Overview of Aphasia

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What is Wernicke's Aphasia?
Individuals with Wernicke's Aphasia lack the ability to grasp and understand the meaning of spoken words and sentences; however, they have no trouble producing speech, but their speech can be meaningless. It is also known as Fluent or Receptive Aphasia.

Symptoms Include:

Jargon (combining real and made up words)
Have good grammar and syntax
Good intonation
Impaired comprehension
etc.

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