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  2. Dysgraphia - Wikipedia

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    Dysgraphia; Other names: Disorder of written expression: Three handwritten repetitions of the phrase "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" on lined paper.The writing, by an adult with dysgraphia, exhibits variations in letter formation, inconsistent spacing, and irregular alignment, all key characteristics of the condition.

  3. Paragrammatism - Wikipedia

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    Paragrammatism is the inability to form grammatically correct sentences. It is characteristic of fluent aphasia, most commonly receptive aphasia. Paragrammatism is sometimes called "extended paraphasia," although it is different from paraphasia.

  4. Language disorder - Wikipedia

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    Problems that may be experienced can involve grammar (syntax and/or morphology), semantics (meaning), or other aspects of language. These problems may be receptive (involving impaired language comprehension), expressive (involving language production), or a combination of both.

  5. Agraphia - Wikipedia

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    This impaired spelling memory can imply the loss or degradation of the knowledge or just an inability to efficiently access it. [2] There is a regularity effect associated with lexical agraphia in that individuals are less likely to correctly spell words without regular, predictable spellings. [ 2 ]

  6. Aphasia - Wikipedia

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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]

  7. Transcortical sensory aphasia - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Graphorrhea - Wikipedia

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    Unlike schizophrenia, the individual's writing ability is most seriously impaired in aphasia. Individuals experience that there is a widely recognised discrepancy between oral and written ability; this discrepancy occurred in around 35% of the individuals and 64% of them demonstrated that their written language ability was worse.

  9. Social (pragmatic) communication disorder - Wikipedia

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    Impaired social relatedness, verbal and nonverbal communication skills, and semantic language skills Social (pragmatic) communication disorder ( SPCD ), also known as pragmatic language impairment ( PLI ), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by difficulties in the social use of verbal and nonverbal communication .