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Aphasia is a loss or impairment of language caused by disease of the cerebrum. In this sense, language means “speaking, writing, reading, and listening.” The words aphasia and dysphasia are used interchangeably.

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Suggested Additional Reading

  • Rose, F. Clifford and Whurr, Renata: Aphasia. Whurr Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, 2000.

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  • Basso, Anna: Aphasia and Its Therapy. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2003.

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  • Zaidel, Eran and Iacoboni, Marco: The Parallel Brain. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003.

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  1. Section of Neurology, University of Manitoba, Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, Canada

    R. T. Ross (Member of the Order of Canada, Doctor of Science of the University of Manitoba, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Professor of Medicine) (Member of the Order of Canada, Doctor of Science of the University of Manitoba, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Professor of Medicine)

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(2006). Disorders of Speech. In: Ross, R.T. (eds) How to Examine the Nervous System. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-081-2_18

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