A patient admitted to the hospital with a suspected stroke. The neurologist is performing testing and asks the patient what did you do today? The patient struggles to produce an answer and after 2 minutes of struggle says "went town". The neurologist determines that the patient has a stroke affecting the Wernicke area of the brain?

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The patient's difficulty in producing speech suggests an issue with the Broca's area, which is responsible for speech production, rather than the Wernicke's area, which affects language comprehension.

A Patient Admitted to the Hospital with a Suspected Stroke