transcortical aphasia

transcortical aphasia

a general term for an aphasia caused by a lesion outside of Broca’s area and Wernicke’s area. As a result, the individual will be able to repeat spoken words but will have difficulty producing independent speech or understanding speech. There are three classic forms: transcortical motor aphasia, transcortical sensory aphasia, and mixed transcortical aphasia (i.e., the motor and sensory forms combined).

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