A brain injury, such as a stroke, can damage the left side of the brain. This damage can cause aphasia.

If you have aphasia, it may be hard to:

talk

understand speech

read

write

People with aphasia are intelligent and know what they want to say

People with aphasia, often have other communication problems, such as

• Dysarthria
  Weak speech muscles make speech sound slushy.
• Apraxia of Speech:
  Problems making the movements needed for speech such as:
  • starting the movement
  • planning the movement
  • getting the movements in the right order

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