| Image = | Caption = | DiseasesDB = 4024 | ICD10 = -, | ICD9 = , | ICDO = | OMIM = | MedlinePlus = 003204 | eMedicineSubj = neuro | eMedicineTopic = 437 | MeshID = D001037 | }}Aphasia (or aphemia) is a loss of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to injury to brain areas specialized for these functions. It is not a result of deficits in sensory, intellect, or psychiatric functioning. (Brookshire, 1992; Goodglass 1993) It is also not muscle weakness or a cognitive disorder. Depending on the area and extent of the damage, someone suffering from aphasia may be able to speak but not write, or vice versa, or display any of a wide variety of other deficiencies in language comprehension and production, such as being able to sing but not speak. Aphasia may co-occur with speech disorders such as dysarthria or apraxia of speech, which also

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