Global Aphasia

 Global aphasia - also known as or related to pictorial aphasia, expressive-receptive aphasia, global aphasia (finding), cortical aphasia, central aphasia.

The symptoms of global aphasia are those of severe Broca's aphasia and Wernicke's aphasia combined. There is an almost total reduction of all aspects of spoken and written language, in expression as well as comprehension. Improvement may occur in one or both areas (expressive and receptive) over time with rehabilitation.