Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Mixed transcortical aphasia
open-in-new
<p>Mixed transcortical aphasia is the least common of the three transcortical <a href="/facts/Aphasia/BWGvlEAC">aphasias</a> (behind <a href="/facts/Transcortical_motor_aphasia/epnbNAkY">transcortical motor aphasia</a> and <a href="/facts/Transcortical_sensory_aphasia/9aNM5XFG">transcortical sensory aphasia</a>, respectively). This type of aphasia can also be referred to as "Isolation Aphasia". This type of aphasia is a result of damage that isolates the language areas (<a href="/facts/Broca%2527s_aphasia/Ne6dMC37">Broca's</a>, <a href="/facts/Wernicke%2527s_aphasia/rRwJYMqX">Wernicke</a>’s, and the <a href="/facts/Arcuate_fasciculus/0jcSMj6D">arcuate fasciculus</a>) from other brain regions. Broca's, Wernicke's, and the arcuate fasiculus are left intact; however, they are isolated from other brain regions. </p><p>A <a href="/facts/Stroke/DwpjdzY0">stroke</a> is one of the leading causes of disability in the United States. Following a stroke, 40% of stroke patients are left with moderate functional impairment and 15% to 30% have a severe disability as a result of a stroke. A neurogenic cognitive-communicative disorder is one possible result of a stroke, with neuro- meaning related to nerves or the nervous system and -genic meaning resulting from or caused by. <a href="/facts/Aphasia/BWGvlEAC">Aphasia</a> is one type of a neurogenic cognitive-communicative disorder which presents with impaired comprehension and production of speech and language, usually caused by damage in the language-dominant, left hemisphere of the brain. Aphasia is any disorder of language that causes the patient to have the inability to communicate, whether it is through writing, speaking, or sign language. </p>