What is unique about his language deficit

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A 55-year-old male awakens in the morning with a feeling of weakness and tingling at his right arm and face. He also has slurred speech and is using inappropriate words. For example, when his family members ask if he is okay, he points to the bathroom and says, "I just need to go to the delicatessen." His family calls 911 and he is treated by paramedics and taken to a stroke center where they confirm he is having a stroke caused by a clot in the proximal branch of his middle cerebral artery. What is a stroke? How is a stroke diagnosed and treated? If you don't really know this, some of your classmates may have some information to share that can start the conversation. What regions of the brain are affected and how do you know? What is unique about his language deficit? Why might he have slurred speech? Do you think he might have cognitive impairment? How do you know?

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