The stroke patient who has difficulty with speech has
A) expressive aphasia.
B) global aphasia
C) receptive aphasia.
D) apraxia.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Expressive aphasia, also known as motor, Broca, or nonfluent aphasia, is primarily a deficit in language output or speech production.Global aphasia results when a massive lesion affects the motor and sensory speech areas.The patient cannot transform sounds into words and cannot comprehend spoken words.Receptive aphasia, also referred to as sensory, Wernicke, or fluent aphasia, occurs when the connection between the primary auditory cortex in the temporal lobe and the angular gyrus in the parietal lobe is destroyed.Lesions in the parietal lobe and in other cortical structures can result in apraxia, an inability to perform a learned movement voluntarily.

The Stroke Patient Who Has Difficulty with Speech Has