Aphasia is a symptom of some other condition, such as a stroke or a brain tumor. A person with aphasia may:  Speak in short or incomplete sentences Speak in sentences that don't make sense Substitute one word for another or one sound for another Speak unrecognizable words Have difficulty finding words Not understand other people's conversation Not understand what they read Write sentences that don't make sense  Patterns of aphasia People with aphasia may have different strengths and weaknesses in their speech patterns. Sometimes these patterns are labeled as different types of aphasia, including:  Broca's aphasia  Wernicke aphasia Transcortical aphasia Conduction aphasia Mixed aphasia Global aphasia  These patterns describe how well the person can understand what others say. They also describe how easy it is for the person to speak or to correctly repeat what someone else says. Aphasia may develop slowly over time. When that happens, the aphasia may be labeled with one of these names:  Logopenic aphasia Semantic aphasia Agrammatism  Many people with aphasia have patterns of speech difficulty that don't match these types. It may help to consider that each person with aphasia has unique symptoms, strengths and weaknesses rather than trying to label a particular type of aphasia.
aphasia symptom condition  stroke brain tumor  person aphasia may:  speak short incomplete sentences speak sentences don't sense substitute word sound speak unrecognizable words difficulty finding words understand people's conversation understand read write sentences don't sense  patterns aphasia people aphasia may strengths weaknesses speech patterns  patterns labeled types aphasia  including:  broca's aphasia  wernicke aphasia transcortical aphasia conduction aphasia mixed aphasia global aphasia  patterns well person can understand say  easy person speak correctly repeat says  aphasia may develop slowly time  happens  aphasia may labeled names:  logopenic aphasia semantic aphasia agrammatism  people aphasia patterns speech difficulty don't match types  may help consider person aphasia unique symptoms  strengths weaknesses trying label type aphasia
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