Dyslexia vs. Aphasia — What's the Difference?

Dyslexia, also known as reading disorder, is characterized by trouble with reading despite normal intelligence. Different people are affected to different degrees.

Aphasia is an inability to comprehend or formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. The major causes are a cerebral vascular accident (stroke) or head trauma.

A learning disability marked by impairment of the ability to recognize and comprehend written words.

Inability (or impaired ability) to understand or produce speech, as a result of brain damage.

A learning disability characterized by reading and writing difficulties.

Partial or total loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken or written language, resulting from damage to the brain from injury or disease.

An impaired ability to read.

(pathology) A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia.

Impaired ability to learn to read

Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain.

Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion