This disorder is similar to Broca's aphasia except for the good ability to repeat. Lesions surrounding Broca's area produce this syndrome. Transcortical Aphasia - Sensory Patients with this subtype of transcortical aphasia have intact repetition and a greater difficulty with comprehension than speech production. Speech is fluent with occasional paraphasic intrusions. The patient appears to have a compulsion to repeat and echo the speech of others.
Comprehension is severely limited, resulting in poor reading and writing content.
Lesions of sensory association areas surrounding Wernicke's area result in this disorder. TOP of Page Anomia Patients who recover from any form of aphasia often have naming difficulties as a residual symptom. Patients with anomia have a characteristic conversational speech that includes normal fluent output with occasional interruptions as the patient pauses to find the next correct word. These words are invariably names that are not easily retrieved. The patient may also talk around the forgotten word.