ABSTRACT
How do people comprehend verbal messages? The concept of auditory comprehension ranges from a simple, literal decoding of the words of an utterance, to a deeper, complete understanding of what a speaker meant by what was said in a particular context (Clark 1978), In either case, auditory comprehension (AC) represents a very complex cognitive task, as evidenced by the difficulties of studying its disruption due to brain injury. While one of the most common characteristics of aphasia, auditory comprehension disorders can only be inferred from an aphasic individual's response to a stimulus (Reidel 1981)
