My mother recently had a stroke. She understand us but she cannot convey what she wants to say. I can see her frustration everyday she try to say something but failed to convey it. We love her to death. We try everyday to help her speak and we're not going to stop. Everyone who suffers or has a love one experiencing aphasia I hope you don't give up.
Same as my mother she hasn't been able to speak since xmas 2011 cannot write either she used to be able to swear a little of make reactive words like (Oh) she can cant even get a yes or a no out. Used to at least try and talk but was just a garbled repetitive noise is all she could make. She gave up on that even now have not seen a smile out of her now in over a year :( This also happen too my grandmother 20 years ago. It's is terrible to be not able to say what you want to say.
@@gpsiro Thank you for sharing. My mom actually passed away a year ago. Turns out it wasn't a stroke but a tumor on the middle of her brain. She fought hard. We fought hard. I pray for your family and for your mom and hope it will be all better soon.
That was so nice. I fell down the stairs three years ago, had a TBI, and had aphasia for 6 months or so. Friends and family and workers would laugh at me because my speech was funny. I don't blame them one bit, I would have laughed too. I am 99% over it (i'm 58) but it was only because of fantastic therapy, and time. Your brain is not affected - at least not for me. Bless you all! :)
I had a catastrophic massive stroke. My brain was damaged by a fist-size blood clot. I couldnt speak but, I read in three different languages and listen to French and English. I could chant in prayerbook Hebrew. The doctors said, I had an expressive aphasia (non-fluent aphasia). Now, I am fluent in English. There isn't one kind of 'aphasia'.
That's because each language you speak / understand has a different part of the brain dedicated to it, so it's totally possible that you lost the ability to speak one languege, but preserved the ability to speak another.
Also there are different kinds of aphasia as you said. It can either mean that you don't know the definitions of words, but you know the words. Or you don't know the words, but only know the definitions. Or, if you are very unfortunate, you don't know the words nor the definitions.
I spoke out 4 or 5 syllables words 3 times in my breakfasts. Six years went by. I talk to strangers with my broken-down English sentences. And, eventually, I was fluent in my mother tongue,
Sorry I did not enable comments on you tube until today. Feel free to comment and share your story. Thanks Ffion - Director of the understanding aphasia video.
Understanding Aphasia Maybe I do have a little bit of it, I'm not sure yet to come with a definite conclusion.. I honestly have difficulties processing information as quickly as a healthy minded person does. Many times I stop in the middle of a normal conversation in order to retrieve words that I intend to use to express or correlate with a next sentence or a statement. I never had a stroke, but I was told that when I was still an infant, there was a housemaid that used to slam me on head! Maybe that's what caused my epilepsy (when the family doesn't have a history of such illness) and as well had affected my comprehension skills..I'm not certain about that, but what I'm certain of that I have some sort of learning disability that needs to be dealt with soon because it will be noticed when I have to speak infront of group colleagues once I'm accepted in a job..or even earlier when performing interviews..
its like livin in a bubble. isolated i am a hermit. at least i have two cats to love. i wish my family knew wha i suffer with, also wish telepathy was more common
I know it's tough when you want and need language but words come with a cost of theit own. I see there are ways to communicate without words. I knew there must be. Makes me happy to see that loosing language doesn't stop people. Life is beautiful. Great video.
I can imagine because it happened to me a year ago. I can write and read at high school level, but my speech is hampered. For three days, I could not communicate with the world to a stroke that cause anomic aphasia.
I felt sad for this.. Anyone could have this if we are careless of our everyday of daily living, in our lifestyle and environment. We could say internal and external factors... So take good care of your selves..
I've had aphasia and several strokes. Look into Mary t newport MD and coconut oil. Though her book is about alzheimerz I knew from it would cause brain regeneration. So does fish oil. One of my strokes I couldn't walk and once couldn't understand English. I if u wanted alzheimerz whatt if there was a cure. Remember it is mainly on alzheimerz but it just works on the brain. Is the poin
MizukiUkitake Depends on the type of aphasia. People with Broca's Aphasia tend to be able to understand written language better and generally that is how they communicate until they regain some speech ability. People with Wernicke's Aphasia can have trouble comprehending language, so writing might not be an option for them. It all depends on the person's specific case, and the amount of damage done to the brain.
When I had stroke I could Overstand Creole fluently. So much what we brains are missing....intelligence on another level...Question do u feel u have to force we to talk for all the words and stutter too? I have this all the time. So great to talk w other stroke survivors too.
Boy this is coming now, my three strokes happened in April 2011. My family don't understand that I had three strokes, my ex wife she is the same, she really does not happen, nor does she understand. I am back in Kalgoorlie I have asked a Speech Therapist to help me. It is sort of getting better my work was really good , but communication was hopeless. Yes I understand my strokes has happened, sort of remembering people and things are now getting better. But it is near 5 years. Yes I understand Aphasia, and yes I cry because my strokes and life is really horrible!
+Roderick Kison Yes still look and cry and yes depressed. It is funny I own a house in Kalgoorlie it is really nice, but I am trying to sell it. My family my eldest brother he was probably drunk and yes he said that I am good forget the stroke life is good. But I still have communication. In 2011 I was a SAP Data Consultant not too bad, but I had three strokes there was no communication at all! Yes I looked at a bush why cause I had three strokes. My sons they believed that I was great, but... I tried to listen to a phone call but I did not really listen and understand. On son sent a message, but I did not understand what he gave me, I think it was probably six months to partially understand. Do you know I had a unit but I yes I was still paying it, but I had three strokes. So I sold the furniture and probably after three months in the hospital I went back to Whyalla in South Australia. But, Whyalla was don't know... I found a few jobs but lost them. I did ask my ex wife to read books about Strokes but she did not. Finally every day she was angry, she did not help me, so for me life now it is lost. It is funny I went to a hall, people were there, and yes my wife was there as well, two people were married so I said that happy xmas, why? cause I did not understand what to say. This was after four years since I had three strokes. why, why, why?? Now we have separated my ex wife is staying in whyalla and guess what now she is selling my fairly new lounge, by the way my mother, probably my tools, lots of other stuff is still staying in my mothers house, my fridge my weber and my car fridge, she is really nasty. My family are also pretty bad. Particularly my two eldest sons I gave them money but will they give me money back no. My mother is 85 and probably pretty crook, but she sells everything, why, because she goes to the hotel and then spends my things as well. My youngest son is not too bad, but my mothers house has two houses joined together, she kills my trees, sold out my carport, and then removed the red rocks, why? So am I stressed.. yes. Now I live by myself, don't know....
As I watched the video, I couldn´t help but think if the feeling is any different from what someone would feel if they suddenly found themselves in a foreign country and they had zero knowledge of the language (and it was written in an alphabet different from the one they use). What do you guys think?
Similar perhaps, but undoubtedly far, far worse. This is like torture. My grandma was left unable to speak at all after a stroke(I was only little so I can't remember if she could write, but I doubt it), but if you spoke to her, she knew exactly what you were saying. I cannot fathom how frustrating that must be.
No it's not . Me as as someone who just discover that i have aphasia i don't know if i will be able to speak again and fluently (arabic) but since my second language is french I don't think I lost my french vocabulary and i think i can learn other languages , except my mother language it's a bit hard for me to express my thoughts and feelings in arabic 💔💔. So for the people who found themselves in a new country they can learn the language of the country and continue living normally whereas for someone with aphasia perhaps he might not be able to speak the language he wants.
I wonder how effective it would be to teach basic gestures or even sign language? as it would essentially be not reading but rather associating a set of motions to a thought rather than words. similar to using PICTURES im guessing its possible that "sign language" will have to pass through the speech center too. but gesturing seems possible for some other things food drink yes no , shoo/go away. but yeah the solutions at the end of the video were very helpful.
fuzzywuzzy2622 Hi. My dad had a stroke yesterday and can't utter anything except AA AA AA sound. The worse part is that he cannot write what he wants to say. He just write any random words. I am going to see a physiotherapist today. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.
Hello, I have an aunt that has this dissorder, can you please let me know wich application is used at the end of the video, the one the husband is using with her, where it shows feelings, actions, etc... I really appreciate it. thanks a lot.
Hi Erica, the app is called Touch chat HD. It has many different vocabs you can use, the one shown on the video was customized and the pictures downloaded from google images, hope that helps
My mom had a stroke on labor day and she is still not speaking words or swallowing or walking. I had no idea that she may not understand written words anymore.
My father had a road accident due to which he got brain injury...but now after almost 20 months he is unabke to speak ...he is speaking but we are unable to understand what he is saying...can someone guide me how to get him recovered...thank u
Sign Language would often be very hard to learn, because you need an intact central language system to make the connection. Using gesture though can be very helpful to get the message across .
people with Aphasia can't type on a tablet? or write stuff down and show it to people? It's not like they didn't know how to write or talk in the first place.
Hi Xiao, in answer to your question, it depends on what part of the brain is damaged, some people can still write, or use a tablet a bit better than speech. others like the type shown on the video have what is called global aphasia where reading, writing talking and understanding speech are affected. The people have normal language skills prior to there stroke. Hope that helps