Expressive Dysphasia
November 5th, 2019
Overview
Also known as Broca's dysphasia.
Signs of Expressive Dysphasia
- Non-fluency of speech
- Relatively preserved comprehension
- Agrammatism - poor use of grammar
- Telegraphic speech - using short sentences with verbs, nouns and no joining words (e.g. boy throw ball)
- Inability to describe objects
Significance
- Suggests a lesion affecting Broca's area within the inferior frontal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere.
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