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Client initials: JH
DOB: 06/06/47
Age: 68
Medical History: Left cerebrovascular accident in June of 2015
JH Presents with mild fluent aphasia.
Verbal Expression is characterized by fluent speech with paragrammatic errors (e.g., he for
she) and literal paraphasic errors (e.g., soap for soup).
Auditory Comprehension is significantly reduced in comparison to other language abilities.
Specifically, auditory comprehension diminishes as length and complexity increases.
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References
Chapey, R. (2008). Language intervention strategies in aphasia and related
neurogenic communication disorders. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore,
Maryland.
Kearns, K. P. & Hubbard, D. J. (1997). A Comparison of auditory comprehension
tasks in aphasia.
Brookshire, R., H. (2007). Introduction to neurogenic communication disorders. St.
Louis, MO.: Mosby Elsevier.