Aphasia

1. APHASIAS:
Alíssa Santos - Brazil/2022
6 types and 2 clinical cases.

2. What is aphasia?
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by damage
in a specific area of the brain that controls
language expression and comprehension. Aphasia
leaves a person unable to communicate effectively
with others.

3. Affected areas

4. Types of aphasia.
Global
It is caused by injuries to
multiple parts of the brain that
are responsible for processing
language.
Broca´s
Partial loss of their language
ability. They have difficulty speaking
fluently and their speech may be
limited to a few words at a time.
wernicke`s
Also called fluent aphasia or receptive
aphasia. Ability to comprehend spoken
words. Not make a lot of sense and
they’ll use nonsense or irrelevant words
in their sentences.
anomic
Unable to come up with the right
words for what they want to talk
about. Annot find the words to
discuss what they want to.
Mixed non-fluent
Limited and effortful speech, similar
to Broca´s aphasia. The
comprehension abilities are more
limited than patients with Broca’s
aphasia.
APA: Primary progressive aphasia
PPA is a neurological syndrome in which
someone loses their ability to use language
slowly and progressively. Caused by
neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s
Disease.
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5. what causes aphasia?
stroke
infection
Head injury
Brain tumor
dementia

6. SYMPTOMS OF THE DISEASE
Inability to express
speech, motor cause
Broca´s
Inability to understand
the speech
Long confusing sentences, add
unnecessary words, or create new
words. - Wernicke´s
Difficulties with speaking or
comprehending language
Global Aphasia.

7. Had a stroke at age 18.
● Broca´s Aphasia;
● Sociability challenges;
● Difficulty reading and understanding;
Casos clínicos.

8. ● Sarah Scott | Headway;
● Expressive Aphasia - Sarah Scott - Teenage Stroke Survivor.
The inability to produce speech in a motor way is
limiting and cruel, since it is able to process and
think the words and form sentences
intellectually.

9. WERNICKE`S APHASIA.
“Word Salad” - Mixing words without
meaning or context;
misunderstanding of your own
speech and that of the other.

10. Bruce Willis
Aphasia.
the actor was affected by a
secondary aphasia, after a
stroke.

11. hOW IS APHASIA DIAGNOSED?
● Computed Tomography (CT);
● Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI);
● Positron Emission Tomography (PET);
● It can also be analyzed from the
patient´s speech.

12. ● High Blood Pressure;
● Sedentary Lifestyle;
● Cholesterol;
● Diabetes Mellitus;
● Obesides;
● Smoking.
prevention
Treatment and prevention
Speech-language
therapy
medicated
Family Support is extremaly important.

13. APPRECIATE FOR YOUR
ATTENTION.
- THANK YOU.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/aphasia