A rare condition in which patients' only linguistic symptoms are frequent mispronunciations and an inability to repeat back what has been said to them is called
A) Broca's aphasia.
B) sensory aphasia.
C) conduction aphasia.
D) oral aphasia.

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This rare condition is called conduction aphasia, which is characterized by intact language comprehension and fluent speech production, but with difficulty repeating back words or phrases that have been spoken to them. It is caused by damage to the arcuate fasciculus, a bundle of fibers that connect Wernicke's area and Broca's area, which are responsible for language processing and production, respectively. Broca's aphasia is characterized by non-fluent speech production and difficulty in grammatical construction, while sensory aphasia refers to difficulty in understanding language due to damage to Wernicke's area. Oral aphasia is not a recognized term in the field of language pathology.

A Rare Condition in Which Patients' Only Linguistic Symptoms Are