Transcortical sensory aphasia involves damage to specific areas of the brain’s temporal lobe, resulting in symptoms such as poor auditory comprehension, relatively intact repetition, and fluent speech. TSA is a fluent aphasia similar to Wernicke’s aphasia (receptive aphasia), except for a strong ability to repeat words and phrases. The person may repeat questions rather than answer them. When clinically examined, patients with TSA will exhibit poor comprehension of verbal commands. Their speech is fluent but often error prone. Their speech is often unintelligible as they tend to use the wrong words, e.g., tree instead of train or use words in senseless and incorrect combinations.
