comparision of principal aphasic syndromes

Clinical manifestations

• fluency
  • Broca's: abnormal
  • Wernicke's: normal, paraphasic
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: normal, paraphasic
  • motor:* abnormal or normal
  • sensory:* normal, echolalic
  • anomic: normal
• auditory comprehension
  • Broca's: relatively normal
  • Wernicke's: abnormal
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: relatively normal
  • motor:* relatively normal
  • sensory:* abnormal
  • anomic: relatively normal
• repetition
  • Broca's: abnormal
  • Wernicke's: abnormal
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: abnormal
  • motor:* relatively normal
  • sensory:* relatively normal
  • anomic: normal
• naming
  • Broca's: abnormal
  • Wernicke's: abnormal
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: usually abnormal
  • motor:* abnormal
  • sensory:* abnormal
  • anomic: abnormal
• reading comprehension
  • Broca's: normal or abnormal
  • Wernicke's: abnormal
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: relatively normal
  • motor:* relatively normal
  • sensory:* abnormal
  • anomic: normal or abnormal
• writing
  • Broca's: abnormal
  • Wernicke's: abnormal
  • global: abnormal
  • conduction: abnormal
  • motor:* abnormal
  • sensory:* abnormal
  • anomic: normal or abnormal

* transcortical motor aphasia & transcortical sensory aphasia

Additional terms

• amnesic-dysnomic aphasia (anomic aphasia)
• Broca's aphasia (non-fluent aphasia)
• conduction aphasia
• global aphasia
• transcortical motor aphasia
• transcortical sensory aphasia
• Wernicke's aphasia; fluent aphasia; garbled speech