Definition

1. Noun:
   • A specific type of language impairment: Conduction aphasia is a neurological disorder characterized by a primary difficulty in repeating words and sentences, despite relatively preserved speech comprehension and spontaneous speech production.
   • A neurological condition: It is classified as an aphasia where the underlying brain damage is theorized to affect the neural pathways (association tracts) that connect different language-processing areas of the brain.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The patient's symptoms, including fluent speech but an inability to repeat phrases, led to a diagnosis of conduction aphasia.
  • Conduction aphasia is often studied to understand the connections between Broca's area and Wernicke's area in the brain.

Advanced Usage

• Clinical Context: The term is used almost exclusively in medical, neurological, and speech-language pathology contexts to describe a specific clinical profile.
  • The speech-language pathologist specialized in the rehabilitation of individuals with conduction aphasia.

Variants and Related Words

• Aphasia (n): The broader category of language disorders caused by brain damage, of which conduction aphasia is one type.
  • Stroke is a common cause of aphasia.
• Anomic aphasia (n): A type of aphasia primarily marked by difficulty finding words.
• Broca's aphasia (n): A type of aphasia characterized by non-fluent, effortful speech.
• Wernicke's aphasia (n): A type of aphasia characterized by fluent but often nonsensical speech and poor comprehension.

Synonyms

• Associative aphasia: A less common synonym emphasizing the disruption in associations between brain centers.
• Repetition aphasia: A descriptive term highlighting the core symptom.

Related Phrases / Collocations

• To have conduction aphasia: To be diagnosed with or exhibit the symptoms of this condition.
  • After the stroke, he was found to have conduction aphasia.
• Deficit in repetition: The key clinical feature associated with conduction aphasia.
  • The most prominent deficit in conduction aphasia is in repetition.

Noun

1. aphasia in which the lesion is assumed to be in the association tracts connecting the various language centers in the brain; patient's have difficulty repeating a sentence just heard