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The presentation of global aphasia are those of severe Expressive aphasia and Receptive aphasia combined. There is absence or severe impairment of both comprehension and expression of language. Persons with global aphasia are often mute or reduced to a few stereotyped words or sounds.
What is interesting to point out is that with patients of global aphasia other cognitive skills remain functioning - a phenomenon affirming that language faculty is indeed a separate domain.
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