1. Neurogenic communication disorders Aphasia : A syndrome known for centuries, but poor understood for a long time. Increasingly greater involvement of speech-language pathologists in treating aphasia. Demographic changes : An increase in the aged population, with a concomitant increase in the communicative disorders associated with aging, including aphasia.

49. Supramaginal gyrus

51. Angular gyrus

53. Temporal lobe

55. Temporal lobe

57. Wernicke’s area

58. Primary auditory area

111. Fluent aphasia Nonfluent aphasia Anomia Transcortical motor Conduction Isolation Transcortical sensory Global Wernicke’s Broca’s

116. Summary of auditory comprehension Wernicke’s Transcortical sensory Global Isolation MODERATE TO SEVERE Conduction Anomic Broca’s Transcortical motor MILD TO MODERATE Fluent Nonfluent Degree of impairment

119. Broca’s Global Wernicke’s Conduction Moderate to severe impairment Transcortical motor Transcortical sensory Isolation Anomic No impairment to Some impairment Types of Aphasia Degree of impairment