The Most Common Learning Disorders, Explained

Dysphasia Or Aphasia

Dysphasia is a condition in which a person has difficulty speaking or understanding spoken words, or perhaps both. There are several forms of dysphasia, with different symptoms and characteristics. In some forms of dysphasia, the patient struggles to speak but can speak, and can generally understand speech. In other forms, the person is completely unable to speak. In still others, the patient is unable to either speak or understand spoken words.

Aphasia is a term for the same condition and is often used interchangeably with dysphasia. Some use aphasia to mean a more severe form of dysphasia in which an individual is unable to speak at all. Currently, in the United States, the term aphasia is more favored, and dysphasia is used more elsewhere in the world. In most contexts, dysphasia or aphasia would be understood to refer to the same condition. Dysphasia is usually caused by some form of brain trauma, such as a blow to the head, stroke, or another sudden event.

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