All Charateristics of Non FLuent Aphasia
Difficulty communicating orally
Difficulty with written words
Other names:
Motor aphasia
Anterior aphasia
Broca's aphasia
Types of Non-Fluent Aphasia
Broca’s Aphasia
Transcortical motor Aphasia
Mixed Transcortical Aphasia
Global Aphasia
4. Non-Fluent Aphasia
• Difficulty communicating orally
• Difficulty with written words
Other names:
• Motor aphasia
• Anterior aphasia
• Broca's aphasia
5. Types of Non-Fluent Aphasia
• Broca’s Aphasia
• Transcortical motor Aphasia
• Mixed Transcortical Aphasia
• Global Aphasia
7. Broca’s Aphasia cont..
Reading Impaired
Writing Impaired
Linguistic impairment Agrammatism
Conversational Language Non-Fluent
Pointing Relatively Abnormal
Visual Field Normal
Broadman’s Area 44, 45
12. Transcortical Motor Aphasia cont..
Reading Impaired
Writing Impaired
Linguistic impairment Pragmatic function
Conversational Language Sparse, echolalic
Pointing Normal
Visual Field Normal
Broadman’s Area 6, 8, 9, 20,
14. Mixed Transcortical Aphasia cont..
Reading Impaired
Writing Impaired
Linguistic impairment Pragmatic and semantic
Conversational Language NonFluent , echolalic
Pointing Impaired
Visual Field Normal to defective
Broadman’s Area
17. Global Aphasia
Reading Impaired
Writing Impaired
Linguistic impairment Impaired
Conversational Language Impaired
Pointing Impaired
Visual Field Impaired
Broadman’s Area Impaired
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Logopenic progressive aphasia (LPA) is a form of primary progressiveaphasia. It is defined clinically by impairments in naming and sentence repetition.