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'''Wernicke's aphasia''' is a syndrome<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> first described described by [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]]. It was originally known as [[sensory aphasia]] but is now known as Wernicke's aphasia in his honor<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.   

{{merge|Wernicke's area}}'''Wernicke's aphasia''' is a syndrome<ref>http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1318.html</ref> first described described by [[Germany|German]] [[neurology|neurologist]] [[Carl Wernicke]]. It was originally known as [[sensory aphasia]] but is now known as Wernicke's aphasia in his honor<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.   

[[Image:Wernicke_brain.gif|right|200px|frame|Wernicke's drawing of the brain]]The syndrome was first noted in a male patient of Wernicke who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to [[speech|speak]] and [[hearing|hear]], the [[man]] could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the [[death]] of the patient, Wernicke conducted an [[autopsy]] and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's left [[brain]] hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. It is now known as [[Wernicke's area]]. The syndrome was first documented in 1874 in ''The Aphasic Symptom Complex'' a book which propelled Wernicke to international fame<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.  

[[Image:Wernicke_brain.gif|right|200px|frame|Wernicke's drawing of the brain]]The syndrome was first noted in a male patient of Wernicke who had suffered a [[stroke]], despite still being able to [[speech|speak]] and [[hearing|hear]], the [[man]] could barely understand what was said to him nor could he understand [[writing|written]] words. Following the [[death]] of the patient, Wernicke conducted an [[autopsy]] and found a lesion in the rear parietal/temporal region of the patient's left [[brain]] hemisphere. Wernicke concluded that this region was involved in speech comprehension as it was close to the auditory region of the brain. It is now known as [[Wernicke's area]]. The syndrome was first documented in 1874 in ''The Aphasic Symptom Complex'' a book which propelled Wernicke to international fame<ref>http://www.uic.edu/depts/mcne/founders/page0101.html</ref>.