After a stroke, Mr. Larkin's ability to produce fluent speech remains intact. However, he seems unable to understand speech. Because he cannot understand his own words as he speaks them, his speech tends to be nonsensical and often includes made-up words. The stroke appears to have damaged ______'s area in the left ______ lobe.

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Wernicke's area, located in the temporal lobe of the left hemisphere, is responsible for language comprehension. Damage to this area can result in receptive aphasia, where the person has difficulty understanding spoken or written language but may still be able to produce fluent speech. This fits the description of Mr. Larkin's symptoms. Broca's area, located in the frontal lobe of the left hemisphere, is responsible for language production and would not explain Mr. Larkin's difficulty understanding speech.

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