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MirandaLo

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An individual with Wernicke's aphasia
 
  A) is aware of her or his deficits in speech.
  B) has major difficulty in understanding speech.
  C) cannot use function words.
  D) cannot use prepositions.
  E) cannot convey emotion via prosody.

Question 2

A primary characteristic of Wernicke's aphasia is
 
  A) effortless production of meaningless speech.
  B) fumbling for the right word.
  C) labored and nonfluent speech.
  D) unemotional speech.
  E) mutism.


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kusterl

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


MirandaLo

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Reply #2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Thank you


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Reply #3 on: Jun 22, 2018
No problem :)


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