1. An SID Fact Sheet ... Global Aphasia: Q & A Detailed information concerning symptoms, diagnostic tests, therapies, and communication strategies. Reference links are included. http://www.stroke-info.com/global_aphasia.htm

Updated 11-25-04 What is global aphasia Global aphasia is an acquired language disorder characterized by severe impairments in both comprehension and production. What causes global aphasia? The disorder is caused by injuries to language-processing regions of the brain. The specific sites of injury vary among individuals, but they commonly include Wernicke's and Broca's areas and result from a large strokesparticularly those involving the internal carotid or middle cerebral arteries. How prevalent is global aphasia among stroke survivors? Participants in the Copenhagen Aphasia Study , all initially aphasic survivors of first-ever stroke, have recently contributed to our understanding of the prevalence of this condition. In this investigation, the frequency of global aphasia was found to be thirty-two percent in the acute phase of stroke and seven percent one year after stroke. What are the symptoms of global aphasia? The symptoms of global aphasia reflect processing difficulties in particular brain regions. These regions would ordinarily assign words and meanings, string words together, and complete other language tasks. Thus, the symptoms of global aphasia are impairments in all aspects of language-based communication: reading, writing, speaking, and understanding speech. The exact symptoms vary from person to person. For example, some globally aphasic individuals do not understand speech at all, while others recognize the names of family members and are able to follow whole-body commands. Similarly, some individuals are mute, while others can produce a few sounds (e.g., "ta, ta") or stereotypic phrases (e.g., "we said"). Although no aspect of language is functional, certain aspects may be more impaired than others.

2. The Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center Located at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center and affiliated with Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/aphasia/

Contact Us What is the HGARC? The Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center (HGARC) is a research facility created to advance the understanding, evaluation, and treatment of language disorders produced by injury or dysfunction of the brain in adults. We focus primarily on individuals who have language deficits or related cognitive disorders resulting from a stroke or other neurologic impairment. Our overriding research goals are to further the understanding of brain-language relations and to translate basic research in cognitive neuroscience to clinical applications, developing creative new approaches to aphasia therapy. After the Second World War the federal government established three National Veterans Centers for the Study of Aphasia. The Center in Boston, located within the VA Boston Healthcare System, attracted a group of talented behavioral neurologists, neuropsychologists, neurolinguists, and speech/language pathologists, and in the mid-1960s was established as the Aphasia Research Center (ARC) of Boston University at the VA Boston Medical Center. Increasingly successful in its research activity and increasingly well-known nationally and internationally, the ARC has been continuously supported by the National Institutes of Health since 1965. To honor Harold Goodglass , who was Director of the ARC from 1969 to 1996, the Center was re-named the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center.

3. National Aphasia Association Nonprofit organization devoted to assisting people with aphasia and their families. Its online offerings include fact sheets on aphasia, support group http://www.aphasia.org/

a•pha•sia (uh-fay'-zhuh) n. An impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words, usually acquired as a result of a stroke or other brain injury. updated: July 6, 2005 Welcome to the National Aphasia Association's website. The National Aphasia Association, NAA, is a nonprofit organization that promotes public education, research, rehabilitation and support services to assist people with aphasia and their families. NAA regrets it cannot accept purchase orders for the Handbook. Please pay with credit card or check. "The Aphasia Handbook : A Guide for Stroke and Brain Injury Survivors and Their Families" was edited and adapted by Martha Taylor Sarno, MA, MD (hon) and Joan F. Peters, Esq. Published by the National Aphasia Association. "The Aphasia Handbook is an essential resource for people with aphasia and their families. It is beautifully clear, well-organized, and sensitively writtena most valuable guidebook to living creatively with aphasia." Oliver Sacks, M.D.

4. Aphasia Hope Foundation A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization promoting aphasia research and working to ensure that all aphasia survivors and caregivers have an awareness of, http://www.aphasiahope.org/

Home News/Events About AHF Research ... Help Exciting News AHF Curriculum for Survivors and Caregivers - What do you do after your insurance runs out for speech and physical therapy? Click here to find out. Forum Highlight Question: Last week my mother had a blood clot to her lungs and a small one to her brain causing a stroke and has left her with aphasia. My question is, can a person overcome aphasia? Is there a recovery? Is this temporary or forever? I have heard of aphasia before but really do not know that much about it. Answer: In almost all cases people do make improvements in their speech and language skills (aphasia) following a stroke. These improvements can be enhanced through speech-language therapy with a qualified and skilled speech-language pathologist. That professional should also provide you with information regarding aphasia; the specific types of problems your mother is experiencing and how to best address them. Each person is unique, so the treatment and course of recovery is also individualized. I wish your mother a speedy recovery to the best level she can obtain. This will take awhile - many months and perhaps years. It helps to be prepared for this extended rehabilitation and recovery! Anne Read more.

5. Aphasia Consumeroriented primer by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Includes descriptions of aphasia varieties and related disorders, http://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/Aphasia_info.htm

@import url( /styles/importmenuP.css ); Skip to: content navigation Our site's pages are optimized for Web browsing software that supports current Web standards, as established by the World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3c.org/) . Content is accessible from older or less standards-compliant technologies, but its presentation will not be identical to visitors with standards-compliant software. Read more on our site's changes and accessiblity. Find a Professional Shop My Account Guest Login Search for: Advanced Search Home Site Location: Home For the Public Disorders and Diseases Aphasia Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to language centers of the brain. For almost all right-handers and for about 1/2 of left-handers, damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia. As a result, individuals who were previously able to communicate through speaking, listening, reading and writing become more limited in their ability to do so. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke , but gunshot wounds, blows to the head, other traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, and other sources of brain damage can also cause aphasia.

6. Aphasia Forum Portale italiano sull'afasia, gli aspetti clinici, il recupero e l'assistenza. Attualit , forum di discussione, link a risorse in linea. http://www.aphasiaforum.com/

7. Aphasia Institute | Welcome Torontobased charitable organization assisting individuals with aphasia, their families, and professionals in the field. http://www.aphasia.ca/

highlight = "about"; Site Designed and maintained by Warren Projects Welcome To The Aphasia Institute Since 1979 Advocating Caring Championing Celebrating Connecting Collaborating Communicating Creating Delivering Influencing Measuring Pioneering Researching Servicing Sharing Training The Aphasia Institute is dedicated to reducing language barriers to full life participation at local, provincial, national and international levels. As a teaching and learning centre, we provide direct service to people with aphasia and their families in the Greater Toronto Area through the Pat Arato Aphasia Centre. We also work to inspire people, both locally and further afield, through advocacy and awareness, education and training, and applied research and resource development. COMING EVENTS Our 2005 Public Information Mornings - for dates and what to expect, please see the "events" section of our website. TRAINING CALENDAR 2005: Please call to request your copy of our 2005 Professional Training Opportunities or visit the Training section of our website to view the calendar and print a registration form.

8. Academy Of Aphasia Professional association of aphasia researchers, offering conference notices, employment listings, and an international directory of aphasia clinics online. http://www.academyofaphasia.org/

Academy of Aphasia The Academy of Aphasia is an international organization of researchers interested in the study of language and the brain, with particular focus on people with brain injury. Many of these investigators also care for people with language disorders. aphasia, stroke, research, language, neurology, neuropsychology, dementia Click here to enter http://angularis.bsd.uchicago.edu/~academy mydomain.com - Register your domain name

9. Stroke And Aphasia Information Resources for stroke recovery, including home therapy tips and survivors' stories. Presented by Bungalow Software, a provider of rehabilitation programs. http://strokesupport.com/info/stroke/default.asp

A stroke happens when a blood clot blocks a blood vessel or artery, or when a blood vessel breaks, interrupting blood flow to an area of the brain. The stroke kills brain cells in the immediate area. These cells usually die within minutes to a few hours after the stroke starts. When brain cells die , the abilities they controlled are lost or impaired. This includes functions such as speech, movement, and memory. The specific abilities lost or affected depend on where in the brain the stroke occurs and on the size of the stroke (i.e., the extent of brain cell death). More facts about stroke Help for caregivers Do your own at-home speech therapy

10. National Aphasia Association Click here to see sample pages aphasia Handbook "Online" Credit Card Order Form (via secure server processing) http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

11. NAA: Aphasia Fact Sheet What is aphasia? aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or Anomic aphasia This term is applied to persons who are left with a http://www.aphasia.org/NAAfactsheet.html

Original Publication Date: 1988 Revised on June 22, 1999 The use of speech to communicate is unique to humans. When speech is impaired or absent, the impact on the person and his family is profound. One of the most heartbreaking and devastating disabilities is aphasia . Most people have not heard about aphasia, nor do they know the term until someone in their family or a friend acquires aphasia What is aphasia? Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write. Aphasia is always due to injury to the brain-most commonly from a stroke, particularly in older individuals. But brain injuries resulting in aphasia may also arise from head trauma, from brain tumors, or from infections. Aphasia can be so severe as to make communication with the patient almost impossible, or it can be very mild. It may affect mainly a single aspect of language use, such as the ability to retrieve the names of objects, or the ability to put words together into sentences, or the ability to read. More commonly, however, multiple aspects of communication are impaired, while some channels remain accessible for a limited exchange of information. It is the job of the professional to determine the amount of function available in each of the channels for the comprehension of language, and to assess the possibility that treatment might enhance the use of the channels that are available.

12. NAA Aphasia Fact Sheet For more information contact National aphasia Association 7 Dey St., Suite 600 New York, NY 10007 1800-922-4622 http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

13. International Aphasia Project Studying strokeinduced communication difficulties, in multiple languages, to achieve a better understanding of the brain mechanisms that are responsible for normal and abnormal language functions. http://crl.ucsd.edu/aphasia/

International Aphasia Project About CRL People Resources Research ... Contact Researchers at CRL and other colleagues are conducting an international research project on aphasia to study the effects of unilateral brain injury (usually due to strokes) on language and communication abilities. The research is being conducted in seven different languages at the present time. Since so much research on aphasia has been carried out in English, it is difficult to separate universal mechanisms (discoveries that ought to hold for every language in the world) from language-specific content (results that are only true for native speakers of English). By doing crosslinguistic comparisons, they allow us to disentangle these differences while we address one of the most important issues in cognitive neurobiology, the issue of behavioral and neural plasticity: How many different forms can the language processor take under a range of normal and abnormal conditions? The focus is on patients with forms of aphasia that are known to affect the processing of words and grammar (Broca's, Wernicke's aphasia and variation of anomia). The primary goal of this aphasia research is to achieve a better understanding of the brain mechanisms responsible for normal and abnormal language functions. Only people who have experienced a single stroke resulting in communication difficulties may qualify for the study. There is an "Ideal"; candidate criteria list that the potential subjects must pass before they are eligible for the study:

14. Aphasia [NIDCD Health Information] About one million persons in the United States currently have aphasia. aphasia is caused by damage to one or more of the language areas of the brain. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/aphasia.asp

Change text size: S M L Home ... Voice, Speech, and Language Aphasia On this page: Who has aphasia? What causes aphasia? How is aphasia diagnosed? How is aphasia treated? ... Aphasia is a language disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. For most people, these are parts of the left side (hemisphere) of the brain. Aphasia usually occurs suddenly, often as the result of a stroke or head injury, but it may also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor. The disorder impairs both the expression and understanding of language as well as reading and writing. Aphasia may co-occur with speech disorders such as dysarthria or apraxia of speech , which also result from brain damage. Who has aphasia? Anyone can acquire aphasia, but most people who have aphasia are in their middle to late years. Men and women are equally affected. It is estimated that approximately 80,000 individuals acquire aphasia each year. About one million persons in the United States currently have aphasia. Top What causes aphasia?

15. Understanding Primary Progressive Aphasia An article with a description, assistance available and where to obtain additional information. http://www.aphasia.org/NAAppa.html

Printed Date: Spring 1997 Updated: March 3, 2004 PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE APHASIA is a rare neurological syndrome in which language capabilities become slowly and progressively impaired. This information sheet was prepared by the National Aphasia Association to help explain the condition of Primary Progressive Aphasia to the general public. What is aphasia? Aphasia is an acquired disorder caused by brain damage which affects a person's ability to communicate. The principal signs of aphasia are impairments in the ability to express oneself when speaking, trouble understanding speech, and difficulty with reading and writing. Aphasia is most often the result of stroke or head injury, but can also occur in other neurological disorders, such as brain tumor or Alzheimer's disease. The effects of aphasia differ from person to person, and can sometimes benefit from speech therapy. Strategies to communicate non-verbally (without words) may also be helpful to the person with aphasia. What is primary progressive aphasia?

16. Aphasia Definition University of NebraskaLincoln What is aphasia? aphasia A loss or reduction of language following brain damage typically as a result of a http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

17. Parrot Software Home Page Offers speech and communication programs for people who suffer aphasia due to stroke, Alzheimer's, or other forms of brain injury. http://www.parrotsoftware.com/

Internet Subscription The Parrot Software Internet Subscription is a truly unique treatment option. When using the subscription patients and treatment facilities have access to 64 different programs for the treatment of aphasia, alzheimers, head injury and other similar problems affecting speech, language, memory, attention, reading, and cognitive disorders. The cost of the subscription is $24.95/ month per computer. There are no long-term committments. You can cancel at any time. Click here for more information Free Diagnosis Test Download our Free Diagnosis Tool to find out which Parrot Software Programs will help you the most. This is especially useful for people using our Internet Subscription. It takes about 10 minutes to complete the test and at the end you will be provided with a list of programs that will help treat the problems demonstrated in the Diagnostic Test. Click here for more information Request our Free Catalog Download our NEW ... Contact Us

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19. Aphasia Information Page National Institute Of Neurological aphasia information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). http://tmsyn.wc.ask.com/r?t=an&s=hb&uid=24312681243126812&sid=343126

20. APHASIA aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the temporal lobe or higher up aphasia is an impairment in understanding and/or formulating complex, http://webpages.marshall.edu/~lynch4/Aphasia.html

APHASIA Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage to the temporal lobe or higher up in the frontal lobe. It causes problems with receptive and expressive functions. Aphasia is an impairment in understanding and/or formulating complex, meaningful elements of language. It causes problems with words and word order making difficulties in reading and writing. Areas Affected with Aphasia Receptive Deficits Auditory Comprehension-have difficulty understanding what is said to them. Reading Comprehension-Words do not make sense, can not recognize letters. Expressive Deficits Oral Expression Fluent Aphasia-speak fluently but without meaning(makes no sense). Non-Fluent Aphasia-Choppy, broken and a struggle is present with words. Use only key words to get point across. Decreased writing skills-from knowing only a few letters to not being able to write anything. Behaviors of Aphasic Patients Anomia-problem with word finding. They know what they want to say but can't find the words to say it. Sometimes they can be cued or recall by gestures. Paraphasia-use of word substitutions; may use a word that sounds like the target word, or may use a word that means something similar.

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