Acquired apraxia of speech

 

Disorders has some level of difficulty with speech, communication, and/or language, but with different causes. Some are caused by difficulty with motor movement involved in speech, others are associated with difficulty with non-verbal communication, while yet others are associated with difficulty understanding speech.
In 150 words):
● What symptoms are associated with this diagnosis, specific to language and/or communication?
● What brain regions are suspected to be involved with each specific deficit?
● Citation
In 100 words): Respond to someone else’s discussion post about a different disorder than you wrote about.
● Compare & contrast the disorder you wrote about to the disorder you’re commenting on. What are the similarities and differences between the symptoms and brain regions involved? How do the similarities inform us about how language & communication works?

 

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