Analysis Of Broca 's Aphasia, A Language And The Brain

Aphasia is a communication disorder that affects many adults and families. Aphasia occurs as a result of damage to the language-specific areas of the brain (ASHA, 2014). Individuals with aphasia may experience difficulties with oral language, receptive language, memory, attention writing, and reading. There are a myriad of approaches designed for the treatment of aphasia. Two treatment approaches, Promoting Aphasics Communicative Effectiveness (P.A.C.E.) and Constraint Induced Language Therapy (C.I.L.T.), and their efficacy in regard to available evidence will be discussed below.

Jane is a 65-year-old -year woman resident of the service-learning center (Alderwood Manor), I was able to visit. Jane has a difficulty making sounds of the words she wants to say. For instance, she meant to say, “I want Honey's for snack” but what comes out from her mouth would sound like “I-want-huh-nee-oz-for-suh-nack”. Jane has a condition called Apraxia of speech (AS) associated with another neurogenic communication disorder (NCD) called dysarthria. This condition occurs when “the messages from the brain to the mouth are disrupted, and the person cannot move his or her lips or tongue to the right place to say sounds correctly, even though the muscles are not weak” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2016). Duffy (2005) notes that 41% of the 155 affected persons who had a primary speech pathology diagnosis of apraxia of speech had suffered a single stroke; lesions in the area of the left middle cerebral artery distribution were commonly associated with apraxia of speech. Recent studies, however, show that apraxia of speech cannot be attributed to a single lesion site since it could be subcortical and/or cortical in nature (Murdoch, 2013). Jane is primarily diagnosed with apraxia of speech, but it is also important to note

Nearly one million individuals within the United States experience aphasia resulting from a stroke. The website for the American Heart Association states that strokes are the third leading cause of death in the United States. They are often referred to as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA). This occurs when the blood flow to the brain has been either stopped or interrupted. The deprivation of blood flow and oxygen to the brain results in a stroke. Around 41.2 percent of individuals who suffered from a stroke will have aphasia (Guyomard et al., 2009). Manasco (2014) stated that aphasia is a deficit in language abilities resulting from the brain. It is broken down into, two categories fluent and non-fluent. Individuals with aphasia typically suffer from anomia. This is a condition where word retrieval (anomia) is difficult. “Most unimpaired individuals do not need to put forth any effort to express themselves verbally. However,

(Damage to this area would result in, Broca’s Aphasia; the inability to use or understand written or spoken words. People who suffer from this condition may understand what they are wanting to say, but are unable to say it in clarity. Such as “bot” instead of “box”

Human beings occasionally suffer bad damage to particular parts of their brains. Unfortunately, these injuries may lead to major failure of speech production, understanding language and comprehension which most of the patients suffer it permanently. This impairment is called Aphasia. Gayle (2012) states that people with aphasia fail to understand sentence comprehension although it is a simple sentence. She also mentioned that aphasia patients also have difficulty in reading and understanding speeches. According to Fromkin, Rodman and Hyams (2011), aphasia is a scientific term used to explained language disorder due to brain injuries caused by diseases or trauma. In other words, aphasia involves partial or total loss of the ability to

Imagine a life where someone could not force words to come out of his or her mouth, even if he knew what he wanted to say. Such is the life for people who suffer from Broca’s aphasia. Broca’s aphasia is a speech disorder where the Broca’s area in the brain’s left frontal lobe malfunctions, resulting in the inability for a patient to form the necessary movements of the muscles for speech production. This type of non-verbal aphasia is often referenced as motor aphasia because of the lack of motor skills in the brain for speech production. Thousands of people suffer from this disorder, and as a result communication between these people and society is incredibly difficult. Although each person experiences Broca’s aphasia differently, there are

Acute post-traumatic Broca’s Aphasia is a condition where the neurons contained in Broca’s area, a section of the brain that is responsible for speech fluidity, are rendered ineffective following a traumatic experience such as a stroke, presence of a tumour, or an infection. Common symptoms include difficulty speaking, comprehending speech, and writing. Affecting one in 250 Americans today, Aphasia is more common than other neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, muscular dystrophy, or cerebral palsy. Despite the plethora of people affected by Broca’s Aphasia, currently speech therapy is the only effective treatment. The purpose of this experiment is to create an implant composed of artificially synthesized neurons that replaces

SPLP 634 - Aphasia. Aphasia is a major course in the curriculum with emphasis on acquired communication disorders, including the etiologies, characteristics, anatomical/physiological, acoustic, psychological, developmental, and linguistic and cultural correlates. Aphasia is a graduate-level seminar-based course directed toward the study of acquired neurogenic language and cognitive disorders due to lesions of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Four major neurogenic disorders are addressed including: the aphasias, right hemisphere syndrome, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and dementia. An introduction to the language found in neurogenic psychopathology are also discussed. Etiological factors that affect varied cultural groups (e.g.,

Speech and language disorders can be acquired from brain injury and external force. According to the mechanistic model of aging, the brain is seen as our hard drive (Rysberg 2016). Information is stored and signals are sent to the rest of the body. Any interference such as a stroke can alter the way a person functions. Speech Language Pathologists often come in when traumatic brain injury is seen in a patient. The brain is separated into two hemispheres; one processes language and reasoning while the other, the right side, houses the emotional aspect of communication. While someone possessing a traumatic brain injury to the right side of the brain may not exhibit problems with their articulators and Nero motor connectors, they may have problems

In my interview, Michelle described Lisa’s features of Aphasia that were similar to existing studies done on stroke victims that also suffer from aphasia. Symptoms of her language disorder were more prominent during the first year after her stroke, but through intensive therapies she has benefited in her communication abilities. Michelle explains that right after the stroke, her daughter suffered from a period of not speaking at all. She experienced mild paralyzation in the right side of her body and had great difficulties swallowing. After a few weeks, her swallowing ability recovered on its own, and she started speaking again but could not put together a whole sentence. Lisa admits the struggle to find her words was the most frustrating part,

Another serious type of aphasia is Broca’s Aphasia. Broca’s Aphasia differs from Wernicke’s aphasia because individuals that suffer from this disorder can easily comprehend because their auditory comprehension is unimpaired, but they are unable to control their articulators and motor planning in order to produce their own speech. Broca’s Aphasia is also known as “nonfluent” or

As social beings, we use languages to communicate with others daily. Unless the loss of verbal expression is personally experienced or observed through a close relative/friend, I believe we take language for granted. As a future speech-language pathologist this concept of everyone having a different opinion on language based off their experiences is thought-provoking. This is why I decided to revolve my HON 211 Creative Project around this topic.

This essay will focus on the extent to which studies of neurological disorders support the claim that distinct neural structures underline specific language functions and look into some of the most valued contributions made by scientists studying this field.

All humans use a language to communicate with other humans. Overtime the human bodies have been modified to accommodate language. The human body uses 6 organs to accomplish language. The 6 organs are the lungs, vocal cords, tongue, teeth, lips and nose. Although these 6 organs main functions are eating and breathing, they have been modified over time to help exercise humans control during speech production. Linguistics is the study of how language works. Language changes over time to fit the current population. Creativity is a must in language because it gives us the freedom to produce and understand new words and sentences as the need arises. However, there are boundaries within which innovation can occur. The human language is very complex

Language impairments has affected all types of people of all types of age. Language impairment has no specific target to effect. Many people who suffer from a traumatic event, aphasia disease, or simply a stutter; are all cases known for having communication disorders. Over six million people in the U.S. suffer from a language impairment; out of that six, one million suffer people suffer from aphasia, and three million suffer from stuttering. Through various research, many analysts have discovered an alternative way for these patients to effectively communicate with their peers. There has been several cases where literature has become a great influence in assisting those in need of speech therapy. Patients have found an operative way to interact with their friends and family through poetry. Even though, the poetry method has been shown to be effective, it does not necessarily work for everyone suffering from speech disorders. There are some cases where patients are too far into their disability, that a discovery has been yet to be developed. Poetry therapy has been shown to eliminate peoples language impairments by helping them use poetry as an alternate communication tool, some patients read poetry to help them with their aphasia disability, other patients write it for their own self discovery after suffering from a misfortunate event, and others have used poetry to help them control their stuttering.