As a result of a brain injury, Marc has great difficulty producing any speech sounds. He speaks very slowly, with great effort, and his words are poorly articulated. He has suffered damage to
A) Wernicke's area.
B) the somatosensory cortex.
C) Broca's area.
D) the primary auditory cortex.

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Damage to Broca's area is associated with difficulty in producing speech, referred to as Broca's aphasia or nonfluent aphasia. This is characterized by slow, effortful speech and poor articulation of words. Wernicke's area is responsible for language comprehension, damage to the somatosensory cortex affects sensation and movement, and damage to the primary auditory cortex affects hearing.

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