Speechshore - Aphasia: A Language Disorder Due to Brain Damage

Aphasia: A Language Disorder Due to Brain Damage
Aphasia is a cognitive-communication disorder resulting from brain damage, typically caused by:
Stroke
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Neurodegenerative diseases
Brain tumors
Infections
Characteristics vary depending on the lesion site.
Aphasia affects an individual's ability to:
Express thoughts
Understand language
Repeat words/phrases
Name objects
Classification:
Fluent Aphasia
Patients can form sentences, but with:
Paraphasia (inaccurate word substitutions)
Neologisms (made-up words)
Circumlocutions (describing words)
Non-Fluent Aphasia
Patients struggle to form sentences, characterized by:
Short phrases
Word-finding difficulties
Omission of words
Telegraphic speech (omitting small words



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