All of the following are true in motor aphasia, EXCEPT
(B) Impaired repetition # APHASIA is an acquired disorder of language due to brain damage. It does not include developmental disorders of language or speech disorders that are limited to the motor apparatus of speech (dysarthria). Related disorders include alexia (disorder of reading), agraphia (disorder of writing), and apraxia (disorder of skilled movements).> Transcortical Motor Aphasia (TMA) results from an injury to the anterior superior frontal lobe. The injury is typically caused by a cerebrovascular accident (CVA), commonly referred to as a stroke. The area of insult is sometimes referred to as a watershed region, a region surrounding Broca's area. The insult typically involves the left hemisphere as most people (regardless of handed-ness) are left hemisphere dominant for language (nearly 100% of right-handers, about 85% of left-handers).> Characteristics: TMA is a less common impairment than Broca's aphasia. People with TMA generally have good comprehension since Wernicke's area is usually not affected. People with TMA experience non-fluent (halting and effortful) speech due to frontal lobe damage and their utterances are typically only one or two words long. People with TMA retain the ability to repeat words, phrases or sentences.> Repetition is preserved since the arcuate fasciculus (the neural pathway that connects Wernicke's and Broca's areas via the parietal lobe) is intact. Preserved repetition is a defining quality of all transcortical aphasias. People who suffer from transcortical motor aphasia, however, may experience delays in initiation when they try to repeat words due to damage in the frontal lobe.
Impaired naming
Impaired repetition
Impaired fluency
Preserved comprehension
Miscellaneous