Author Question: One way to think about Wernicke's aphasia is that this syndrome is A) a mixture of transcortical ... (Read 59 times)

cmoore54 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

One way to think about Wernicke's aphasia is that this syndrome is

A) a mixture of transcortical sensory aphasia less pure word deafness.
B) a mixture of Broca's disorder and alexia.
C) a mixture of pure word deafness and transcortical sensory aphasia.
D) a mixture of pure word deafness and alexia.
E) produced by damage to the connections of the posterior language area.

Question 2

A person with pure word deafness can do all of the following except

A) read lips.
B) understand the emotion expressed in speech.
C) read and write.
D) recognize nonspeech sounds such as a dog barking.
E).comprehend speech.

Natalie4ever · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: C
Rationale: One way to think about Wernicke's aphasia is that this syndrome is a mixture of pure word deafness and transcortical sensory aphasia.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E