The inability to understand written or spoken language, including inability to read and write and produce meaningful language, despite the ability to produce fluent speech sounds:
A. Broca's aphasia
B. Conduction aphasia
C. Global aphasia
D. Wernicke's aphasia
E. Dysarthria
ANS: D
Rationale: In Wernicke's aphasia, language comprehension (symbolic communication) is impaired. Those with Wernicke's aphasia easily produce spoken sounds, but the output is meaningless.
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