Appendix C:
Definitions and Distinctions between Types of Aphasia and Associated Diagnoses
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acquired Aphasia | Loss or impairment of expressive and/or language skills that were previously possessed. |
| Anomia | Significant difficulty recalling words and/or names. |
| Aphasia | A communication disorder resulting from damage to parts of the brain devoted to speech and language. |
| Apraxia | A neurological speech sound disorder characterized by difficulty with articulatory precision and consistency of underlying speech movements in the absence of neuromuscular deficits. |
| Expressive Aphasia | A communication disorder characterized by use of predominantly single works, short/fragmented phrases, incorrect syntax, jargon, etc. |
| Fluent Aphasia | A communication disorder characterized by fluent and meaningless speech and difficulty understanding spoken speech (also known as Wernicke’s aphasia). |
| Global Aphasia | A communication disorder characterized by difficulty with both expressive and receptive language. |
| Left Cerebrovascular Accident (LCVA) | Damage to the left side of the brain that result in difficulty speaking and understanding language. |
| Non-fluent Aphasia | A communication disorder (known as Broca’s aphasia) characterized by expressive language deficits and difficulty producing lengthy, complete and syntactically correct phrases and sentences. |
| Paraphasia | A feature of aphasia where an individual often substitutes one word for another, and/or adjusts word meaning. |
| Post-onset | A term used to describe a period after the initiation of an event or incidence. |
| Receptive Aphasia | A communication disorder characterized by difficulty understanding spoken messages, an increased rate of speech, and language subtleties (such as humor and figurative speech). |
| Right Cerebrovascular Accident (RCVA) | Damage to the ride side of the brain that results in challenges with attention, recognition, vision, hearing, and body awareness in space. |
| Stroke | The sudden death of brain cells in a specific area due to inadequate or excessive bloodflow. |
| Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) | An injury to the brain resulting from an external force. |
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Information for the definitions was collected from ASHA.org, Google and Wikipedia.