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Aphasia (also Aphemia - from Greek α, without, and φημη, speech), is a loss or impairment of the ability to produce and/or comprehend language, due to brain damage. It is usually a result of damage to the language centres of the brain (like Broca's area). These areas are almost always located in the left hemisphere, and in most people this is where the ability to produce and comprehend language is found. However in a very small number of people language ability is found in the right hemisphere. Damage to these language areas can be caused by a stroke, traumatic brain injury or other head injury. Aphasia may also develop slowly, as in the case of a brain tumor. Depending on the area and extent of the damage, someone suffering from aphasia may be able to speak but not write, or vice versa, understand more complex sentences than he or she can produce, or display any of a wide variety of other deficiencies in reading, writing, and comprehension.
Aphasia may co-occur with speech disorders such as dysarthria or apraxia of speech, which also result from brain damage.
The brains of young children with brain damage sometimes restructure themselves to use different areas for speech processing, and regain lost function; adult brains are less "plastic" and lack this ability.
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A - Detailed information concerning symptoms, diagnostic tests, therapies, and communication strategies. Reference links are included.
Meta Description: [ Receive answers to frequently asked questions about global aphasia. ]
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Disorders: The Stroke Center - Transdisciplinary training center for rehabilitation of stroke that utilizes professionals, graduate students-in-training, and volunteers to deliver services to individuals with aphasia. Situated in Dallas.
Meta Description: [ TWU Dallas Center The Stroke Center page. ]
Academy of Aphasia - Professional association of aphasia researchers, offering conference notices, employment listings, and an international directory of aphasia clinics online.
Meta Description: [ 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. ]
Adult Aphasia: Recent Research - Fact sheet covering established aphasia types and therapies, support organizations, and new approaches to evaluation, characterization, and treatment. Published by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
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Aphasia - Consumer-oriented primer by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Includes descriptions of aphasia varieties and related disorders, introductions to assessment and treatment methods, and links to ASHA's articles on augmentive communication and family adjustment to aphasia.
Meta Description: [ Description of aphasia and the role of the speech-language pathologist in assessment and treatment. ]
Aphasia - Information for Caregivers - Supportive information for families of aphasic stroke survivors, from Caregiver-information.com.
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Aphasia Center of California - Oakland-based center providing group and individual speech-language treatment, caregiver's groups, and recreational classes for individuals with aphasia following stroke. Established as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1996.
Aphasia Centre of Ottawa - Communication disorders specialists, in partnership with social workers and trained volunteers, provide programs to help people adjust to living with aphasia and to again participate in regular community activities.
Meta Description: [ A speech-language pathologist, a communicative disorder assistant, and two
social workers, in partnership with trained volunteers, provide programs to help
people adjust to living with aphasia and to again participate in regular
community activities. ]
Aphasia Forum - Background information for aphasic individuals, caregivers, speech therapists, and researchers. Presented in English and Italian by the Neuropsychological and Speech Therapy Service of Genoa University.
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, and access to, appropriate therapy. Features of the Foundation's online home include study announcements and forums for caregivers, survivors, treatment professionals, and researchers.
Aphasia Institute - Toronto-based charitable organization assisting individuals with aphasia, their families, and professionals in the field.
Meta Description: [ The Aphasia Institute is a non-profit, provincially incorporated charitable organization based in Ontario, Canada, helping victims of Aphasia, their families and professionals in the field. ]
Aphasia Now - Community for people with this condition. Contains a support forum, news, resources, and help.
Meta Description: [ Aphasia Now Supporting Aphasic People with Aphasia helping each other to
become independent, communicate with other Aphasic people and overcome
Aphasia together ]
Aphasia Self-Help Group Gloucestershire (Glos-Speak) - A friendly and supportive group, established in 2001 by aphasic speakers and affiliated to Speakability--a UK charity for individuals with aphasia.
Meta Description: [ We are a friendly and supportive Aphasia Self-Help group. Individuals,
who have aphasia, set up this group in 2001. We are affiliated to
Speakability a national charity for people with Aphasia. ]
aphasiahelp.org - Information, penpals, and personal pages, specifically for people with aphasia.
Meta Description: [ a UK website for people with aphasia ]
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BCM Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory - Study on Aphasia and Treatment for Sentence Production Deficits of Stroke Survivors - Clinical study investigating a therapeutic approach to aggramatism in Broca's Aphasia. Based in Houston, Texas, at the Baylor College of Medicine.
British Aphasiology Society - Professional association seeking to disseminate information about aphasia and its treatment, encourage excellence in the scientific investigation of aphasia, promote the interests of aphasic individuals, and draw upon their expertise.
Coping Strategies for Families Adjusting to Aphasia - Communication tips and suggestions for support, provided by Healthtouch Online and the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Dyscover - Support groups for dysphasic individuals in Surrey (UK). Managed by speech-language therapists.
ERUDIT Aphasia Tutorial - Demonstration of a neural network classifier for the diagnosis of aphasia subtypes.
Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center - Located at the Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center and affiliated with Boston University.
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Intensive Residential Aphasia Communication Therapy Program - Offered through the Dalhousie School of Human Communication Disorders in Halifax, Nova Scotia, inteRACT supports the philosophy that aphasic individuals can learn strategies to deal with their condition and continue to lead full, communicative lives.
International Aphasia Project - Studying stroke-induced communication difficulties, in multiple languages, to achieve a better understanding of the brain mechanisms that are responsible for normal and abnormal language functions.
Moss Rehab: Aphasia - Overview of the Philadelphia-based 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.
National Aphasia Association - Nonprofit organization devoted to assisting people with aphasia and their families. Its online offerings include fact sheets on aphasia, support group listings, reviews of research, tips for finding a speech-language pathologist, and information on upcoming NAA conferences.
NINDS Aphasia Information Page - Fundamental information about aphasia from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Meta Description: [ Aphasia information sheet compiled by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). ]
Primary Progressive Aphasia and Frontal Dementia - Featuring a patient-and-family guide to PPA and description of the PPA Program of Northwestern University's Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center.
Speakability - UK charity that is dedicated to helping aphasic individuals rebuild communication through information services, self-help groups, training of treatment professionals, and public advocacy.
The Copenhagen Aphasia Study - An investigation of aphasia and its treatment, with a special focus on the development of software for communication and rehabilitation. Developers are invited to collaborate on an open-source project.
The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia - Registered British charity whose aims are to establish clinics across the country, support research into speech-language therapy, determine the most cost-effective treatments, and train future speech-language professionals.
Meta Description: [ The Duke of Bedford founded The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia to try and ensure that more people could have access to the quality of treatment he received. ]
UK Connect - Supporting aphasic individuals in the United Kingdom through an integrated program of therapy, education, and research.
Meta Description: [ Connect, the communication disability network, is an innovative UK-based organisation majoring in aphasia therapies. ]
University of Arizona Aphasia Clinic - Division of the Adult Speech-Language Clinic in Tucson. Services include individual and group aphasia-therapy programs.
University of Michigan Aphasia Services - Providing intensive rehabilitation services, discussion groups, and other programs for adults with aphasia and their families through the University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy in Ann Arbor.
Meta Description: [ The University of Michigan Aphasia Program (UMAP) is committed to providing intensive state-of-the-art therapy to adults who have had strokes and other brain injuries. The UMAP is one of the language and literacy programs of the University Center for the Development of Language and Literacy (UCLL... ]
Yahoo! Groups: Aphasia - Mailing list created to share information, questions, and feelings about aphasia. Its members specifically encourage aphasic persons to contribute to the ongoing discussion.
Meta Description: [ Aphasia: A list of and for people with aphasia. ]
York-Durham Aphasia Centre - Ontario-based partnership of speech-language and social work professionals, community volunteers, and family members working with and for adults with aphasia. Locations of YDAC facilities include Stouffville, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, and Maple.
Meta Description: [ The York-Durham Aphasia Centre (YDAC) is a creative partnership of speech-language and social work professionals, community volunteers and family members working with and for adults with aphasia. ]
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