Talk:Expressive aphasia

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[edit] Merge of articles

Expressive aphasia should not be merged with Expressive language disorder, they are different disorders with different causes. It is a general language impairment that puts the person out of the general level for his/her age and onto the level of a younger or less linguistically developed person, is a good definition of Expressive language disorder but not for Expressive aphasia which is a medical diagnosis most uually due to stroke damage that has nothing to do with linguistic developement. Expressive aphasia is due to damage to the left front region of the brain. I wouldn't make this comment if I wasn't familiar with the subjects being a registered nurse before going into research. No, I do not think the articles should be merged, they both have merit and can stand on their own.--Dakota ^{t e} 00:51, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

As an undergraduate student of Speech-Language Pathology, I tend to agree with the above opinion as well that the articles should not be merged. Expressive language disorder, as already mentioned, is a developmental disorder of sorts, whereas aphasia is based in the decreased function of certain neurological structures because of some form of damage. In other words, those afflicted with expressive aphasia have, more specifically, compromised function of the expressive portion of the brain, while those with expressive language disorder lack sufficient linguistic development. Xxegonomicxx 18:50, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Erik Rodriguez, March 19, 2006