What is Aphasia?

Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage to the parts of the brain that contain language. It may cause difficulties in speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
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What causes aphasia?

Aphasia is most often caused by stroke. However, any disease or damage to the parts of the brain that control language can cause aphasia. These include brain tumors, traumatic brain injury, and progressive neurological disorders.

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What are some signs or symptoms of aphasia?

The specific symptoms and severity of aphasia vary depending on the location and extent of brain damage. Individuals with aphasia may have one or more of the following problems:

Difficulty producing language:

Difficulty coming up with the words they want to say
Substitute the intended word with another word (e.g., “chicken” for “fish” or “radio” for “ball”)
Switch sounds within words (e.g., “wish dasher” for “dishwasher”)
Use made-up words (e.g., “frigilin”)
Have difficulty putting words together to form sentences
String together words fluently but without making sense

Difficulty understanding language:

Misunderstand what others say, especially when they speak fast or in long sentences
Find it hard to understand speech in background noise or in group situations
Misinterpret jokes and take the literal meaning of figurative speech (e.g., “it’s raining cats and dogs”)

Difficulty reading and writing:

Difficulty comprehending written texts
Problems spelling and putting words together to write sentences
Difficulty understanding number concepts (e.g., telling time, counting money, adding/subtracting)

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How can Speech and Feeding therapy clinic assist you?

Our skilled pathologists evaluate our clients with a variety of tools to determine the type and severity of aphasia. We will then customise a therapy programme with activities to improve specific language skills affected by damage to the brain. Our therapy programmes are specially designed to be functional, relevant and enjoyable for the individual client.