Question 1

is alcohol a primary cause of anomic aphasia?

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Unlikely: Although perhaps the alcohol has promoted a co-morbidity or repetitive falling has caused trauma to the brain.  Typically, aphasia of this sort is secondary to a localized stroke over the dominant hemisphere of the brain.

Question 2

what does it feel like to have broca's aphasia? how can you support someone with it?

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Broca aphasia: Broca aphasia is a stroke affecting the speech area. The patient can understand you but is not normally able to form speech or a sentence  - with aggressive speech therapy there can be significant improvement

Question 3

what can help improve anomic aphasia?

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SLT: Speech and language therapy can be very helpful to improve aphasia.  Treatment usually concentrates on word-finding skills.

Question 4

dysphasia vs aphasia?

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As below: Dysphasia means trouble in swallowing, aphasia means trouble in language.

Question 5

does aphasia from a concussion go away?

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See below: A concussion causes loss of consciousness, loss of memory, or combination, but persistent aphasia is due to traumatic brain injury associated with the head trauma and needs further investigation.  Healing may occur over 18-24 months, but would not wait to discover outcome.  See a neurologist.

Question 6

what is good aphasia treatment software?

Accepted Answer

Aphasia: Their is not much available in the way of software for treating aphasia. The best treatment is work with a speech therapist for speech training.

Question 7

are there treatments for progessive aphasia?

Accepted Answer

Treatment aphasia: Treatment of aphasia depends on the cause. Speech therapy may help. Progressive aphasia indicated more likely a degenerative disease and there is no specific treatment available right now.

Question 8

information on agnosia and aphasia services?

Accepted Answer

Sensations VS speech: Aphasia is the inability to process language. The impairment can be in inability to talk, to understand, to name objects, to write, to read, to repeat, or to do all these tasks.  The lesion in the brain is usually in the dominant hemisphere. Agnosia is related to aphasia but  has to do with inability to recognize sensory impulses as perceived by the senses (inability to recognize, odors, sounds).

Question 9

what is the difference between dementia and aphasia?

Accepted Answer

Ability vs Memory: Aphasia is a problem specifically of language. It is usually caused by damage to specific areas of the brain.  The person may be able to understand others and know what they want to say, but are unable to form the words (expressive aphasia)
Dementia is primarily a problem of memory. A person may forget a second language or be unable to remember the names for specific objects.

Question 10

can someone explain this to me.--post stroke aphasia)?

Accepted Answer

Speech/language: Aphasia is an impairment of language or speech that can occur following any type of injury (trauma, tumor, stroke, infection) which involves one the speech areas of the brain.

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