Aphasia is a brain disorder that disrupts speech and understanding, often caused by head injuries, stroke, or tumors. It is a language disorder that occurs after brain damage, usually resulting from damage to specific parts of the brain responsible for language. The most common types of post-stroke aphasia are Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, and other types.
There are many types of aphasia, each presenting differently and helping with different types of therapy or communication. Aphasia usually results from disorders that do not cause progressive damage, such as stroke, head trauma, or encephalitis. In such cases, aphasia does not worsen.
There are multiple types of aphasia, each presenting differently and helping with different types of therapy or communication. The location of the damage in the brain determines the type of aphasia you have. Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by limited speech output, while global aphasia is related to extensive anterior-posterior lesions of the left hemisphere. Conduction aphasia is an acquired disorder of language, attributable to focal lesions in the posterior area of the dominant cortical hemisphere that impair the speech. Global aphasia denotes severe impairment in all aspects of language, often involving both anterior and posterior language areas (Broca and Wernicke). Transcortical Sensory Aphasia (TSA) involves a lesion at the posterior portion of the temporal or parietal lobes.
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Listen to Byron Peterson, a stroke survivor with fluent aphasia, speak with typically effortless speech with impaired meaning and …
What’s the difference between Wernicke’s and Broca’s?
The Wernicke and Broca areas are of great importance in the context of human language. The Wernicke area is responsible for the comprehension of word meaning, while the Broca area, in conjunction with the motor cortex, regulates speech.
Is Wernicke’s area anterior or posterior?
The Wernicke area, discovered in 1874 by German neurologist Carl Wernicke, is one of two areas in the cerebral cortex responsible for speech comprehension. Located in Brodmann area 22, it encompasses the auditory cortex on the lateral sulcus and is typically found on the left side of the dominant hemisphere. Damage to the Wernicke area results in a fluent but receptive aphasia, where the patient cannot comprehend or express written or spoken language.
This condition can also result in auditory incomprehension, meaning the individual cannot understand what is being spoken to them. Wernicke aphasia is often unaware of their lack of comprehension. The Wernicke area is crucial for basal life and may be damaged by various disease etiologies due to its prominent involvement. The area receives its vascular supply from the inferior temporal branch of the middle cerebral artery and drains blood via two primary routes.
What is damaged in Broca’s aphasia?
Broca’s aphasia is a condition caused by damage to Broca’s area in the frontal lobe, responsible for speech and motor movement. Named after French physician Pierre Paul Broca, it is also known as expressive aphasia. Symptoms include difficulty understanding speech, but not fluency, as the brain struggles to control speech fluency. This can lead to frustration as the individual knows what they want to say but cannot articulate it fluently.
What area of damage is Wernicke’s aphasia?
Wernicke’s aphasia, also known as receptive aphasia, is a condition where the Wernicke area, the brain’s area controlling language, is damaged. This condition, also known as sensory aphasia or fluent aphasia, results in difficulty in understanding others’ words but allows for long sentences with irregular grammar and made-up words. It can also cause issues with reading and writing, as individuals may see or hear words but not understand them.
Broca’s aphasia, also known as expressive aphasia, is a non-fluent aphasia that causes slower speech. Despite understanding language, individuals with Broca’s aphasia struggle to form sentences due to damage to the frontal lobe of the brain. Both conditions can lead to difficulties in reading and writing.
What type of aphasia results from damage to?
Wernicke’s aphasia is a common type of fluent aphasia caused by damage to the temporal lobe of the brain. Individuals with this condition may speak in long, incomplete sentences with no meaning, adding unnecessary words or creating made-up words. This results in difficulty following the speaker’s intended message and often leads to unawareness of their spoken mistakes. Another hallmark of this aphasia is difficulty understanding speech.
Is Broca’s aphasia anterior or posterior?
Language processing has been linked to Broca’s area since Pierre Paul Broca reported impairments in two patients who lost their ability to speak after injury to the posterior inferior frontal gyrus (pars triangularis) (BA45) of the brain. This area is now typically defined in terms of the pars opercularis and pars triangularis of the inferior frontal gyrus, represented in Brodmann’s cytoarchitectonic map as Brodmann area 44 and Brodmann area 45 of the dominant hemisphere.
Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has shown language processing to involve the third part of the inferior frontal gyrus, the pars orbitalis, and the ventral part of BA6, which are now often included in a larger area called Broca’s region. Studies of chronic aphasia have implicated Broca’s area in various speech and language functions, and fMRI studies have identified activation patterns associated with various language tasks.
What is an example of receptive aphasia?
Wernicke’s aphasia is a neurological condition that impairs an individual’s ability to comprehend and utilize language effectively. This results in the use of words that may appear to be grammatically correct sentences but lack meaningful coherence. For instance, an individual with Wernicke’s aphasia may refer to a fork as a “gleeble.”
What is an example of Broca’s aphasia?
Broca’s aphasia is a condition where the brain’s ability to process information is impaired, causing difficulty in understanding complex grammatical structures like passive sentences. This can be particularly challenging for individuals with Broca’s aphasia, who may struggle to comprehend complex or unfamiliar topics. However, advanced speech therapy apps like Advanced Comprehension Therapy can help improve understanding of these structures.
However, many individuals with Broca’s aphasia still struggle with understanding complex or unfamiliar topics, especially when speech is fast, multiple people are speaking, or there is background noise. Even if they seem to understand, they may miss some nuanced information, particularly in numbers and jokes. Therefore, it is essential for individuals with Broca’s aphasia to be aware of their language and use it effectively to improve their comprehension.
What type of aphasia is Wernicke’s area?
Wernicke’s aphasia, also referred to as fluent aphasia, is a neurological condition that affects an individual’s ability to comprehend and express language. Despite the individual’s ability to speak fluently and produce long sentences, their speech may lack coherence and may not convey a meaningful message.
What is the difference between Broca’s and Wernicke’s aphasia?
Wernicke’s aphasia is a condition where language output is fluent with normal rate and intonation, but content is often difficult to understand due to paraphrastic errors. These errors can be semantic or phenomic, and can result in neologisms or word salad, making communication nearly unintelligible. Patients may substitute generic words instead of their desired words. Reading comprehension is also impaired in Wernicke’s aphasia, and repetition is also impaired.
Unlike Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia patients speak with normal fluency and prosody, following grammatical rules with normal sentence structure. Associated neurological symptoms depend on the size and location of the lesion, including visual field deficits, trouble with calculation, and writing. Patients with Wernicke’s aphasia often do not have hemiparesis accompanying the language deficit and do not display the same degree of emotional outbursts and depression as those with Broca’s aphasia.
Repetition and naming items are usually abnormal, and in some cases, reading impairment is present. Abnormal spelling is an early clue to Wernicke’s aphasia. Generally, patients with Wernicke’s aphasia are not aware of their deficits, but they become frustrated when others cannot understand their words. Sometimes, they may become aware of language errors when presented in an audio format.
What is expressive aphasia likely the result of damage to?
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the left side of the brain, which controls language expression and comprehension. It can be caused by stroke and affects both men and women equally. Aphasia is most common in those over 65 years of age and can be diagnosed based on the affected area of the language-dominant side of the brain and the extent of the damage. It can lead to difficulty understanding, speaking, reading, or writing.
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… very classic of warn Aphasia also called as receptive aphasia that happens due to esmic stroke or damage due to the posterior …
I have a dementia patient who speaks like this, one day I brought my daughter to the dementia unit and the woman said- as clear as day- “Look at the little girl! What is your name” we had never ever heard her speak a sentence that made sense, she was so happy to see a little kid. It was really a changing moment for me as a health care provider.
“I hope the world lasts for you” Sometimes people with these sorts of conditions can suddenly cut through with something that deeply resonates in an uncanny way. When my grandmother was in the hospital with a head injury which sharply progressed her dementia, for the most part I couldn’t really make sense of what she was saying, but then one moment she got quiet and looked right at me with the purest and sweetest look of true interest and mild concern and asked me “What is your truth?” She left me with a question that I can still ponder over all these years later.
My ex had a stroke affecting his speech like this. He was aware that the words out of his mouth weren’t as planned, got frustrated but also had a giggle at the absurdity of it sometimes. Helping him with some shopping he asked me to put some things in the ‘safety sausage farm’, looking at the fridge.
My father has global aphasia. His language is limited, and typically has about 20 words on rotation, some are english some are gibberish. But they all mean something we understand. Much like this man Byron, one of my Dad’s favourite words is also, “happy” 🙂 I’m constantly reminded to be happy when I’m with him. So much to be grateful for.
I showed this article to my husband a while ago because I thought it was so interesting. A few days later I was upset about something and crying, and my husband just hugged me and said “I’m happy, are you pretty?” And it just made me laugh and I felt so much better. Now we say it to each other all the time. I wish I could tell Byron that his unique expressions made other people smile!
Syntactically perfectly sound, but semantically shattered. This is so interesting from a linguistic perspective. It almost reminds me of how some neural network learning algorithms generate sentences. The structure works, but its practical function doesn’t because it’s referentially disconnected from whatever the speaker is trying to actually talk about. I’m far from a neurologist, but I can’t help but wonder what the implications of this are for how our brains compartmentalize language.
After his stroke, my grandfather could only say “Same place” and “take you to that same place.” He could also express “yes” and “no” but not very eloquently (kinda like “yah” and “nah” but he’d mostly just nod or shake his head.) Interestingly enough, he could also say certain cuss words… I’m not sure how many he could say, but I’ll never forget when he loudly said “Gaaawd Damn” in church one time. It’s always made me wonder if cuss words live in a different part of the mind. For anyone interested, an example of a conversation with him would be like: -Me: “Hey Granddad” -Him: “Same place!” -Me: “How was Easter?” -Him: “Same place! Take you to that saaaame place.” -Me: “Did you eat any deviled eggs?” -Him: “Saaaame place same place. Take youuu to that saaaame place.”
My grandpa recently had a stroke and he sometimes mixed a few words with others. One day he was complaining about the “shape of his tank” and kept pointing towards his head so I assumed he didn’t like how his hair had grown out during recovery. Well, I gave him a haircut and shaved his face and he was happy about it. A month later he recovers and remembers bits and pieces after I showed him some photos of our barber relationship and he tells me he just didn’t like how his hair had turned more white than grey.
He’s…… in surprisingly good condition, much better than I initially expected. Some patients answer interviews with complete word salads that’s nigh impossible to track. Despite still being somewhat incoherent and having trouble understanding complex sentences, he was still able to answer simple questions (how are you?), describe location (near water, on a boat) and recall events (talking with other passengers?). And most importantly, he’s still able to enjoy life as what it is. My favorite part is the “hands” in the conversation, and there’s certainly a lot of hands. If you read his linked story you’d know it’s actually an euphemism for words he does not know – he has three numb fingers on his hand.
Hi Byron, how are you? I’m happy, are you pretty? You look good! What are you doing today? We stayed with the water over here at the moment and talked with the people over them over there. They’re diving for them at the moment, they’ll save in the moment, he’ll have water very soon, for him, with luck, for him. So we’re on a cruise and we’re about to… We will sort right here and they’ll save their hands right there, for them. And what were we just doing with the iPad? Uhh right at the moment they don’t show a darned thing! Ha ha ha. With the iPad that we were doing? We…like…here. And, I’m I change for me, and change hands for me. With happy, I would talk with Donna sometimes. We’re all with them, other people are working with them-a-them. I’m very happy with them. Good. This girl was veerly good. And happy, and I play golf. And hit up trees. We play out with the hands, We save a lot of hands on hold for peoples for us. Other hands. And what you get? But I talk with a lot of han fram. Sometime. And I talk of any more to sayin’. Alright, thank you very much! Thank you very much, I appreciate it and I hope the world lasts for you. Thank you, it’s been a pleasure. Bye bye. Have a good day!
Strokes can do weird things to the brain. I used to work at a bank. One customer who would come to me had staggered, sometimes broken speech but he made sense with what he was saying and just seemed a bit uncomfortable so I just thought he was a little awkward or intellectually disabled. One day he was trying to tell me something but couldn’t get it out. He then explained he had a stroke several years ago and had speech troubles. He asked for a piece of paper and a pen so he could write down what he was trying to say. It was only one word. He knew the meaning of it. It made sense in context and everything he was saying up to this point made sense. But he told me for some reason he is unable to say this one word. I can’t remember what the word was but it was something very simple but his brain would not allow him to formulate the word with his mouth. Very interesting. Super nice guy too.
Just read about him in the link. Before the stroke he was a MIT/Northwestern educated Metallurgist and an avid reader. As of 2015 when this article was uploaded, he can read books very slowly, has a license and can drive, and comprehends about 50% of what is said to him. He can still read numbers, do math equations, and analyze financial statements just fine. Very, very interesting! Hope he’s even better now 7 years later.
“I hope the world lasts for you.” I haven’t heard something as simply kind as that having been said by anyone for a long time. I hope he knows that what he said, whether on purpose or because of his condition, had a deep effect on people. It’s made me tear up a little hearing it, I guess I’m sensitive.
I understand it may lead to some frustration, being unable to be understood despite knowing full well what he intends to say, when my father had a stroke and was unable to speak for a time he remembered full well the abuse he took from the nurses at the rehabilitation center he was at yelling at him “I don’t speak Mexican” and the like. He was perfectly able to understand them but his words were coming out as gibberish. Having said that, Mr. Peterson here certainly does generate some rather lyrical, interesting and beautiful turns of phrase doesn’t he?
It’s interesting how this seems to be a bit similar to predictions that your phone’s keyboard makes. If you type in one word and then just keep tapping the predictions, you get these sentences which seem gramatticaly correct, but have no meaning. Sometimes you get these loops which look like what happens at 0:25. It’s like the system has all this information but struggles getting it out in a sensible way. I’m not claiming these two things are comparable, but perusal this article just made me thing of the phone predictions
Man, I had a TBI at 20… this is exactly how I talked. I could write and read just fine. I felt everyone understood me… my thoughts were there… however… when someone showed me a article of how I spoke… it didn’t align. That was so frustrating. I got mad. I got very angry. It was recommended that I was to drop out of college. However, I stuck it out and took an easy semester. I had good friends that took me to all of our regular locations. After 6 months, I was back to a new normal. 10 years later… I still second guess what I’ve said. That is gold. If you’re struggling with this… you’ve got this. I look back and think what a colorful why I described my world.
The brain is an amazing thing. It’s capable of so much but one little ‘error’ can do enormous damage… I’m physically disabled but I still have most of my intelligence. I’m so very thankful for that. My world would be so horrible without it. You all have my prayers if that means anything to you. Please remember, we are all people no matter how broken we are inside. Kindness is one of the best gifts you can give and it costs you nothing.
Thank you Mr. Peterson for allowing a article to demonstrate this kind of aphasia. I hope to work with stroke survivors one day and this is invaluable in my learning (and I’m sure other students!). Best of luck to you and all the therapists working hard with you to facilitate your recovery. Thanks again and God bless
It’s wonderful that he’s well enough to go on a cruise with someone. One can tell he likes this little interview and cruising. Good for him! Can people with this Wernicke’s improve? Do such patients struggle with reading, writing or understanding hand gestures? Do such patients struggle with names or even their own names? Thank you for a great article with Byron!
completely fascinating… so do we have any understanding of what his subjective experience is like while he is talking like this? Is he actually trying to say something that is coherent (but it just doesn’t come out right) that makes sense to him in his head, in which case I would assume would be extremely frustrating (but he doesn’t seem bothered at all) or is he just downright confused and completely fine with his own state of confusion?
When I was in my early 20’s, a friend of mine was in a car accident and had taken a severe blow to the front of his head. The paramedics that were first on the scene said that he had stopped breathing, and had no pulse, but they were able to revive him and life-flight him to a trauma center. After a week or so in a coma, he woke up, and had this condition for maybe one or two weeks after he was able to start talking again– it was surreal, but little by little over the next several weeks, he regained 100% of his ability to comprehend and express himself as if nothing had been amiss. The neurosurgeons thought it was a medical miracle. Another interesting thing that happened, was his personality also changed a noticeable amount. Previously, he had a very aggressive personality, and was a skeptical atheist. Afterwards, he was very mellow, and believed he had talked to God while he was unconcious and dying, and that God pushed him back into life. When I asked him what God said to him, he said it was private, and he wouldn’t tell me.
From a linguistic perspective that’s interesting the way he doesn’t seem to struggle at all with fixed common phrases or sentences, but putting together novel sentences is difficult for him. Seems like that would indicate that certain phrases like that are stored in memory the same way singular words are. I hope his world lasts for him too.
Very interesting. There must be different types of aphasia. My mother had it after a stroke and nothing but gobbledygook came out. Seldom a recognis”able word and no phrases or sentences. She seemed very aware of it, frustrated and embarrassed to the point where she gave up trying. The only comprehensible words I ever heard after her stroke were when I visited her to tell her my husband had died suddenly. “Oh God bless him” rolled of her tongue without her thinking about it, then nothing since She wasn’t even religious
He seems pretty happy, and he even says “happy” a lot. I guess it’s good that he’s not aware of what’s going on because if he were, I’m sure he’d be extremely frustrated that he can’t speak coherently. His poor wife and family, though. It must be really hard for them. Thank you, Byron, and I hope the world lasts for you too.
Found this one while perusal other articles for my psycholinguistics class at university. His sentence “I hope the world lasts for you ” just made my day and brought me to tears somehow. Reading about his story and seeing the pictures made it even worse. Illness and pain seem to always hit the wrong people :(. But I also saw that he manages his situation quite well and he seems happy though and that makes me happy, too :). Please let him know that he is gorgeous just the way he is <3 greetings from Germany!
My heart hurts for this guy, I know what its like to get the words out, and your mind is stuck where it won’t let you. After a car accident I had a stroke and relearned how to speak entirely. It’s very difficult to get back to where you were before, and even still, my intonation and fluency will likely never be the same
OMG This is exactly what it’s like to have a conversation with someone who is talking in their sleep! My brother was like this as a teen when he was asleep. It was difficult to know that he was actually asleep, but his words made no sense, though he spoke with conviction. What’s really weird is that he had a friend who also talked in his sleep, and he spent the night once when we were all in high school. The only phrase I remember (this was 1983) was “Piss ’em up the middle.” No possible meaning. Fascinating, bizarre, and very real-world. I wonder if my brother’s Wernicke’s region was asleep at the time. I should ask him. He’s a professor of neuropsychology now.
I’m curious to know more about this. Do people with this condition believe they are saying other words (i.e. in their minds they are thinking X but Y comes out) and if so, what stops them realizing that what they are saying does not match what they intend to say? Or is it something of a mix of speech complication and an inability to comprehend one’s own speech when it is correct or incorrect?
“…and I hope the world lasts for you.” I was already emotional part way through the article, but at that sentence, I’m bawling. This meant something. He knew it, the lovely woman behind the camera knew it, too. He meant so well. It is amazing that stuff like that cuts through, and you know exactly what he is trying to say in that moment. I wish this man nothing but my best prayers and wishes.
This guy just ended it with a: Thank you, i apprieciated and i hope the world lasts for you. This man is so extremely nice, despite his handicap. His brain works great for the most part, but the neurons in his brain just link the wrong meanings to words or something like that. I hope he can keep finding happiness in his life 🙌
Hello, I’m new here and didn’t even know what aphasia was until I started to look up why it can be so hard to understand what people are saying sometimes, and why I struggle to find the right words to use sometimes. I found out about aphasia and started to get scared! Because I don’t remember ever having a stroke! I’m only 19 after all! But after researching it myself.. I feel like I’m comfortable saying that I probably don’t have it, but seeing others with it is both sad but.. heart warming to see them improve overtime! I seriously wish the best for all of these people!
what I am happy about is that he doesn’t seem to have any clue that he isn’t making any sense which is nice. It’s nice to see him still happy and living well despite being verbally impaired. I guess there’s a little bit of solace in knowing that he is blissfully unaware because I can only imagine how horrific it would be if you were speaking in this way and knew there was something wrong
When I was in high school I interned at a physical therapy and rehab facility, and there was one time a man who’d had a stroke came in. He had limited mobility and was mostly practicing walking across the room while assisted by the PT. After he had done three sets the PT came over to help him out of his chair for the fourth set, and he said “*this* time??” And as he did he held up four fingers on his left hand and tapped his pinky finger. His vocabulary was limited but he was completely lucid, and although he couldn’t vocalize the word “fourth,” he found a way to communicate it.
I experienced what I’m sure was a Transient Ischaemic Attack a few years ago and I was aware that when I was trying to articulate what was wrong, the words coming out of me weren’t what I meant to say. Being in that position I couldn’t even explain what was wrong. It was a terrifying experience that brings home the fragility and the importance of the brain, holefully something I won’t experience again – but an experience I am glad I had, as it let’s me appreciate the situation of others who have to live with conditions producing similar problems day to day. I appreciate the article 👍🏻
This really attracts my attention. I’m going to University in September this year to study for a Master’s in Clinical Linguistics, and Wernicke’s Aphasia is a condition I would love to know so much more about. With Mr Peterson, the speech is, clearly, and completely, fluid, but without the general meaning, it’s difficult to understand. Does Mr Peterson experience the same deficit in his meaning, if he is given something to type his words on, like a laptop?
It’s interesting to see he can interpret the opening and closing of the conversation and reply in a way that makes sense. I’d guess these are encoded in the brain as more derived from intonation and nonverbal cues, the vocabulary not mattering as much, so he can intuitively reply like used to before his predicament.
I never even heard of this condition until recently, I’m reminded of an episode of Twilight Zone I think from the ’80s where this guy wakes up and slowly language starts changing around him. First his son refers to “lunch” as “dinosaur” which he assumes was just a silly little kid thing but then his coworkers and wife use the term as well, throughout the episode more and more language starts changing into essentially gibberish around him until he can’t understand them and in turn they can’t understand a single word he’s saying so he’s forced to learn it all again starting with his son’s preschool book showing pictures of stuff next to their corresponding word (I think they showed like “dog” is called “Wednesday” now or something) that episode always horrified me deeply and this aphasia condition reminds me of it. This guy seems in good spirits but I imagine it’s probably confusing and terrifying a lot of the time
I have two questions after perusal this article… 1. If he spoke in sign language would it still be all confused or would it be normal? 2. I see that he can understand others, if he looked at this article of him talking, would he understand that how he talks is incoherent or would he think this discussion was just normal?
not knowing anything about this im just wondering…. to the patient, does he think he’s speaking words that make sense? the inflection and flow seem normal. the facial expressions seem to go along with the tone in his voice, but the actual words are meaningless. such a sad condition but at least in this article he seems content and hope he’s doing ok ♥️
Fascinated how this reminds me of schizophrenics with their word salad without the clanging. Can’t help but Wonder what similar mechanisms may connect the two. I’ve also always found it fascinating, and I’ve read a lot of Oliver Sacks, how when there is even mild injury the ability to speak is the first to go and the hardest to get back even though it is something we do continuously everyday of Our Lives since almost birth. Maybe because we’re the only creature that can do it
I’m sure this is completely irrelevant but this is how my husband sounds when he talks in his sleep. It’s real words and he sounds like he’s making a real sentence with the ups and downs of his voice but none of it actually makes sense. It’s like random words put together that don’t make sense together but the tones make it sound like a sentence. It confuses my brain!
A Case of Wernicke’s Aphasia It was you, sweet man Who had, perhaps, bumped your head, Or flown down – a flight of stairs, Or awoken to the halt – of your heart, Supported now by one less part – Of that mind, yet still so full For as you speak, sweet man – Eyes curved, soft age And mouth upturned, happy, glee – You speak colourful messes And unpatterned crochet Your words all but sensical The practice of un-semantic ballet Yet you are bright And you are poetic – Even if you will to not Your farewell, sweet, semantic: “I hope the world lasts for you.”
Met a lady that had gone from only speakibg English to speaking a german sounding language, another lady replaced vertually every word with “verde” ‘ver-dee’ its only made tragic when the person speaking realises the wrong words are coming out, without noticing it can still be possible to communicate but obviously comes with its challenges. Really unique experience working with vulnerable people like this
Has anyone of these patients tried using CBD or THC to help with this disorder? I’ve seen a article of a man who was able to walk again using CBD treatments with therapy after a brain stem stroke took away his right side of body. Cannabis is copyrighted by the USA Government as a neuroprotectant. Lots of great articles of cannabis helping with Parkinson’s, and seizures which are also neurological problems. Might be worth researching.
Yep, my dad came home after a stroke, and pointing at his diaper twisted up in a bunch and cutting off circulation to the critical bits he said, “I seem to have a re-usable penis, and I just need to figure out how to warm it up”! I think he meant that he had a disposable diaper cutting off his circulation…
Does this ever happen progressively? Like in my family two of us around the same age NEARLY replace words like this frequently but catch it and fight to find the real word. Usually the words start with the same letter and have the same rhythm with the same number of syllables, like devolve and depart (of course I can’t think of any that have actually happened but those are good enough). They’re usually nouns though I think. I have other memory/recall issues I’m not very old yet but it’s getting so hard to produce language without extensive delays like I have when writing this
January 2020 in my first college class ever at my local community college (SJDC), my Professor Susan Kidwell, showed me this article. Prior to that day, I had no purpose in life. When my naïve mind saw this, I was amazed and immediately knew I wanted to work with these kinds of patients. It created a passion and flame within me that has since been burning. Here I am now in my senior year at the university (UOP) down the street from SJDC applying to the SLP graduate program and today while writing my personal statement, this article came up in my writing. I just wanted to come here and share my thanks with the uploader in helping a lost soul in this world find his true passion. This journey has been so rewarding and I can’t wait to find out if I get in this February. Whether I do or not, I know I will get in one day and I will be an SLP and work with patients similar to this. Future SLP Andy out! I’ll be back when I become an SLP.
Ok, so he is obviously en route to saying something understandable, but somewhere along the way the words are jumbled and changed. Is a person with this particular disorder aware of the “nonsense” wording? Meaning do they hear what they’re actually trying to say, thinking that it all sounds fine? Or is it frustratingly a game of trying to say something but having it come out as something else?
Oh bless. Do people with severe aphasia ever feel confused or frustrated by the words coming out of their mouths? A couple of years ago, I had medication induced very mild aphasia. A very rare side effect of Lyrica. I found it hugely frustrating that my brain would find words I didn’t want to use and I’d often get words confused. Sometimes I couldn’t find words at all.
There was once a Twilight Zone Episode (1980s) series that had a man waking up and suddenly finding that all of the words had different meanings. They were still English words, but they all meant something different, and he had to relearn the words’ new meanings in order to communicate with people. This condition reminds me of that.
Hearing him speak just reminds me of my attacks I have. I thought it was dehydration, but it seems to be triggered somehow and I can’t pin point it. It happens every year at least once or twice. I pray that if my attacks develop i to full blown Aphasia, that my brain can just remember “I Am Groot” and hopefully that will just work itself out in the long run
It is amazing that every word connected one after another is total mess and it doesn’t make ANY sense, but when I hear this guy, the way he speaks, the way he articulates, connects sentences I kinda understand him. My point is I hear him saying about water and hands and all of it combined, but in some way I get what he feels, tries to communicate the world and his message is kind and just good one and i get it whole
I’ve never had a stroke (to my knowledge), and I have suffered from a light form of Aphasia for years. I never knew what I was. I called it ‘word dissociation’, because, like the definition at the start said, you can hear and speak, but the meaning of the words is lost. I would often times be in conversation with someone, I could see and hear they were speaking to me, I understood there were words, but it made absolutely no sense to me at all. At other times, I would say something to someone, and they would look at me like, ‘um, do what now?’. It’s not near as bad as this guy, but I totally empathize with him.
My mother has Broca’s aphasia so at least we can understand her most of the time with some cueing. I couldn’t imagine her trying to communicate and just none of the words making sense. What was really beautiful though was that when she did start to talk again one of the very first words she could say were my name ♥️
I was interested in his use of “have a good day” at the end. I wonder if that came out as one coherent phrase because it is one he’s used often, in that exact way in that exact situation for so long that it had imprinted in his mind almost as one long but individual word. As a cardiac RN, doing NIH stroke scale intimidates me because I’m not fluent in what to expect to assess and associate with corresponding injuries, as I would be able to with injuries of the CV system.
Does this tie in with dementia where the patient can’t notice the issues they have once it progresses? Or if you mention it will they be aware? Also wondering if this affect only spoken word or written language as well and if there’s any way to work with the patient to help them work around it or get better with it
My 70 yes old mother caught…lol…transient global amnesia for a couple of days…your short term hard drive keeps reformatting…you don’t remember anything…usually lasts 24hours…then back to normal… scary as hell…where am I?, why am I hear?what’s going on?….every three minutes for hours in the ER… better than a mom I could add to salad…not a vegetable…the say stress…she called her friend and asked why do I have 5 suitcases packed in my front hall??? for a trip the next day…😳