Mohammed is making a lot of semantic paraphasias but very few phonemic ones.Most likely he has ____.

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Mohammed's production of semantic paraphasias suggests a problem with word meaning, which is a hallmark of Wernicke's aphasia. The fact that he is making few phonemic errors (i.e., substituting or deleting sounds within words) further supports this diagnosis, as Wernicke's aphasia is marked by fluent but largely incomprehensible speech, typically due to an impairment in auditory comprehension. Korsakoff's psychosis and alexia without agraphia are not likely to be associated with this pattern of errors, and although Broca's aphasia can also be associated with semantic paraphasias, it is usually also characterized by non-fluent speech with grammatical errors and difficulty with producing function words.

Mohammed Is Making a Lot of Semantic Paraphasias but Very