Aphasia is a loss of language ability following traumatic brain injury or stroke. As Tracy Shannon, PsyD, a rehabilitation psychologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, explains, there are different types of aphasia. Expressive aphasia is loss of the ability to find the words you need to communicate. Receptive aphasia is when there is an inability to … [Read more...]
Language Pathways and Aphasia, Animation
(USMLE topics) Speech centers in the brain, neural pathways of language comprehension and production, Wernicke’s and Broca’s aphasia. This video is available for instant download licensing here : … [Read more...]
What is aphasia? | Aphasia Speech Therapy
Do you know what aphasia is? Julie explains what the language disorder aphasia is to help people understand the language disorder. Receiving the diagnosis of aphasia can be confusing in the moment. Check out this easy to explain definition of aphasia by a speech-language pathologist to truly understand what aphasia means. Aphasia is an acquired language disorder affecting … [Read more...]