Dysprosody

Overview
Dysprosody is a type of speech disorder that occurs following a lesion of the nondominant hemisphere of the brain. In dysprosody, the patient has difficulty in the expression or comprehension of the emotional components of speech, such as melody, emphasis, inflection, and gesturing.

Expressive dysprosody
Expressive dysprosody is characterized by an inability to express inflection or emotion in speech. It results from a lesion of the area corresponding to Broca's area but on the nondominant hemisphere.

Receptive dysprosody
Receptive dysprosody is characterized by an inability to comprehend inflection or emotion in speech. It results from a lesion of the area corresponding to Wenicke's area but on the nondominant hemisphere.