Question

After kichi's serious snow-skiing accident, an mri scan showed damage to her cerebral cortex in wernicke's area and has developed wernicke's aphasia. because of the damage, kichi is most likely to experience difficulty in

Answer 1

The Wernicke’s area of the brain is responsible for comprehension of language. Wernicke’s aphasia is characterized by problem comprehending spoken language or sentences. In this case, Kichi may respond with grammatically correct sentences but may pepper it with lot of words (sometimes non-existent words) that does not make sense. Kichi may not realize that they are using the wrong words. Because of problems comprehending language, Kichi may face difficulties in reading and writing. Intellectual and cognitive abilities still remain intact.