what symptoms indicate that you have aphasia?

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and how do you get it? is it a permanent thing?
Aphasia is a neurological disorder caused by damage to the portions of the brain that are responsible for language. Primary signs of the disorder include difficulty in expressing oneself when speaking, trouble understanding speech, and difficulty with reading and writing. Aphasia is not a disease, but a symptom of brain damage. Most commonly seen in adults who have suffered a stroke, aphasia can also result from a brain tumor, infection, head injury, or dementia that damages the brain. The type and severity of language dysfunction depends on the precise location and extent of the damaged brain tissue. In some instances, an individual will completely recover from aphasia without treatment. In most cases, however, language therapy should begin as soon as possible and be tailored to the individual needs of the patient. Rehabilitation with a speech pathologist involves extensive exercises in which patients read, write, follow directions, and repeat what they hear. Computer-aided therapy may supplement standard language therapy. The outcome of aphasia is difficult to predict given the wide range of variability of the condition. Generally, people who are younger or have less extensive brain damage fare better. The location of the injury is also important and is another clue to prognosis. In general, patients tend to recover skills in language comprehension more completely than those skills involving expression.  (+ info)

What is saying the same word so many times in Broca's Aphasia called?

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If a Broca's aphasic says the same word so many times and he keeps repeating it, there is a certain word for it , does anybody know? .. For example you ask him a bout a picture of a car, and you want him to say car. He says car car car car...what is this called?
thnx guys so much.. I guess the word that i wanted is perseveration..
Not sure about Broca's, but in Tourette Disorder the repeating of words or sounds is called Echolalia.  (+ info)

Lately, I have been having trouble with using a similiar word in place of the word I mean. Is this aphasia?

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An example of this would be if I was trying to say that I had accepted a letter instead I would write I excepted it. This is extremely out of character for me to mix up words like this. Is it something that should concern me?
Reading this, I don't think you do.


What types of aphasia are there?
There are two broad categories of aphasia: fluent and non-fluent.

Damage to the temporal lobe (the side portion) of the brain may result in a fluent aphasia called Wernicke’s aphasia (see figure). In most people, the damage occurs in the left temporal lobe, although it can result from damage to the right lobe as well. People with Wernicke’s aphasia may speak in long sentences that have no meaning, add unnecessary words, and even create made-up words. For example, someone with Wernicke’s aphasia may say, “You know that smoodle pinkered and that I want to get him round and take care of him like you want before.” As a result, it is often difficult to follow what the person is trying to say. People with Wernicke’s aphasia usually have great difficulty understanding speech, and they are often unaware of their mistakes. These individuals usually have no body weakness because their brain injury is not near the parts of the brain that control movement.

A type of non-fluent aphasia is Broca’s aphasia. People with Broca’s aphasia have damage to the frontal lobe of the brain. They frequently speak in short phrases that make sense but are produced with great effort. They often omit small words such as ”is,” ”and,” and ”the.” For example, a person with Broca’s aphasia may say, ”Walk dog,” meaning, ”I will take the dog for a walk,” or ”book book two table,” for ”There are two books on the table.” People with Broca’s aphasia typically understand the speech of others fairly well. Because of this, they are often aware of their difficulties and can become easily frustrated. People with Broca’s aphasia often have right-sided weakness or paralysis of the arm and leg because the frontal lobe is also important for motor movements.

Another type of non-fluent aphasia, global aphasia, results from damage to extensive portions of the language areas of the brain. Individuals with global aphasia have severe communication difficulties and may be extremely limited in their ability to speak or comprehend language.

There are other types of aphasia, each of which results from damage to different language areas in the brain. Some people may have difficulty repeating words and sentences even though they can speak and they understand the meaning of the word or sentence. Others may have difficulty naming objects even though they know what the object is and what it may be used for.

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What is motor aphasia and is there a way to get rid of it?

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"Motor" (also called "expressive" or "Broca's") aphasia is due to a lesion in Broca's area of the brain, which is located in the lower, more posterior part of the left frontal lobe of the cerebral cortex
The aphasia never goes away completely. Even patients who do exceptionally well in speech therapy still will have problems with naming.  (+ info)

I get Aphasia when i am suddenly woken up. Why does that happen?

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Basically when i got to bed really tired and then woken up by some one the person can't undestand what i'm saying. I undestand the person perfectly but they can't undestand anything that i say.
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What is the facial affect like in people with Broca's aphasia?

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typically people with Broca's Aphasia are able to maintain "normal" affect. The facial expressions and intonations are intact, verbal output is limited and often described as "telegraphic".
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What would you sound like if you had sporadic aphasia AND Tourette's Syndrome?

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Tourette's Syndrome sometimes causes outbursts of obscenities, but sporadic aphasia causes you to substitute inappropriate words into sentences (i.e. I want to eat cars for dinner).
My point is that you address both the sporadic aphasia and the symptom I described in my question. Although 30 percent may seem an infinitessimal amount to you, it is still a significant number. juliart, you seem to know about Tourette's Syndrome from your response (I have a friend with it who does have outbursts, but the most common symptom he shows is exagerated blinking). Tell me if Sporadic Aphasia and Tourette's Syndrom in the same person is possible and if so, how would it manifest?
The number of Tourettes cases that have accompanying coprolalia (saying obscenities) is very small. Although Coprolalia is the most widely known symptom, coprolalia occurs in as low as 5-15% of patients and 5-30% in some clinical series.

I hope that you are not making a joke. I'ts not funny.

Insensitive hollywood types have grasped this and made it the most popular symptom, even though MOST PEOPLE WITH TOURETES DO NOT HAVE THIS SYMPTOM.

So what is your point?  (+ info)

i'm trying to get some information on "aphasia" learning disability. What does this mea and what can.be done

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my daughter is hearing impaired and diagnosised as "aphasia." Time seems to play a factor in learning and it take more time in order to process information than usual. any valueable information or medical advice would be appreciated. thank you
Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to language centers of the brain. For almost all right-handers and for about 1/2 of left-handers, damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia. As a result, individuals who were previously able to communicate through speaking, listening, reading and writing become more limited in their ability to do so. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke, but gunshot wounds, blows to the head, other traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, and other sources of brain damage can also cause aphasia.

Some people with aphasia have problems primarily with expressive language (what is said) while others have their major problems with receptive language (what is understood). In still other cases, both expressive language and receptive language are obviously impaired. Language is affected not only in its oral form of talking and understanding but also in its written form of reading and writing . Typically, reading and writing are more impaired than oral communication. The nature of the problems varies from person to person depending on many factors but most importantly on the amount and location of the damage to the brain.


check some of the sites i have provided  (+ info)

could anyone suggest what should i do as my husband is suffering from aphasia disease?

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he lost his full memory and he is unable to speak anything
he his totally lost from his laife
pla help me
Hi
I know that you must be very scared and worried about your husband and your life now and I feel for you. The answer to your question is very complex, but since you have access to a computer, I would like to refer you to a website: www.aphasia.org. This is a website for the National Aphasia Association. If you click on the links for Aphasia Community and then on the State Representative Network, you will be able to find someone in your state to contact. Local resources vary, but there are generally good aphasia programs at rehabilitation hospitals and inexpensive options at Universities. Also, check out the NIH website clinicaltrials.gov to see if your husband might qualify for a free trial of therapy. Not knowing the details about your husband, I hesitate to offer a prognosis, but know that many people make surprisingly good recoveries and that progress continues for years, even indefinitely with hard work and determination. The previous answer was right about getting good medical care.

I wish you and your husband the best. Good luck  (+ info)

Can Aphasia ( Communication Prblm) Cause due to Tension?

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I think i am having Aphasia.I cannot express or pronouce the words properly.Everbody is having difficulty in understading what i say.How can i overcome this prblm and i am having lot of tension due to a disorder of body?
Undergo a speech therapy!! It will help!!  (+ info)

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