Glossary
Terms used in accessibility research and practice. Each entry has a definition, common aliases, and category tags.
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- Wernicke's Aphasia(also: Fluent Aphasia, Receptive Aphasia, Sensory Aphasia)
- A type of aphasia caused by damage to Wernicke's area in the left temporal lobe of the brain. People with Wernicke's aphasia can produce fluent speech with normal rhythm and grammar, but their words often don't make sense—they may use incorrect words, made-up words (neologisms),…
- Western Aphasia Battery(also: WAB, WAB-R, Western Aphasia Battery-Revised)
- A standardized assessment tool used to evaluate language function in adults with acquired neurological disorders, particularly aphasia following stroke or brain injury. The WAB measures spontaneous speech, auditory verbal comprehension, repetition, and naming to classify aphasia…
- Word-Finding Difficulty(also: Anomia, Word Retrieval Difficulty, Tip-of-the-Tongue)
- A common symptom of aphasia where a person knows what they want to say but cannot retrieve the correct word. Word-finding difficulties can range from occasional pauses to severe impairment where even common words become inaccessible. The experience is often described as having a…
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