Receptive Dysphasia
November 5th, 2019
Overview
Also known as Wernicke's dysphasia.
Signs of Receptive Dysphasia
- Normal speech fluency
- Poor comprehension
- Lack of awareness of errors
- Inability to follow commands - simple, two-step or three-step commands
- Paraphasias: switching of a word in a sentence for another incorrect word
- Neologisms: new words created by the patient
Significance
- Suggests a lesion affecting Wernicke's area within the superior temporal gyrus of the dominant hemisphere.
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