Expressive Aphasia

Expressive Aphasia involves only an inability in using symbols to express thoughts.

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      In the Visual modality, a common experience we may have in pulling up concepts is when we are trying to write a paper or a report.

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      Often we find ourselves sitting for a long period of time looking blankly at the paper, wishing something would come into our mind to write.

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      When these experiences become the rule (under pathological conditions), rather than the exception, communication becomes a trickle.

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      Expressive Aphasia is a problem, not in developing ideas, but in finding the symbols to express them.

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      For the Auditory modality its impact would be an inordinate degree of difficulty in word finding, grammatical formulation, or remembering the pronunciation of words.

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      In the visual modality, one would likewise have problems in recalling the written word, the written grammar or the way the word was written.