Here's the low down, Wernicke's Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage in and around the Wernick's area ( located near the auditory cortex). This language disorder impacts language comprehension and the production of meaningful language. People with Wernicke's Aphasia have difficulty understanding spoken language but are able to produce sounds, phrases and word sentences. Also, something rather important, those with Wernicke's Aphasia can speak smoothly that is why this disorder is also known as Fluent Aphasia. When speaking, a Wernicke's Aphasia patient will most likely be at a lost in words.
So, that sums it up. It seems that I am at a lost in words myself. Do not panic fellow bloggers, I do not have Wernicke's Aphasia. Before, I sign off I would like to share a video with you about an elderly woman with the language disorder just so you can get and idea of what a person might speak like with this disorder. Just my opinion, if you really pay attention, also not trying to be rude or mean, but in the video the woman will sound like if she is possessed. I did get a little freaked out! Check it out and let me hear your thoughts.
The video really helped me understand what Wernicke's Aphasia was. In the text it gets confusing with the Boca's aphasia. But with the video example it becomes easier to understand (well for me at least). The lady was almost like a parrot. I wonder why she would repeat what was said to her and then do the action. It must be difficult to communicate with her (in regard to family).
ReplyDeleteOh wow very interesting video and the subject itself, this disorder really got my attention, because I can not imagine how my life would be without being able to understand and speak right. It is sad to see someone with this problem because you start thinking how something so easy as hearing and repeating what you heard could be so difficult for people with this problem.
ReplyDeleteWow that video is very interesting. It was unusual to see how she repeated the words. It confused me though because like you said and what was stated in the book, people with Wernicke's Aphasia speak fluently. What was shown in this video was how I understood Boca's Aphasia to be at first. Her speech didn't seem fluent to me. So I'm still a bit confused as to how they compare and seeing this makes me want to look more into the other language disorders.
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