While assessing a patient, who has Broca's aphasia, you are most likely to observe
a. impaired auditory comprehension and speech content.
b. intact comprehension and inability to recall names of objects or places.
c. slow, hesitant speech with difficulty in selecting and organizing words.
d. substitution of incorrect sounds for another sound, and difficulty repeating words.
C
Aphasia, an impairment of language functioning, is classified by the involved anatomy, behavioral speech manifestations, fluency of speech, and comprehension versus expression. Broca's aphasia is a result of a motor cortex lesion in Broca's area and is characterized by slow, hesitant speech with difficulty in selecting and organizing words. Wernicke's aphasia is characterized by impairment in auditory comprehension and speech content. Intact comprehension and inability to recall the names of objects or places is transcortical motor aphasia. Conduction aphasia is described as the substitution of incorrect sounds for another sound, and difficulty repeating words.
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