Does aphasia affect understanding?

Does aphasia affect understanding?

Aphasia is a condition that robs you of the ability to communicate. It can affect your ability to speak, write and understand language, both verbal and written.

Does aphasia affect behavior?

Aphasia can severely limit an individual’s functioning across many areas with communication deficits leading to social isolation, loss of preferred activities and depression, over-dependence, and a reduced quality of life (Beeson & Bayles, 1997; Groher, 1989).

Does aphasia affect cognition?

A person with aphasia often has relatively intact nonlinguistic cognitive skills, such as memory and executive function, although these and other cognitive deficits may co-occur with aphasia.

Can aphasia cause anger issues?

When your loved one with aphasia becomes angry, they may not have the language or speech to explain their feelings. They may be feeling loss, may have misinterpreted something, or they may be angry that they doesn’t understand something. They may be in pain or dealing with the loss of their lives, etc.

Can you have aphasia without brain damage?

FALSE – The most frequent cause of aphasia is a stroke (but, one can have a stroke without acquiring aphasia). It can also result from head injury, cerebral tumor or other neurological causes.

Can aphasia go away?

The recommended treatment for aphasia is usually speech and language therapy. Sometimes aphasia improves on its own without treatment. This treatment is carried out by a speech and language therapist (SLT). If you were admitted to hospital, there should be a speech and language therapy team there.

Can aphasia lead to dementia?

There is a specific type of aphasia that is caused by dementia – Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). PPA is the result of brain tissue degenerating, specifically the brain tissue in the language regions of the brain. PPA is most closely associated with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD).

Do stroke victims get angry?

Stroke impacts the brain, and the brain controls our behavior and emotions. You or your loved one may experience feelings of irritability, forgetfulness, carelessness or confusion. Feelings of anger, anxiety or depression are also common.