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For which type of aphasia is careful listening and needs anticipation most useful?

A. Expressive aphasia
B. Receptive aphasia
C. Global aphasia
D. Anomic aphasia

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Careful listening and anticipation of needs are most useful in dealing with receptive aphasia, where individuals have difficulty understanding language. Receptive aphasia, or Wernicke's aphasia, affects language comprehension, thus requiring such attentiveness from caregivers.

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Careful listening and needs anticipation are most useful for dealing with receptive aphasia, which is the loss of the ability to understand received language, whether spoken or written. In receptive aphasia, also known as Wernicke's aphasia, individuals can produce speech but often have difficulty understanding what is said to them, making it necessary for caregivers and communicators to be attentive and proactive in interpreting the needs and responses of the patient.

A patient responding to the question 'What is your name?' with a look of incomprehension is likely affected in the regions of the brain associated with language comprehension, indicating that they may be experiencing receptive aphasia.

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