Broca's Aphasia Broca's aphasia is also called expressive aphasia or motor aphasia. The ability to speak is damaged, but other language abilities stay mostly the same. It can be frustrating for ...

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Broca's, Wernicke's, and global aphasia are the main three types of aphasia. These and other types can affect speech and language comprehension.

These are expressive aphasia and receptive aphasia, each with differing impacts on one's communication skills. Receptive aphasia results from the stroke affecting the brain's Wernicke area.

J.K. was diagnosed with a mild anoxic brain injury resulting expressive aphasia and ataxia in the setting of strangulation. Her injuries included verbal, speech and coordination deficits.

The clinical features of ICANS are varied and range from dysgraphia, inattention and expressive aphasia to seizures, elevated intracranial pressure, reduced conscious state and focal motor findings.

For example, such tasks have limited utility in the context of patients with expressive aphasia. Visual tasks, by comparison, would not be limited by this issue.