Children are more likely to develop aphasia after _____.

Aphasia typically results from damage to the areas of the brain responsible for language, most commonly due to a stroke. Stroke can lead to a significant loss of blood flow to specific brain regions, such as Broca's area or Wernicke's area, which are critical for speech and language processing. Children, although less commonly affected than adults, can still experience aphasia following a stroke, particularly if there is an underlying condition that predisposes them to cerebrovascular accidents.

While head trauma can indeed lead to language deficits, the specific term "aphasia" is most strongly associated with injuries that affect the language centers directly through cerebrovascular incidents like strokes. Other options like seizures or infections might affect cognition or communication, but the direct link to aphasia, as characterized by fluent or non-fluent speech, is most evident with strokes.