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aphasia
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an acquired language disorder in which there is an impairment of any language modality. This may include difficulty in producing or comprehending spoken or written language.
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motor aphasia
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n aphasia caused by damage to or developmental issues in anterior regions of the brain, including (but not limited to) the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus known as Broca's area
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sensory aphasia
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a type of aphasia often caused by neurological damage to Wernicke’s area in the brain
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wernicke's area
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one of the two parts of the cerebral cortex linked since the late nineteenth century to speech. considered to consist of the posterior section of the superior temporal gyrus in the dominant cerebral hemisphere
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broca's area
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a region of the brain responsible for speech production
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