A non-fluent aphasia similar to Broca’s, but with better repetition skills. Patients may struggle to initiate speech despite good comprehension.

• Speech pattern: Reduced, non-fluent speech
• Repetition: Surprisingly good ability to repeat words and phrases
• Initiation: Difficulty initiating speech spontaneously
• Comprehension: Usually good understanding of language

People with transcortical motor aphasia may respond better in structured conversations where they can repeat or directly respond to others, but struggle with initiating conversation or generating novel speech.

• Sentence completion tasks to reduce hesitation
• Verb and noun drills to build vocabulary