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Communication can be broken down into expressive and receptive language. Expressive language includes speaking and writing and receptive language includes understanding the speech of others and reading. Aphasia can be a deficit in one, multiple, or all of these areas. It’s difficult to break down the specifics of aphasia because the medical terms we use are often different when we are talking about a person with aphasia after a stroke (Broca’s, Wernicke’s, Conduction, Anomic, Global, etc.) versu