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Aphasia can be assessed in a variety of ways, from quick clinical screening at the bedside to several-hour-long batteries of tasks that examine the key components of language and communication. | Aphasia can be assessed in a variety of ways, from quick clinical screening at the bedside to several-hour-long batteries of tasks that examine the key components of language and communication. | ||
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Any of the following can be considered [[symptom]]s of aphasia: | Any of the following can be considered [[symptom]]s of aphasia: | ||
* Inability to [[language comprehension|comprehend language]] | * Inability to [[language comprehension|comprehend language]] | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Aphasia can be assessed in a variety of ways, from quick clinical screening at the bedside to several-hour-long batteries of tasks that examine the key components of language and communication.
Symptoms
Any of the following can be considered symptoms of aphasia:
- Inability to comprehend language
- Inability to pronounce, not due to muscle paralysis or weakness
- Inability to speak spontaneously
- Inability to form words
- Inability to name objects
- Poor enunciation
- Excessive creation and use of personal neologisms
- Inability to repeat a phrase
- Persistent repetition of phrases
- Paraphasia (substituting letters, syllables or words)
- Agrammatism (inability to speak in a grammatically correct fashion)
- Dysprosody (alterations in inflexion, stress, and rhythm)
- Uncompleted sentences
- Inability to read
- Inability to write