After a stroke,Juanita has great difficulty with speech.Words come slowly and haltingly,and her speech is often grammatically incorrect.The stroke probably damaged ____.

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Broca's area, located in the left frontal lobe, is responsible for production of speech and damage to this area can result in difficulty with speech output, such as slow and halting speech with grammatical errors. A stroke affecting Broca's area could result in a condition known as Broca's aphasia, which is a type of non-fluent aphasia. The other brain regions listed (Wernicke's area, the cerebellum, and the hippocampus) are not specifically responsible for speech production and would not likely result in the symptoms described.

After a Stroke,Juanita Has Great Difficulty with Speech