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1. Language: symbolic organization of sounds into meaningful words &amp; sentences to represent thought.
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<br/>2. Aphasia is an impairment of the ability to utilize language due to an injury to the brain. 
<br/>3. It is characterized by paraphasias, word-finding difficulties, and impaired comprehension. 
<br/>4. Common disturbances occur in reading &amp; writing, non-verbal construction, problem-solving &amp; gesturing.
<br/>5. Note: language areas are anatomically clustered around the sylvian fissure of the dominant (left) hemisphere in 97% of the population<ref>O’Brien MT, Pallet PJ. Total care of the stroke patient. Little Brown &amp;Co., 1978.</ref>
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<br/><i>DEFINITIONS</i>
<br/>6. Non-fluent aphasia: reduced rate of speech and limited language output.
<br/>7. Transcortical aphasia: intact repetition.
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<br/><b>Boston School of Aphasia Classification:</b>
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