INVESTIGATE/WRITE WHAT APHASIA IS AND LOOK FOR AT LEAST 8 FORMS OF APHASIA AND

EXPLAIN THEM

What is Aphasia?

Forms of Aphasia

Broca’s aphasia
This form is aphasia was named by the scientist Paul Broca. It is classified as no-fluent aphasia because
speech is effortful and involves starts and stops. Another defining feature is that if sentences are
produced, they often have incorrect syntax, or word order and gramma also people with this type of
aphasia are aware of their communication skills. Persons with this form of aphasia may present Some
weakness or paralysis of the limbs on one side of the body may also be present.

Global aphasia

The most severe form of the aphasia is classified as no-fluent where all the language modalities are
affected like Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area (speaking, comprehension, reading, and writing).
Sometimes the person cannot produce or even understand the language

Transcortical motor aphasia

This form of aphasia is quite similar to Broca’s Aphasia where it is the result of a stroke or brain injury
near Broca’s area also is a non-fluent kind of aphasia. The person can understand language although it is
possible to communicate it, they often use short phrases and frequently repeat words.

Wernicke’s aphasia

Wernicke’s aphasia is the result of brain damage on the Wernicke’s area of your brain also is classified as
fluent aphasia. People who suffer this form of aphasia are so fluent but they normally make grammar
mistake or their sentences have no a real meaning and contain so much words that in the end won’t
make sense.

Conduction aphasia

This type of aphasia is classified as fluent. The only problem with the persons which suffer this type of
aphasia is that normally they sometimes cannot find words or repeat phrases but this does not mean
that they do not cannot repeat it, so their problems comes with complex sentences or phrases which are
too hard to remember.
Anomic aphasia

A person with anomic aphasia normally can speaks correctly this mean that a correct use of grammar
but the main problem is normally using vague terms to refers something that they cannot describe.
another problem is they may often feel like a word is on the tip of their tongue. It classified as fluent
aphasia because the person can speak but their content is quite poorly and lack of meaning.

Transcortical sensorial aphasia

This one is the less common than the other form of aphasia also is quite similar with Wernicke’s aphasia
with this information we can classify as fluent. This form of aphasia affects the comprehension capacity
although you are able to repeat things, phrases or words that it is the only differences with the
Wernicke’s aphasia

Mixed transcortical aphasia

Mixed transcortical aphasia is a type of aphasia in which repetition is the primary language ability that is
present. It is an uncommon type of aphasia. Mixed transcortical aphasia has also been called isolation
aphasia. It is considered a more severe form of aphasia. It is similar to global aphasia, with the exception
of more functional repetition skills.