What are the different types of aphasia?

The four predominant types of aphasia include:

Expressive aphasia – You know what you want to say, but you experience difficulty articulating your thought through writing or speech.
Anomic aphasia – You see words or hear someone speaking without being able to make sense of what it means.
Receptive aphasia – You have difficulty identifying the right words you want to use while speaking.
Global aphasia – You cannot read, write, speak and comprehend speech or writing.

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