] The screening does not diagnose aphasia, rather it points to the need for a further comprehensive assessment.
Transcortical sensory aphasia is characterized as a fluent aphasia. Fluency is determined by direct qualitative observation of the patient’s speech to determine the length of spoken phrases, and is usually characterized by a normal or rapid rate; normal phrase length, rhythm, melody, and articulatory agility; and normal or paragrammatic speech. [5]
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Broca's (expressive) aphasia is a type of non-fluent aphasia in which an individual's speech is halting and effortful. Misarticulations or distortions of consonants and vowels, namely phonetic dissolution, are common. Individuals with expressive aphasia may only produce single words, or words in groups of two or three. [8]
Conduction aphasia is a mild language disability, and most people return to their normal lives. [10] [13] Broca's and Wernicke's aphasia are commonly caused by middle cerebral artery strokes. [14] Symptoms of conduction aphasia, as with other aphasias, can be transient, sometimes lasting only several hours or a few days.
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Anomic aphasia (word retrieval failures) Phonemic paraphasia (sound errors in speech e.g. 'gat' for 'cat') Agrammatism (using the wrong tense or word order) As the disease develops, speech quantity decreases and many patients become mute. Cognitive domains other than language are rarely affected early on.