auditory aphasia
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Etiology
- infarction
- tumor
- abscess
Pathology
- lesion of the superior temporal gyrus
Clinical manifestations
- impaired auditory comprehension
- inability to repeat a sentence or write a dictation
- associated manifestations
- deafness (rare)
More general terms
References
- ↑ Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 13th ed. Isselbacher et al (eds), McGraw-Hill Inc. NY, 1994, pg 158-161