Aphasia Alyssa Hinson, Lexi Benvenuti, Lexi Coluccio, Megan Geary, Bre Hart, Haley Young, Katie Kasanicky, & Jenna Raschiatore

Description Aphasia is an acquired neurogenic language disorder resulting from an injury to the brain, most typically the left hemisphere, that affects all language modalities. Aphasia is not a single disorder, but instead is a family of disorders that involve varying degrees of impairment in four primary areas: spoken language expression spoken language comprehension, written expression, and reading comprehension.

Signs & Symptoms Verbal Expression Impairments Auditory Comprehension Impairments Reading Comprehension Impairments (Alexia) Written Language Impairments (Agraphia)

Evaluation and Assessment Techniques Assessment of individuals with aphasia is completed in a number of ways and incorporates a range of assessment measures. In some cases, an entire standardized test battery is administered. In other cases, the clinician may give selected subtests from standardized test batteries, recognizing the impact on the psychometric properties when using subtests in this manner.

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