Damage to Broca's area leads to an aphasia characterized by
A) fluent but nonsensical speech.
B) difficulty in speech comprehension, but not in speech production.
C) difficulty in speech production, but not in speech comprehension.
D) declining language function near the end of life.

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Damage to Broca's area leads to difficulty in speech production, but not in speech comprehension. Patients with Broca's aphasia can understand language but have difficulty producing speech and forming sentences.

Damage to Broca's Area Leads to an Aphasia Characterized by