Loss of the ability to speak or understand language is called?

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Loss of the ability to speak or understand language is called?

Aphasia is the loss of the ability to speak or understand language, typically from damage to language areas in the left hemisphere (Broca's area for speech production and Wernicke's area for comprehension). Depending on which area is affected, speech may be nonfluent with good comprehension or fluent with poor comprehension. The other terms describe neural signaling—resting potential, action potential, and threshold—not language processing.

Aphasia is the loss of the ability to speak or understand language, typically from damage to language areas in the left hemisphere (Broca's area for speech production and Wernicke's area for comprehension). Depending on which area is affected, speech may be nonfluent with good comprehension or fluent with poor comprehension. The other terms describe neural signaling—resting potential, action potential, and threshold—not language processing.

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