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receptive aphasia

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aphasia characterized by fluent but meaningless speech and severe impairment of the ability understand spoken or written words

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Receptive aphasia results from damage in the posterior one-third of the superior gyrus of the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere. Source: Internet

Presentation Receptive aphasia results from damage to Wernicke's area located posterior to the lateral sulcus in the left hemisphere of the brain. Source: Internet

For example, someone with Receptive aphasia may say, "You know that smoodle pinkered and that I want to get him round and take care of him like you want before", meaning "The dog needs to go out so I will take him for a walk". Source: Internet

Individuals with Receptive aphasia usually have great difficulty understanding the speech of both themselves and others and are, therefore, often unaware of their mistakes. Source: Internet

Receptive aphasia was named after Carl Wernicke who recognized this condition. Source: Internet

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