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auditory agnosia

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auditory agnosia
Neurology An inability to recognize sounds, a common finding in parietal lobe tumors. See Agnosia.


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This type of language disorder is referred to as an expressive-receptive language disorder while children with the most severe deficit in language comprehension are said to have a verbal auditory agnosia (VAA).
Doctors often refer to this problem as auditory agnosia or "word deafness.
 
 
 
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