impressive aphasia

sen·so·ry a·pha·si·a

aphasia with impairment in the comprehension of spoken and written words, associated with effortless, articulated, but paraphrastic speech and writing; malformed words, substitute words, and neologisms are characteristic. When condition severe and speech is incomprehensible, it is called jargon aphasia. The patient often appears unaware of the deficit.

Synonym(s): fluent aphasia, impressive aphasia, posterior aphasia, psychosensory aphasia, receptive aphasia, Wernicke aphasia

impressive aphasia

(1) Dissociative language syndrome(s), see there.
(2) Wernicke's aphasia, see there; also known as sensory aphasia.