<unk>  (AVA), also known as pure word deafness, is the inability to comprehend speech. Individuals with this disorder lose the ability to understand language, repeat words, and write from dictation. Some patients with AVA describe hearing spoken language as meaningless noise, often as though the person speaking was doing so in a foreign language. However, spontaneous speaking, reading, and writing are preserved. The maintenance of the ability to process non-speech<unk>  information, including music, also remains relatively more intact than spoken language comprehension. Individuals who exhibit pure word deafness are also still able to recognize non-verbal sounds. The ability to interpret language via lip reading, hand gestures, and context clues is preserved as well. Sometimes, this agnosia is preceded by cortical deafness; however, this is not always the case. Researchers have documented that in most patients exhibiting<unk> , the discrimination of consonants is more difficult than that of vowels, but as with most neurological disorders, there is variation among patients.<unk>  (AVA) is not the same as<unk>  agnosia; patients with (nonverbal)<unk>  agnosia have a relatively more intact speech comprehension system despite their impaired recognition of nonspeech sounds.
Auditory verbal agnosia
Visuospatial dysgnosia
Apperceptive agnosia
Integrative agnosia
Hemispatial neglect
Phonagnosia
Associative visual agnosia
Social-emotional agnosia