Aphasia
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"Given the existence as uttered forth in the public works of Puncher and Wattmann of a personal God quaquaquaqua with white beard quaquaquaqua outside time without extension who from the heights of divine apathia divine athambia divine aphasia loves us dearly with some exceptions for reasons unknown but time will tell and suffers like the divine Miranda with those who for reasons unknown but time will tell are plunged in torment..." --Waiting for Godot |
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A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernike's area, causes aphasia.
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History
The first recorded case of aphasia is from an Egyptian papyrus, the Edwin Smith Papyrus, which details speech problems in a person with a traumatic brain injury to the temporal lobe.
Notable cases
Maurice Ravel
Jan Berry of Jan and Dean
Sven Nykvist
Robert E. Lee
Edwyn Collins
Paul David Wilson
Joseph Chaikin
Sir John Hale
In fiction
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