auditory aphasia
- noun
- /ɔːˈdɪtəri əˈfeɪʒə/
- Specialized
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afasia auditiva
- People with auditory aphasia can hear sounds clearly but struggle to understand spoken words.
Examples
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After his stroke, the neurologist diagnosed him with auditory aphasia, explaining his trouble following conversations.
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Speech therapy can help individuals with auditory aphasia improve their language comprehension skills.
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She was diagnosed with auditory aphasia last year.
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Many patients with auditory aphasia struggle to follow conversations.
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After his stroke, the neurologist diagnosed him with auditory aphasia, which explains why he has difficulty understanding conversations.
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People with auditory aphasia can hear perfectly, yet they find spoken words challenging to comprehend.
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Effective speech therapy can significantly aid those with auditory aphasia in enhancing their ability to understand spoken language.
Synonyms
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Able to speak easily but say words that do not make sense and cannot understand speech or writing
A problem where a person cannot understand speech even though hearing is normal
A condition in which a person cannot understand speech despite normal hearing
A condition where a person can hear sounds but cannot understand spoken words
A condition in which a person speaks smoothly but their words have little meaning and cannot understand speech or writing
Talking that sounds normal but uses wrong words and makes understanding language hard
A condition where a person speaks in long sentences that do not make sense and cannot understand speech or writing
Fluent speech that has little meaning and very poor understanding of what others say or write
Surface Forms
Morphology
The term combines 'auditory' (relating to hearing) with 'aphasia' (loss of language ability), so its meaning — a language comprehension problem specifically affecting the auditory modality — is directly deducible from the constituents. Although medical/technical, the modifier-noun composition is transparent and mirrors similar constructions in many languages, so a learner who knows both words would understand the phrase.
Etymology
Auditory aphasia comes from two parts: auditory meaning 'hearing' and aphasia meaning 'loss of language'. It paints the image of someone whose ears work but whose brain cannot make sense of spoken words, so it means 'difficulty understanding spoken language'.