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title: "Aphasia: What is it? & Its types:"  
description: "Alphasia is a language disorder resuting from brain damage, often caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological condition."  
author: "Himanshi Gupta"  
published: 2023-08-26  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2423/aphasia-what-is-it-its-types  
category: "health and fitness"  
tags: ["Alphasia impairs a person's ability to speak", "understand", "read and write."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Aphasia: What is it? & Its types:

![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/4f16bfa5-a2bf-4821-942e-94c6da23c4a6.jpeg) What is Alphasia? Types of Alphasia: ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/16c28b91-4338-4085-8ec1-854d0f650f5d.jpeg) Alphasia is a language disorder that happens due to brain damage, often caused by stroke, traumatic brain injury, or neurological conditions. ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/24ea5aa8-9de7-4ec7-b8d5-a26aad2262cc.jpeg) It impairs a person's ability to speak, understand, read and write. ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/39406128-7b91-47a4-8d0d-1dd831ab4977.jpeg) Types of Alphasia: ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/ecb5dc85-bfe9-4b71-86ad-276363b9c134.jpeg) 1. Expressive Alphasia: Difficulty in expressing thoughts or finding words. ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/14254740-0c82-4620-ad17-2302b3ceb263.jpeg) 2. Receptive Alphasia: Difficulty in understanding spoken or written language. ![Aphasia What is it Its types](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/beed94e8-c5b4-4b07-9449-f24626818781/images/645d282a-9906-4fca-b2ae-c57199b0f522.jpeg) 3. Global Alphasia: Severe impairment in both understanding and expressing language.

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