Aphasia | Types (Broca’s, Wernicke’s, Global), Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Aphasia | Types (Broca’s, Wernicke’s, Global), Causes, Signs & Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Aphasia is an acquired cognitive condition involving a reduction, disruption or loss of ability to communicate (including speaking and understanding language). There are important language centers located in the brain, and these include Broca’s area, Wernicke’s area, the arcuate fasciculus and the angular gyrus. Damage or injury to these language centers can lead to a variety of different types of aphasia, including Nonfluent aphasia (Broca’s aphasia), Fluent aphasia (Wernicke’s aphasia), Global aphasia, Conduction aphasia, Transcortical aphasia and Anomic Aphasia. In this lesson, we discuss the brain anatomy and location of language centers in the brain, what causes injury or damage to these language centers, and we look at the signs and symptoms that occur with each type of aphasia.

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