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receptive aphasia, sensory aphasia
Aphasia in which there is impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrasic, speech and writing.

Malformed words, substitute words, and neologisms are characteristic.

When severe, and speech is incomprehensible, it is called "jargon aphasia". The patient often appears unaware of his/her deficit.

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