CVA (Stroke) or TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) Parkinson\u2019s disease A stroke occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or reduced and it is most likely to cause speech and\/or expressive and receptive language difficulties that will impact a person’s communication. When parts of the brain are damaged, individuals may present with impaired ability to understand what they hear, to express their own ideas, needs, and thoughts, to read, write or copy, to repeat or follow directions, to find the appropriate words to express themselves, etc. <\/span>This loss of language function due to a brain injury in an area that is associated with the comprehension and production of language, is known as Aphasia <\/p><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n Aphasia<\/strong> is broadly classified as:
Right Hemisphere Impairments
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Aphasia
Dysarthria \/ Apraxia
Dysphagia
Bell’s Palsy
Aspiration Pneumonia<\/strong>
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
Multiple Sclerosis
Alzheimer’s Dis
Dementia
COPD\/Asthma
GERD
Failure to Thrive
Encephalitis\/Seizures<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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APHASIA<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1. Fluent<\/strong>: Wernicke’s, Conduction, Transcortical sensory, and Anomic aphasia.<\/strong>
2. Non-fluent<\/strong>: Broca’s, Transcortical Motor, Isolation, and Global aphasia.<\/strong> <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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