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People with damage to this area may find it difficult to understand speech. They may be able to speak but their speech is often meaningless.

For example, when asked to describe a picture two boys stealing cookies behind a woman's back, one person responded: "Mother is away her working her work to get her better, but when she's looking the two boys looking the other part. She's working another time."

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people with damaged a damaged Broca area still understand speech but have trouble producing it (talking it)

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