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∙ 9y agoA numeric scale is appropriate because the patient/client can indicate, by pointing or raising fingers, to indicate his/her current pain level. Clients with motor aphasia cannot express themselves verbally or in writing.
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∙ 9y agoReceptive: Can't understand speech. Expressive: Can't produce speech (can't speak)
Persons with aphasia have trouble with expressive language, what is said, or receptive language, what is understood. Not only are speech and understanding speech affected, but also reading and writing is affected. The severity of aphasia varies.
Damage to Broca's area can cause expressive aphasia, resulting in difficulties with speech production. Damage to Wernicke's area can cause receptive aphasia, resulting in difficulties with understanding language and forming coherent sentences. Both areas are important for language processing and communication.
The medical condition expressive aphasia is characterized by an inability to produce language in verbal or written forms. The most common cause of expressive aphasia is a stroke.
Though there is often an expressive aphasia (inability to speak, meaningfully), comprehension may be preserved. However, it the stroke victim is left with a receptive aphasia, there can occur the inability to comprehend.
Some people with expressive aphasia, use sign language successfully. Others with aphasia lack the cognitive capacity to make use of sign language. That said, strictly speaking, aphasia is a communications disorder. Most patients have not lost cognitive ability, unless the aphasia was attended by another brain injury that resulted in it.
Expressive aphasia is a neurogenic communicative disorder characterized by the inability to speak or verbally communicate. This disorder is typically associated with damage in Broca's area in the frontal lobe of the brain.
Phasia is a term often used to refer to language disorders, specifically related to difficulty with expressing or understanding language. It can manifest as either expressive aphasia (difficulty speaking) or receptive aphasia (difficulty understanding spoken or written language). Treatment for phasia typically involves speech therapy to help improve communication skills.
expressive aphasia
The inability to speak can be termed aphasia or aphonia depending on the circumstances.
Anne Whitworth has written: 'A cognitive neuropsychological approach to assessment and intervention in aphasia' -- subject(s): Aphasia, Cognitive neuroscience, Neuropsychology
Another name for expressive dysphasia is Broca's aphasia. This condition affects a person's ability to produce language, resulting in difficulty with forming coherent sentences and expressing thoughts verbally.