Wernicke aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia or sensory aphasia, is a type of fluent aphasia usually caused by injury (e.g. stroke) to the dominant posterior temporal lobe (Wernicke's area) 1,2.
Clinical presentation
Wernicke aphasia has classic effects on speech 1,2:
- fluency: fluent speech, but often disorganized with paraphasias and neologisms
- comprehension: impaired
- repetition: impaired
- naming: impaired
Differential diagnosis
- transcortical sensory aphasia: shares clinical features of Wernicke aphasia but has preserved repetition 1,2
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