A person’s ability to comprehend spoken words As a neurological language Receptive aphasia is classified disorder that primarily affects.
It is also characterized by the use of disordered sentences that have little or no meaning, including adding extra words, and using words that don’t exist in our vocabulary.
For Receptive Aphasia Other Medical Names
Receptive aphasia is also known as:
• Wernicke’s aphasia
• Fluent aphasia
From a German neuro-psychiatrist Wernicke’s aphasia derives its name, Carl Wernicke, who identified a specific area in the left hemisphere of the brain .This area is responsible for comprehension of spoken language as well as accurate verbal output.
Fluent aphasia refers to a person’s ability to easily produce speech. However, even though a person with fluent aphasia has normal articulation and rhythm of speech, their spoken sentences lack meaning and often make no sense at all.
