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Broca’s Aphasia:
- It may take you longer to speak
- You may speak using short sentences with just the main words
- You might find it hard to pronounce the word properly
- Your understanding of language may not be affected
- Your writing might be affected in a similar way to your speech
Wernicke Aphasia:
- It might be hard to understand spoken or written language
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You may speak fluently without pauses but might not be fully understood by the listener because:
- Sometimes, you might not be able to remember the right word
- You might substitute one word for another. E.g you might mean to say ‘knife’ and say ‘fork’ instead
- You might make up a word
- Your writing might be affected similar to your speech
Global Aphasia:
- All areas of language affected
- Reading is very difficult
- You might use other ways to communicate instead of speaking, e.g. gestures, facial expressions
- It sometimes might be difficult to understand other people
Conduction aphasia:
- You might speak fluently
- You might substitute one sound in a word for another e.g. you might say ‘doat’ for ‘boat’
- Your understanding of language might not be affected
Anomic Aphasia:
- You might speak fluently
- You might substitute one word for another. E.g. you might mean to say ‘knife’ but say ‘fork’ instead
- Your understanding of language might not be affected
Transcortical Motor Aphasia:
- You may take a long time to begin speaking
- You might not engage in conversation much
- You might have good understanding of language
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia:
- You may speak fluently but what you say might not be fully understood by the listener
- You might substitute one word for another. E.g. you might mean to say ‘knife’ but say ‘fork’ instead
- You might have great difficulty thinking of the right word
- It might be difficult to understand language