You are talking with a patient who has slow, halting speech but who is perfectly capable of understanding you when you talk.Moreover, the content of his answers is clear.This patient's brain may have sustained damage to _______, which is crucial for _______ of speech.
A) Wernicke's area; motor aspects
B) Wernicke's area; sensory aspects
C) Broca's area; motor aspects
D) Broca's area; sensory aspects
E) the angular gyrus; written and spoken integration

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Broca's area, located in the frontal lobe of the dominant hemisphere, is crucial for the motor aspect of speech production. Damage to this area can result in slow, halting speech or even the inability to speak at all, while comprehension remains intact. Wernicke's area, on the other hand, is responsible for the comprehension of language and damage to it would affect the ability to understand speech. The other choices are not relevant to the symptoms described.

You Are Talking with a Patient Who Has Slow, Halting