Lucy has a cognitive impairment due to which she is experiencing deterioration in language. She often uses vague references to hide her inability to produce names. It is most likely that Lucy is experiencing _____.

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Lucy's deterioration in language and use of vague references suggests that she is experiencing aphasia, which is a language disorder that affects a person's ability to produce or comprehend language. Agnosia is a sensory perception disorder, palilalia is a speech disorder characterized by the repetition of words or sounds, and echolalia is the repetition of words or phrases spoken by someone else, which are not the most likely explanations for Lucy's symptoms.

Lucy Has a Cognitive Impairment Due to Which She Is