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Your Guide to What Happens to Someone with Aphasia

Your Guide to What Happens to Someone with Aphasia

According to the National Aphasia Association, over 2 million people in the United States live with aphasia, with nearly 180,000 Americans coming down with this condition yearly. (1)  Interestingly, despite the prevalence, most people have not heard of it and do not...
What is Semantic Feature Analysis?

What is Semantic Feature Analysis?

You’re having a great conversation with a loved one, and narrating the events of your day so far, but you get stuck in the middle of your discussion. You remember having a nice meal, yet you can’t quite remember or find the name of the meal. You can describe it, you...
What if I’m failing treatment for Expressive Aphasia?

What if I’m failing treatment for Expressive Aphasia?

Living with expressive aphasia can be overwhelming. Adjusting to your new reality and finding new ways to communicate is often exhausting. Like most medical conditions, expressive aphasia can be treated. These treatments are often tailored to help you improve your...
What to do if I have both Expressive and Receptive Aphasia?

What to do if I have both Expressive and Receptive Aphasia?

Aphasia is a language disorder resulting from injury or damage to your brain, typically the left hemisphere, causing difficulties understanding or communicating through spoken or written language. It can affect different aspects of language processing and function...
What Are the Best Treatments for Expressive Aphasia?

What Are the Best Treatments for Expressive Aphasia?

Key Takeaways Expressive Aphasia has no specific treatment. The primary treatment for expressive aphasia is speech and language therapy, administered by speech-language pathologists. Speech and language therapy is done through various techniques which may help with...