Descriptive Psychopathology: The Signs and Symptoms of ...

Table 9.2. Speech patterns of some classic aphasia syndromesAphasia type Spontaneous speech Speech fluencyAuditorycomprehension RepetitionSyntax/grammarand word usageBroca’s Poor and labored,telegraphic, dysarthric,sparse, and monotoneTranscortical motor Paucity of labored, butnot dysarthric, speechWernicke’s Spontaneous, wellarticulated,abundantTranscorticalsensoryConduction Mild articulationproblemsNon-fluent Reduced, butglobally adequateNon-fluent Adequate forconversationPoor Mild word-finding andnaming problemsAdequate or mildproblemsNormal, but may havedifficulty readingaloudFluent Poor Poor Severely paraphasic,Reduced Fluent Poor Adequate Paraphasic,Fluent Adequate forconversationagrammatical, poornaming, reading,and writingagrammatical, poornaming, reading,and writingPoor Paraphasic, poornamingGlobal Sparse, monosyllabic Non-fluent Poor Poor Paraphasic,agrammatical, poornaming, stereotypes227