Wernicke's aphasia

Question 1

Define: wernicke’s aphasia

Answer 1

A language disorder which causes difficulty in understanding written and spoken language (ie. language comprehension) AND in producing written and spoken language that makes sense to others

Question 2

2 key symptoms of wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 2

• Cannot produce meaningful speech (“Holy Christmas!”)

* Cannot comprehend speech from others

Question 3

Other characteristics of Wernicke’s Aphasia?

Answer 3

No. Don’t realise they don’t make sense

Question 4

3 symptoms of wernicke’s aphasia?

Answer 4

• Speech is often fluent and grammatically correct
• Mild – severe anomia
• Difficulty both producing and understanding both written and spoken language that makes sense to others
• Unaware of their condition – however they can read body language