Wernicke's aphasia
Wernicke's aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia, or posterior aphasia, is a type of aphasia traditionally associated with neurological damage to Wernicke's area in the brain, a region in the posterior part of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere, which is the left hemisphere in about 95% of right-handed individuals and 70% of left-handed individuals.
Symptoms[edit | edit source]
People with Wernicke's aphasia demonstrate fluent, largely grammatical speech, but they have trouble understanding spoken and written language in a meaningful way. They may also be unaware of their errors and may not understand why others cannot understand them.
Causes[edit | edit source]
Wernicke's aphasia is most commonly caused by stroke. It can also be caused by brain damage from other sources, such as traumatic brain injury, brain tumors, or infections.
Diagnosis[edit | edit source]
Diagnosis of Wernicke's aphasia involves a detailed examination of the person's speech and language abilities. This typically involves a series of tests that measure the person's ability to speak, understand language, read, and write.
Treatment[edit | edit source]
Treatment for Wernicke's aphasia typically involves speech therapy. The goal of treatment is to improve the person's ability to communicate by helping them use remaining language abilities, restore language abilities as much as possible, compensate for language problems, and learn other methods of communicating.
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