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relatively good comprehension. Anomic aphasia involves problem
in finding the proper words for spontaneous speech, even though
language comprehension and repetition are good. Apraxia is
inability to respond appropriately to verbal commands. Global
aphasia is a terrible condition in which many or all aspects of
language are severely affected, presumably due to massive
damage at numerous sites in the left hemisphere or to critical
connections between language areas.
d. Reading and Writing Aphasias: Dyslexias
The type of aphasia which involves disorders in reading
and writing is called dyslexia. It may be subdivided into two basic
categories: alexia, which involves disorders in reading, and
agraphia, which involves disorders in writing. Inferior parietal
lobule (superior view). Some dyslexics demonstrate less
electrical activation in this area.
Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized
by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Different
people are affected to varying degrees. Problems may include
difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, writing words,
"sounding out" words in the head, pronouncing words when
reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these
difficulties are first noticed at school. When someone who
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