Neurogenic Disorder: Aphasia

Research on the Neurogenic Disorder: Aphasia

There are several types of Neurogenic speech disorders such as aprosody and apraxia of speech, but in this paper will be focused on the disorder otherwise known as, aphasia. Classified as a language disorder, aphasia debilitates a person’s ability to form, read, write and/or understand spoken language (“American Speech,” n.d.). My goal is to inform and create awareness about aphasia in hopes that it will break down the barriers between those with aphasia and those without. The purpose of this paper is to help patients with aphasia by knowing the three stages of aphasia, by knowing the psychosocial challenges of people with aphasia, and finally, by knowing different methods that will directly help

A doctor may classify a patient with nonfluent aphasia, in which the left frontal area of the brain is damaged. Otherwise known as Broca aphasia, people who have this disorder find it difficult to formulate words, often tend to speak in abrupt sentences, and omit words. Typically, a person with Broca aphasia may say, “Want sleep” or “Walk dog today.” It is generally easy for the listener to understand the context of the conversation. On the other hand, people with the form of Fluent aphasia may speak in long, complex sentences but often times they do not make sense. They usually are not aware of the fact that others cannot understand them (Davis, 2011). This form of aphasia is the result of damage to the middle left side of the brain. Finally, people with global aphasia have severe issues with their receptive and expressive skills. This is the most severe stage because people in this category usually cannot read or write, and they cannot understand or say more than a few words (Davis, 2011). The effects of Global aphasia can be seen straight after the patient has recovered from a stroke and it may improve if the damage is minimal. Yet one must keep in mind that with all three stages of aphasia, the greater damage inflicted on the brain, the longer and more serious the disability