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A synopsis of the condition known as Aphasia Introduction The central area of the brain associated with language functions extends from Broca's to Wernicke's area's, above and below the Sylivian fissure. Acquired forms of aphasia are caused by damage to this area of the brain, usually associated with one of four sources of disruption to the brain tissue, namely; vascular diseases, tumour, trauma and infection. In acquired aphasic patients, who previously possessed normal language structure and processing, damage of this kind can give rise to varying degrees of impairment to their central language abilities. In this essay I shall describe different language deficits, such as speech production and comprehension, which are associated with acquired forms of aphasia; I also intend to describe which aspects of a sufferer's cognitive system might be impairment in this condition. Broca's aphasia is characterised as a disorder of speech production. Sufferer's tend to use only major content...

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