Aphasia is a disorder of speech.
Motor aphasia: loss of the normal ability to speak
Sensory aphasia: loss of normal ability to understand spoken words
Parameters:
(1) fluent
(2) understand
(3) repetition
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Fluent
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Understands
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Repetition
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Type of Aphasia
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yes
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yes
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yes
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anomic
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yes
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yes
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no
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conduction
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yes
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no
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yes
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sensory transcortical
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yes
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no
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no
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Wernicke's
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no
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yes
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yes
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motor transcortical
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no
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yes
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no
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Broca's
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no
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no
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yes
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mixed transcortical
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no
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no
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no
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global
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