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Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain damage, often after a stroke. Learn about the types, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of aphasia, and how it affects communication and quality of life.
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Aphasia is a symptom of some other condition, such as a stroke or a brain tumor.
A person with aphasia may:
•Speak in short or incomplete sentences
•Speak in sentences that don't make sense
•Substitute one word for another or one sound for another
•Speak unrecognizable words
Because aphasia is often a sign of a serious problem, such as a stroke, seek emergency medical care if you or a loved one suddenly develop:
•Difficulty speaking
•Trouble understanding speech
•Difficulty with word recall
•Problems with reading or writing
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The most common cause of aphasia is brain damage resulting from a stroke — the blockage or rupture of a blood vessel in the brain. Loss of blood to the brain leads to brain cell death or damage in areas that control language.
Brain damage caused by a severe head injury, a tumor, an infection or a degenerative process also can cause aphasia. In these cases, the aphasia usually occurs with other types of cognitive problems, such as memory problems or confusion.
Primary progressive aphasia is the term used for language difficulty that develops gradually. This is due to the gradual degeneration of brain cells located in the language networks. Sometimes this type of aphasia will progress to a more generalized dementia.
Sometimes temporary episodes of aphasia can occur. These can be due to migraines, seizures or a transient ischemic attack (TIA). A transient ischemic attack (TIA) occurs when blood flow is temporarily blocked to an area of the brain. People who've had a are at an increased risk of having a stroke in the near future.
Aphasia can create numerous quality-of-life problems because communication is so much a part of your life. Communication difficulty may affect your:
•Job
•Relationships
•Day-to-day function
Difficulty expressing wants and needs can result in embarrassment, frustration, isolation and depression. Other problems may occur together, such as more difficulty moving around and problems with memory and thinking.
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Aphasia is a disorder that affects how you communicate, often caused by brain damage from a stroke or a head injury. Learn about the types, patterns and complications of aphasia, and how to treat it with speech and language therapy.
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain damage, often after a stroke or head injury. Learn about the different types of aphasia, how they are diagnosed and treated, and what research is being done to help people with aphasia.
Aphasia is a language disorder that affects communication after a stroke or brain injury. Learn about the different types of aphasia, such as global, Broca's, Wernicke's, and primary progressive aphasia, and how to cope with them.
Speech therapy. In aphasia (sometimes called dysphasia ), [a] a person may be unable to comprehend or unable to formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions. [2] The major causes are stroke and head trauma; prevalence is hard to determine but aphasia due to stroke is estimated to be 0.1–0.4% in the Global North. [3]
Apr 12, 2022 · Aphasia is a brain disorder that affects speaking or understanding language. Learn about the different types of aphasia, how they happen, and how to treat them.
