Patient MC speaks fluently, but he often produces words that make no sense.He has extreme difficulties understanding others' speech, especially when he cannot see their face.Your diagnosis?
A)Fowler's aphasia
B)Broca's aphasia
C)Wernicke's aphasia
D)phonemic agnosia

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Patients with Wernicke's aphasia can produce fluent speech but often with errors in word selection and syntax. They have difficulty understanding others' speech and may not be aware of their own mistakes. The difficulty in understanding can be aggravated if they cannot see the speaker's face. Fowler's aphasia is also characterized by difficulty in word selection, but patients have relatively intact comprehension. Broca's aphasia is characterized by non-fluent speech production and difficulty forming grammatical sentences. Phonemic agnosia is a type of auditory agnosia, where patients cannot recognize or differentiate between phonemes, the smallest units of sound that make words.

Patient MC Speaks Fluently, but He Often Produces Words That