21. Medical Rehab - Aphasia Overview of the Philadelphiabased hospital's offerings for aphasic individuals and their rehabilitation teams. Links to further information about the hospital's aphasia Center, research activities, and MossTalk aphasia therapy software are provided. http://www.einstein.edu/e3front.dll?durki=8102

22. NIDCD Health Information: Aphasia aphasia. Who has aphasia? Anyone can acquire aphasia, but most people who have aphasiaare in their middle to late years. Men and women are equally affected. http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/aphasia.asp

Home Health Information Voice, Speech, and Language Aphasia On this page: Who has aphasia? What causes aphasia? How is aphasia diagnosed? How is aphasia treated? ... Where can I get additional information? 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?

23. 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 9-15-02 What is global aphasia Global aphasia is an acquired language disorder involving severe impairments in both comprehension and production. What causes global aphasia? It is caused by injuries to language-processing areas of the brain, notably Wernicke's and Broca's areas . Most often, the injuries are the result of a large stroke involving the internal carotid or middle cerebral artery. What are its symptoms? The symptoms of global aphasia reflect processing difficulties in Wernicke's and Broca's areas. These areas would ordinarily assign words and meanings, string words together, and complete other word-based tasks. Thus, the symptoms of global aphasia are impairments in all aspects of word-based communication reading, writing, speaking, and understanding speech. The exact symptoms vary from individual to individual. For example, some globally aphasic persons do not understand speech at all, while others recognize familiar personal names 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. Do other conditions accompany global aphasia?

24. Untitled Find a definition and possible treatments of aphasia, a language disorder that results from damage to the brain. http://www.nih.gov/nidcd/health/pubs_vsl/aphasia.htm

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25. Aphasia aphasia, expressive and receptive language, dysarthria, dysphagia, apraxia, SLPs,speechlanguage assessment, treatment, and people with aphasia. aphasia http://www.asha.org/speech/disabilities/Aphasia_info.cfm

www.ASHA.org 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. Aphasia is only one consequence of stroke. For possible effects on other body systems, click here For adjustments that families may have to make, click here Expressive and Receptive Language Some people with aphasia have problems primarily with expressive language (what is said) while others have their major problems with receptive language (what is understood). In still other cases, both expressive language and receptive language are obviously impaired. Language is affected not only in its oral form of talking and understanding but also in its written form of reading and writing . Typically, reading and writing are more impaired than oral communication. The nature of the problems varies from person to person depending on many factors but most importantly on the amount and location of the damage to the brain.

26. Aphasia In Maurice Ravel Richard Cytowic, MD provides a medical biography on the brain affliction that ended the composer's output, trapping new nusic in his head. DOC format. http://www.zzapp.org/neuroman/Ravel.doc

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27. Family Adjustment To Aphasia Family Adjustment to aphasia Richard S. was a senior manager at a smallcompany and next in line for a vice presidency. He also had aphasia. http://www.asha.org/speech/disabilities/Family-Adjustment-to-Aphasia.cfm

www.ASHA.org Family Adjustment to Aphasia Richard S. was a senior manager at a small company and next in line for a vice presidency. His wife worked as a free-lance writer. They had three active teenagers. Life had its ups and downs, but overall it was quite comfortablehappy marriage, nice home, occasional travel, and a close circle of friends. One night that all changed. Richard had a massive stroke that left him with a paralyzed right arm and leg. He also had aphasia. He could not speak intelligibly, and he understood little of what people said to him. He had difficulty reading and writing. He also had trouble swallowing. When his children visited him in the hospital, he couldn' t follow their activities and busy schedules. He felt so removed from them. Worries Sara was worried about Richard' s health, but she had other worries, too. How would the mortgage he paid? Would she be able to work, raise the children, and assume her husband' s household responsibilities? Who would she rely on? Richard always gave her good support and advice, but he couldn' t now. What about the physical intimacy they enjoyed? Sara felt she was being selfish, but she also felt overwhelmed, alone, and angry that this had happened to her. She even blamed Richardif only he had watched his diet and exercised more! Changes Changes that result from aphasia are sudden, unexpected, and unwanted. Adjustment is difficult for the person with aphasia. It also presents a great challenge to the family.

28. 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/

About CRL CRL Newsletter Mailing Lists Directory ... Corpora 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:

29. Aphasia Center A collaboration of the UPMC Passavant Speech, Voice and Swallowing Center and the University of Pittsburg Category Health Conditions and Diseases aphasia...... written words. aphasia usually results from brain damage. If For more informationabout aphasia Click here to go! National aphasia Association http://www.upmc.edu/passavant/aphasia.htm

S troke and other neurologic diseases and injuries frequently result in communication deficits. In fact, as many as one million people in the United States have acquired aphasia a problem understanding or producing spoken or written words. Aphasia usually results from brain damage. If someone close to you is having difficulty finding the right words or is incapable of finding them at all, the Pittsburgh Aphasia Treatment, Research and Education Center may be able to provide the treatment that individual needs. The center helps patients with aphasia and other communication disorders, such as apraxia of speech and dysarthria. Aphasia: A disorder, caused by disease or injury to the brain, that robs individuals of their ability to communicate through speech. In many cases, the ability to read, write, and understand others' speech is also impaired. The center is a collaboration involving the Speech, Voice and Swallowing Center at UPMC Passavant and the University of Pittsburgh Department of Communication Science and Disorders School of Health and Rehabilitation. Currently, it is one of the few centers in the United States to focus exclusively on aphasia by offering the combination of individual, group, and intensive treatment as well as caregiver and support groups. Treatment The treatment offered at the center can improve the quality of life for most everyone who struggles with chronic aphasia, even those who have not received treatment for two or more years.

30. Aphasia Communication And Rehabilitation An innovative, clinically proven therapy program with locations throughout the USA, for acquired language Category Health Conditions and Diseases aphasia......LingraphiCARE speech language tools for adults with acquired languagedisorders, such as aphasia, apraxia and dysarthria. LingraphiCARE http://www.aphasia.com/

LingraphiCARE supplies the Medicare and other insurance reimbursable Lingraphica System. The Lingraphica System is a user friendly medical device that enables persons with acquired communication deficits, particularly aphasia and apraxia, to communicate. The Lingraphica also provides therapeutic benefit. Individuals of every age group and every degree of severity have used the Lingraphica successfully. The Lingraphica System also has therapeutic benefits. Each Lingraphica comes with exercises that the patient, either alone or with the direction of a speech language pathologist, can use to improve his or her own natural speech. The more the Lingraphica is used, the more progress the patient usually makes. Again, there is a remarkable record of significant improvement with a wide range of aphasic patients, including patients many years after the onset of stroke or head injury. How to get a Lingraphica Home Hospital/Clinic Great News For Users of the Lingraphica System: New devices now provide CD quality sound.

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32. Aphasia Center Of California Community based nonprofit organization offering individual and group speechlanguage treatment, caregiver's groups, reading and writing classes, and recreational classes to people with aphasia following stroke. http://members.aol.com/rjelman/

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33. Welcome To The Department Of Neurology At The Boston University School Of Medici Clinical programs, Neurology Residency Program and teaching activities information. The programs in research, training and patient care include the worldrenowned aphasia Research Center. (MA) http://www.bumc.bu.edu/Departments/HomeMain.asp?DepartmentID=60

34. Software For Rehabilitation From Stroke, Aphasia, And Head Injuries.  Free Tria Software for rehabilitation from stroke, aphasia, and head injuries. http://www.bungalowsoftware.com/

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35. Apraxia Of Speech Differentiates between apraxia, dysarthria, and aphasia. http://user.chollian.net/~rmpyun/apraxia.htm

Apraxia of Speech : Impairment of Motor Speech Programming Sung Bom Pyun Definitions - Oral apraxia; patient cannot move the muscles of the throat, soft palate, tongue, and cheek for nonspeech purpose - Verbal apraxia; a difficulty in initiating and executing the mocment patterns necesasry to produce speech when there is no paralysis, weakness, or discoordination of speech muscles 1. Differentiation from dysarthria Dysarthria Apraxia Aphasia Slowness, weakness, incoordina-tion, or change of tone of the speech musculature Respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, and prosody-variably involved No impairment of muscle function Continuing impairment of articulation, with prosodic alterations at times following as compensatory phenomena Have difficulty in initiating phonation at will (usually in a few days) Impaired in comprehension, formulation, and expression of language Problem involves the proce-ssing not-meaning bearing units Problems in articulating given word, not in word-finding difficulty

36. On Aphasia Freud's On aphasia. Meeting of the Faculty, New York PsychoanalyticInstitute, June 14, 1995. Presentation on electronic media and http://plaza.interport.net/nypsan/aphasia.html

Freud's On Aphasia Meeting of the Faculty, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, June 14, 1995. Presentation on electronic media and psychoanalytic educaton by Dr. William I. Grossman. Dr. Margolis began the discussion of electronic texts by observing that there are many potential research and educational uses of electronic texts, which are just beginning to be explored. Our organization has been on the forefront of this exploration. Our library now has a page on the World Wide Web, which can be accessed via the Internet. The Board of Directors has recently provided funding to Dr. W. Grossman and Dr. J. Crow to build the first prototype of an electronic document in psychoanalysis. This document uses Dr. Grossman's paper, "Hierarchies, Boundaries, and Representation in a Freudian Model of Mental Organization", J.A.P.A., 1992 , as an organizer to trace the development of Freud's models of the mental apparatus. This text will be available for viewing at the upcoming meeting of the International Psychoanalytic Association in San Francisco. Dr. Grossman then described how his current project evolved from his work tracing ideas in and related to Freud's writings, starting with Freud's work On Aphasia. Dr. Grossman has proposed that

37. Caregiver-Information.com - Stroke, Alzheimer's, Brain Injury And More Information for those caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's disesse, stroke, aphasia, traumatic brain injury or other disabling conditions. http://caregiver-information.com

Donate $1 to help defray the cost of hosting this site... Please, take a minute to sign my Guest Map! A guide to general caregiving information including medication guidelines, bowel and bladder, nutrition, skin and mouth care, fever, environmental concerns and infection control as well as finding/hiring help. A guide to some useful techniques and information to those who work with, care for, or know someone with this disease. Memory strategies including making and using a memory book, environmental cuing, and the 7 stages of Alzheimer's Disease. A guide with some useful information for anyone dealing with the challenge of caring for a loved one with a brain injury. The section includes information on how to set up a behavior modification program. Sections include types of strokes, aphasia and how to deal with it, resuming activities after a stroke (driving, eating, bathing), mental and physical adjustments, transfer techniques, stroke prevention, and more. Links to services for disabled sports, adapted leisure products, disabled travel, and visually impaired leisure services.

38. Horizon Speech Therapy Services Private clinical practice serving the Northern Bergen County area of Northern New Jersey. Specialities include aphasia, stuttering, oralmotor disorders, and articulation disorders. http://www.horizonspeech.com/

NEWS FLASH Horizon is proud to present... Updated information on Parent Education On Speech and Language Disorders Servicing Northern New Jersey Since 1997 About Horizon Why Choose Horizon Areas Of Specialty Other Links ... Contact Us... Contact Horizon By E-Mail at: info@horizonspeech.com Or call: Active Member of, and Certified by, The American Speech-Language Hearing Association WHAT CAN HORIZON SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES OFFER YOU Complete Speech and Language Evaluations Written Report Covering Results of the Evaluation, with Recommendations Multi-Lingual Services: English, Hebrew, Sign-Language Individualized Therapy Plans and Goals Personalized, One-On-One Therapy Sessions Complete Parent/Caregiver Involvement from Evaluation, During Therapy and Through Carry-Over All services are provided in the client's home or school for complete privacy, comfort and convenience THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING HORIZON SPEECH THERAPY SERVICES Comments, Questions or Suggestions about the website?

39. SMASH - Sutton & Merton Aphasia Self Help Group Sutton and Merton aphasia Self Help Group. Includes information about aphasia, events and the group. http://www.smash-uk.org

@import url(styles/layout.css); Skip navigation About us Aphasia What we do ... Where we are About us The official opening of SMASH in 1994 SMASH aphasia It was set up in July 1993 to provide a friendly safe and supportive environment for people with a language disorder. The group meets every other Monday , from until We have close contact with Speakability - a national charity campaigning for people with language disorders. We attend their Conferences and Regional Forums Our Secretary is a Trustee of Connect - The communication disability network . He and other members of the group have been involved in working parties and therapy groups at Connect. About aphasia Top of page Registered charity number 295094 Page last updated : 24th February 2003 Designed by TinnedFruit

40. MEDLINEplus: Aphasia Other health topics A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ List of AllTopics. aphasia. Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on • aphasia. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aphasia.html

Skip navigation Other health topics: A B C D ... List of All Topics Aphasia Contents of this page: From the NIH General/Overviews Coping Research ... Children Search MEDLINE for recent research articles on Aphasia You may also be interested in these MEDLINEplus related pages: Stroke Brain and Nervous System From the National Institutes of Health Aphasia (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) Aphasia (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) General/Overviews Aphasia (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Aphasia (National Aphasia Association) Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Aphasia (National Institutes of Health) Coping Family Adjustment to Aphasia (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Research Adult Aphasia: Recent Research (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) Research Update 2002: Aphasia Therapy in the New Millenium (National Aphasia Association) Specific Conditions/Aspects Understanding Primary Progressive Aphasia (National Aphasia Association) Directories Aphasia: People Helping People (National Aphasia Association) Law and Policy Employment Rights of People with Communication Disabilities (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) Lists of Print Publications Selected Readings Appropriate for Individuals with Aphasia, Their Families, and Professionals

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