A type of aphasia in which people have difficulty understanding written and spoken language.:
1) Neurological description – occurs due to damage to Wernicke’s area in the left temporal lobe, responsible for understanding language and analyzing sound symbols.
2) Effects on speech functions – the child can speak fluently, but uses inaccurate words or incomprehensible sentences, and also has difficulty understanding instructions or conversations.
3) Effects on cognitive and behavioural aspects – poor ability to associate words with their meaning leads to difficulties in learning, understanding stories and learning instructions.
4) Therapeutic interventions – exercises to improve language comprehension, associating words with their meanings, using visual and auditory cues and educational methods to help improve language comprehension.