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There are many ways in which people can have difficulty speaking, aphasia treatment can help them. The disorder is also known as Broca’s aphasia in clinical neuropsychology. This is because the area of the brain that aphasia expressive problems is called Broca’s area after the famous neuroanatomist. The region is usually on the left side of the brain, deep to where the ear sits on the side. In people who are left handed, Broca’s area can be on the right side. The disorder can be called agrammatic aphasia in cognitive neuropsychology.

This type of memory disorder is caused by damage to or developmental issues in specific regions of the brain. They include the left posterior inferior frontal gyrus known as Broca’s area. This is also called the Brodmann area 44 and Brodmann area 45. This aphasia expressive is one subset of a larger family of cognitive problems known collectively as aphasia. They are all characterized by the loss of the ability to produce language, which can be both spoken or written. Expressive aphasia differs from the condition known as dysarthria. That disorder is characterized by a patients inability to properly move the muscles of the tongue and mouth. This results in the failure to properly produce speech. Expressive aphasia exists in contrast to receptive aphasia, which is characterized by a patients inability to comprehend language or speak with appropriately meaningful words. That type of memory disorder is called Wernickes aphasia.

Expressive aphasia is also classified as a non-fluent aphasia, as opposed to fluent aphasia. The diagnosis is made on a case by case basis, since lesions often affect surrounding cortex and the deficits are not well conserved between patients. The most common cause of an expressive aphasia is a stroke. A stroke is caused by the lack of oxygen to an area of the brain. This is normally the result of a thrombosis or embolism. Some form and degree of aphasia can occur in 34-38% of stroke patients. In most cases, the expressive aphasia is caused by a stroke in Broca’s area. However, cases of expressive aphasia have been seen with strokes in other areas of the brain. Patients with typical symptoms of expressive aphasia generally have more acute brain lesions. Patients with larger, widespread lesions with otherwise exhibit a variety symptoms which may be classified as global aphasia or left unclassified.

Many times the most effective treatment is to treat the underlying disorder that caused the aphasia. Since many of the expressive aphasias are a result of stroke, the treatment at the beginning should be directed at solving the stroke issue. After the acute phase is finished, the brain needs to be able to heal and recover. In this phase the expressive aphasia therapy can be helpful to retrain the brain and provide aphasia treatment.