Multiple Choice
Jones refers his patient for a speech and language evaluation because he presents with confusion and impaired communication skills.His patient had a stroke 72 hours ago that produced a lesion in the left temporal,parietal and frontal lobes.As the speech-language pathologist,you find that the patient produces only 4 stereotypic nonsense phrases in his attempts to communicate.You plan your assessment protocol based on the hypothesis that the patient is demonstrating
A) Wernicke's aphasia
B) Anomic aphasia
C) Broca's aphasia
D) Global aphasia
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