aphasia
Words become unreachable
Aphasia is the loss or impairment of the ability to use or understand language, typically caused by brain damage from stroke, injury, or disease.
Someone with aphasia may struggle to find words, form sentences, or comprehend speech, though their intelligence remains intact: After the stroke, her aphasia made conversation exhausting.
Inability to recall words
- word-findingAccessing stored vocabulary
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- neologismNewly created expression
- phonologyScience of language sounds
semantics · syntax · fluency · articulation · comprehension · repetition · naming · reading
Sudden brain blood blockage
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- neurologyMedical science of nerves
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
MRI · CT scan · neuroplasticity · cerebral cortex · hemiparesis · neurosurgeon · encephalopathy · lesion
Treatment for communication disorders
- gesturesExpressive body movements
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- picturesVisual depictions of scenes
- symbolsMarks conveying meaning
caregiver · listener · conversation · turn-taking · cueing · prompting · rephrasing · patience
Displeasure from blocked efforts
- isolationComplete separation from others
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
depression · identity loss · embarrassment · withdrawal · anger · adjustment · coping · support group
Speech-controlling brain region
- globalRelating to entire world
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- receptiveOpen to input
anomia
Inability to recall words
- word-findingAccessing stored vocabulary
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- neologismNewly created expression
phonology · semantics · syntax · fluency · articulation · comprehension · repetition · naming · reading · writing
stroke
Sudden brain blood blockage
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- neurologyMedical science of nerves
rehabilitation · MRI · CT scan · neuroplasticity · cerebral cortex · hemiparesis · neurosurgeon · encephalopathy · lesion · infarct
speech therapy
Treatment for communication disorders
- gesturesExpressive body movements
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
- picturesVisual depictions of scenes
symbols · caregiver · listener · conversation · turn-taking · cueing · prompting · rephrasing · patience · context clues
frustration
Displeasure from blocked efforts
- isolationComplete separation from others
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
anxiety · depression · identity loss · embarrassment · withdrawal · anger · adjustment · coping · support group · self-advocacy
Broca's
Speech-controlling brain region
- globalRelating to entire world
- conductionHeat transfer through contact
- expressiveShowing feelings outwardly
- speech disordersstuttering, stammering, stammer, dysarthria, slurred speech
- Neuropsychologycognition, memory test, cognitive test, executive function, working memory
- A- wordsamoral, apathy, atheist, atypical, asymmetric
- brain damagebrain lesions, brain swelling, cognitive decline, cognitive deficits, dementia
- brain symptomsamnesia, agnosia, apraxia, confusion, dementia
- cognitive disordersdementia, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, vascular dementia
aphasiafluency
Smooth linguistic command
eloquence · verbal fluency · language proficiency · articulacy · speech
aphasiaeloquence
Persuasive verbal grace
articulateness · expressiveness · silver tongue · gift of gab · loquacity
- Broca's aphasiaLanguage disorder affecting speech output