Aphasia: classification
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Aphasia: classification. This is a non-fluent aphasia. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Broca’s aphasia
- This is a non-fluent aphasia
- It is caused by lesions in the posterior inferior frontal lobe
Wernicke’s aphasia
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Transcortical aphasia
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Subcortical aphasia
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Conduction aphasia: lesion locations
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Conduction aphasia: features
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Aphemia
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Pure word deafness
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Other aphasia types
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References
- Kertesz A. Clinical forms of aphasia. Acta Neurochir Suppl (Wien) 1993; 56:52-58.
- Kuljic-Obradovic DC. Subcortical aphasia: three different language disorder syndromes? Eur J Neurol 2003; 10:445-448.
- Buchsbaum BR, Baldo J, Okada K, et al. Conduction aphasia, sensory-motor integration, and phonological short-term memory - an aggregate analysis of lesion and fMRI data. Brain Lang 2011; 119:119-128.
- Ojha PK, Nandavar S, Pearson DM, Demchuk AM. Aphemia as a presenting symptom in acute stroke. Neurol India 2011; 59:432-434.
- Cohen L, Benoit N, Van Eeckhout P, Ducarne B, Brunet P. Pure progressive aphemia. JNNP 1993; 56:923-924.
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