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Aphasia Taxonomy – the Classification Criteria and the Types of Disorders

Author(s): Karolina Milewska, Bożena Okurowska-Zawada, Justyna Kackieło-Tomulewicz, Maciej Jerzy Samusik
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Neuropsychology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: aphasia; taxonomy of aphasia; aphasia diagnosis and therapy

Summary/Abstract: The article summarizes the important criteria for aphasia divisions, which present different methods of approaching the disease. Discussed: classical forms of aphasia, non-classical forms of aphasia, aphasia division by the positions of selected authors. Each adopted criterion has been enriched with descriptions of the most important properties of a given type of aphasia, encountered in speech therapy. A contemporary approach to the diagnosis and therapy of the above disorder is also presented.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 147-158
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish