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Expressive aphasia (also known as Broca's aphasia) is a type of aphasia characterized by partial loss of the ability to produce language (spoken, manual, [1] or written), although comprehension generally remains intact. [2] A person with expressive aphasia will exhibit effortful speech.
Landau–Kleffner syndrome (LKS)—also called infantile acquired aphasia, acquired epileptic aphasia [1] or aphasia with convulsive disorder—is a rare childhood neurological syndrome. [ 2 ] It is named after William Landau and Frank Kleffner , who characterized it in 1957 with a diagnosis of six children.
Frontal lobe disorder, also frontal lobe syndrome, is an impairment of the frontal lobe of the brain due to disease or frontal lobe injury. [5] The frontal lobe plays a key role in executive functions such as motivation, planning, social behaviour, and speech production.
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Receptive aphasia is an example of fluent aphasia. [4] Those who have agraphia with nonfluent aphasia can write brief sentences but their writing is difficult to read. Their writing requires great physical effort, lacks proper syntax, and often has poor spelling. Expressive aphasia is an example of nonfluent aphasia. [3]
[19] [12] Aphasia is a disorder that is acquired, therefore it occurs in individuals that have already developed language. Aphasia does not affect a person's intellect or speech but Instead affects the formulation of language. [20] All areas of language are affected by aphasia including expressive and receptive language abilities. [20]
Aphasia can make it difficult to speak, read or understand others. It’s estimated that approximately 1 million people in the United States live with aphasia.
Non-fluent aphasia, also called expressive aphasia, is a neurological disorder that deprives patients of the ability to express language. It is usually caused by stroke or lesions in Broca's area , which is a language-dominant area that is responsible for speech production located in the left hemisphere of the brain.