What aphasia means?
One of the hidden challenges after stroke is aphasia. By this term we mean the impaired ability to communicate. In aphasia we can observe:
- Difficulty understanding speech;
- Difficulty understanding complex sentences;
- Difficulty understanding speech when talking to two or more people at the same time;
- Impossibility of speech;
- Difficult or delayed pronunciation of words;
- Impossibility of speech, pronouncing different sounds instead of words;
- Difficulty writing;
- Reading difficulties.
Who can help us?
To overcome this challenge we can turn to specialists called aphasiologists. Most often, these are speech therapists who have specialized in solving aphasiological problems.
Learn more here: Stroke and aphasia.