Children suffering from childhood aphasia:
A) almost always have right-hemisphere injury and rarely followed left-hemisphere injury.
B) almost always have left-hemisphere injury and rarely followed right-hemisphere injury.
C) have equal potential for injury on either side of the brain.
D) do not have related brain injury.

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Childhood aphasia is most commonly caused by left-hemisphere injury, which is responsible for language processing in most people. While right-hemisphere injury can also lead to language impairments, it is much less common in children with childhood aphasia. Therefore, children with childhood aphasia are more likely to have left-hemisphere injury and less likely to have right-hemisphere injury.

Children Suffering from Childhood Aphasia