What Is Nominal Aphasia?
Nominal aphasia is a type of aphasia, or acquired language impairment, characterized by a severe difficulty recalling names or words. The condition is also sometimes called anomic, amnesic, or amnestic aphasia, or anomia. Nominal aphasia is usually caused by brain trauma, such as head injury, brain tumor, or stroke. A less severe difficulty recalling names or words is called dysnomia.
Nominal aphasia is a type of aphasia, or acquired language impairment, characterized by a severe difficulty recalling names or words. The condition is also sometimes called anomic, amnesic, or amnestic aphasia, or anomia. Nominal aphasia is usually caused by brain trauma, such as head injury, brain tumor, or stroke. A less severe difficulty recalling names or words is called dysnomia. Nominal aphasia is caused by damage to either the parietal lobe or the temporal lobe of the brain. The parietal lobe is responsible for integrating sensory information, while the temporal lobe is responsible for processing auditory information, as well as semantics in speech and vision. The brain damage involves a breakdown in the neural pathways within the brain.
