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- Can Depression Affect Your Ability to Talk and Think?People are often reluctant to see a doctor when they suffer from depression symptoms. It usually isn't until physical symptoms, such as aphasia, occur that a person will consult with a physician.
- Post-Stroke Aphasia Piece Three3. Another Poet with Aphasia
Intro to My Three New Post-Stroke Aphasia ArticlesOver a year ago, I had an unexpected but serious health issue. I had a carotid artery dissection, bled out by 99%, had several aneurysms, and suffered from a stroke and aphasia as a result. My next 3 articles will be about what has happened since then.
What's Happening in the Brain when the Words Are All Wrong ?When we hear "word salad " what's happening in the brain ?- Language Disorders in ChildrenThis article focuses on information regarding language disorders most prevalent in children, including Aphasia, Apraxia of Speech, Expressive Language Disorder, and Hyperlexia.
- Aphasia Creates Language Barriers that Require Long-Term RehabilitationAphasia will affect your ability to communicate with other people and can create a language barrier between you and the rest of the world.
- Discussing Visual AphasiaA look into visual aphasia, also known as "word blindness".
- What is Aphasia and What Causes It?Aphasia is a type of communication disorder. Its cause is usually due to some injury or damage to the language parts in the brain. Aphasia is very common in older people; it is most commonly diagnosed in people who have had a stroke.
- How the Brain Gets Us to SpeakEach word that is spoken results from complex brain commands. Understand which part of the brain sends out these orders and how these orders can be lost and restored.
- An Ode to Odd News: Tiger Woods, Beans, Bilingual Aphasia, and ThongsThe odd news of April 26, 2010 includes a raunchy Tiger Woods video game, a girl suffering from bilingual aphasia, no thongs in Mayberry, and swastika beans
- What is Broca's Speech?Broca's speech is a certain type of speech pattern that occurs after brain injury or stroke. Here's what you need to know about this speech and language disorder.
Expressive Aphasia: Familiar Songs Help Speech RecoverySinging familiar songs is one way to encourage more spoken words and boost disposition at the same time.- Aphasia: A Speech HandicapIn a condition when the normal functioning of the speech area of the brain is handicapped, a person's ability to speak is consequently curtailed. This condition is referred to as aphasia.
- AphasiaAll the general information on Aphasia you may need.
- Aphasia Awareness What it is and What You Can Do to HelpJune is National Aphasia Awareness Month. This article explains what it is and how you can help those who have aphasia.
Aphasia: Communication ChallengesLearn how aphasia affects communication and read how my husband and I deal with some of the communication challenges.
Aphasia: Communication While DrivingHere's how to help an aphasic communicate better as a passenger in the car.- What is Aphasia?Aphasia can be described as a condition that degrades the ability of language to cause injury in cortical areas of language or in the brain pathways of association.
- Aphasia-A Global TermAphasia is an umbrella term that covers the various disorders of symbolization.
- CommunicationSharon Cohen recognizes the month of June, Aphasia Awareness Month, with this submisssion in the Poetry Category. The poem speaks of her union with her husband, a stroke survivor with aphasia.
- Broca's Aphasia, Stroke & the Implication on Speech Therapy with Backwards ChainingFor stroke patients, it is important to begin speech and language therapy early especially when complications of Broca's aphasia are present.
- Aphasia & the Impact of Music Therapy on the Elderly PatientFor elderly patients, the use of music therapy provides for a method by which to resolve some of the complications associated with aphasia.
- Aphasia Sufferer's Book ClubA condition that often results from a stroke can robe people of their ability to enjoy a good read. A new type of therapy sets out to change that
- June is Aphasia Awareness Month (National)June is Aphasia Awareness Month and the professionals who work with people who have Aphasia want to bring awareness to the public and let the public know how aphasia affects are fellow human beings.
- Aphasia - a Writer's Worst NightmareStroke is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. and a major cause of long term disability in adults. Read about one of stroke's worst side effects.
How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with AphasiaNot being able to communicate in the normal way brings on a devastating sense of isolation for people with aphasia and it often causes severe depression. Learning the basic tips in this article can prevent you from unknowingly adding to a friend's loneliness and dejection.- He's in the Dog House Now!The atmosphere here on the Planet Aphasia is warping my waffles. Don't ask me what that means. If your waffles are warped, too, you'll understand. If not, trust me when I say that it's not a good thing here in the city of Caregiverville.
- Primary Progressive Aphasia Attributed to Progranulin (Muted Gene)Aphasia is language disorder as result of sudden brain injury. Primary Progressive Aphasia language disorder, onset gradual progression. The person may or may not have difficulty understanding speech. Muted gene progranulin cause PPA.
Aphasia is Not Near FantasiaSharon Cohen invites the reader to ride along for a few moments and explore the language of aphasia, the ailment of the man she recently married.- Aphasia - Unable to Communicate Due to Brain DamageAphasia affects people who have had strokes or suffered brain damage, and it can leave them unable to speak or understand others
Today's Word is 'Aphasia'According to the National Aphasia Association, an estimated one million people in the United States have acquired aphasia, or about one in every two-hundred and fifty people. With that many individuals affected by this devastating language disorder wouldn't you think....
Aphasia is Not Near FantasiaSharon Cohen invites the reader to ride along for a few moments and explore the language of aphasia, the ailment of the man she recently married.
The Ambassador from the Planet AphasiaToday was get-out-of-the-house day. We've been snow bound. Oh, not really but it makes a better story than saying we had no place to go since Friday. Today was different. We had a mission.
I'd like You to Meet "Aphasia"Sharon Cohen invites the reader to ride along for a few moments and explore the language of aphasia, the ailment of the man she recently married.- Finding Language in the Brain: What Structures Are Involved and How Do We Know?Language is a complex phenomenon and as such has equally complex neural underpinnings. This article attempts to present a very brief overview of what parts of the brain give rise to speech.
- Post-Stroke Aphasia Piece TwoLove Replaced With Doubt & Debt is the second of three new articles related to my stroke and aphasia. One year after my stroke, my husband & I got divorced. I will not pretend certain things never happened or were no big deal.
- Full Length DissectionNew notes from a Poet who is trying her best to recover from a Carotid Artery Stroke Dissection that left her with Aphasia and decreased her creative powers to read, write, remember uniquely specific details & more.
- Speech and Language Areas of the BrainThe part of the brain that controls speech and language is for many of us the left side or left hemisphere, however for some left handed people their speech can be controlled on the right hemisphere of the brain.
The Broca Area is Connected to the Wernicke AreaThe brain is a complex part of the body's nervous system. The brain controls all functions of the body, including speech.
Study: How Singing Helps Stroke Victims Regain Their SpeechOne of the most devastating complications 20 percent of stroke victims can face is the loss of speech. A recent Harvard study revealed that singing can help many of them talk again. Here's how.
