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Aphasia symptoms and treatment

Symptoms of aphasia are:

Difficulty speaking
Trouble understanding speech
Difficulty with word recall
Problems with reading or writing

Treatment depends on the root cause. Some people can recover from a brain injury such as a stroke, depending on which parts of the brain were affected.

Rehabilitation programs, including a speech pathologist, can help with recovery. Aphasia therapy helps people with aphasia to use their remaining language abilities, restore language abilities, and learn other ways of communicating, such as gestures, pictures, or the use of electronic devices.

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Communication challenges

Some people with aphasia may speak in short or incomplete sentences or longer sentences that are non-sensical. They also use unrecognisable words.

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