Conduction dysphasia is a relatively uncommon disease (representing only 10% of the cases)
Conduction dysphasia
Associative dysphasia
Broca's dysphasia is the most common type of expressive dysphasia
Stroke is the most common cause for dysphasia
The most common type of receptive dysphasia is Wernicke's aphasia. This is characterized by fluent but nonsensical speech, poor comprehension, and difficulty with word retrieval and naming objects. It is typically caused by damage to the left temporal lobe of the brain.
Approximately one million Americans currently suffer from one of the various forms of dysphasia
Anomic dysphasia is also referred to as amnesic dysphasia
Expressive dysphasia
Anomic dysphasia
Receptive dysphasia
Conduction dysphasia is typically caused by damage to the arcuate fasciculus, a bundle of nerve fibers connecting Wernicke's area (responsible for language comprehension) and Broca's area (responsible for speech production) in the brain. This disruption in communication between these language-processing regions can result in difficulties in repeating spoken language accurately.
The term "dysphasia" is a condition (difficulty with language), and does not have a singular or plural.One might refer to various forms or types of dysphasia.