Broca's Aphasia Brodmann 44 45 Lesions in the left inferior frontal area Nonfluent, labored, and hesitant speech Most also lost the ability to name persons or subjects(anomia) Can utter automatic speech(hello) Comprehension relatively intact Most also have partial paralysis of one side of the body(hemiplegia If extensive, not much recovery over timeBroca’s Aphasia Brodmann 44, 45 • Lesions in the left inferior frontal region (Broca’s area) • Nonfluent, labored, and hesitant speech • Most also lost the ability to name persons or subjects (anomia) • Can utter automatic speech (“hello”) • Comprehension relatively intact • Most also have partial paralysis of one side of the body (hemiplegia) • If extensive, not much recovery over time