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Spotlight: Aphasia
Spotlight: Aphasia

Recently aphasia has been brought into the limelight since Bruce Willis’s diagnosis with aphasia. Thousands of people are diagnosed every year with aphasia, though now more people are researching and learning about this disorder. So, what actually is Aphasia? Aphasia is a communication disorder that some people develop due to stroke, brain injury, brain tumor and sometimes dementia.

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AdminWell Said: Toronto Speech Therapyspeech-language pathologist, speech therapist, speech teacher, anna pasternak, voice, medical, aphasia
How a Speech Therapist Can Help You If Your Loved One Has Aphasia
How a Speech Therapist Can Help You If Your Loved One Has Aphasia

For many people with aphasia, there is some evidence that communication partner training can increase the effectiveness of their interactions with their loved ones, even though this type of therapy does not directly impact their ability to produce sounds, words or sentences.

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Liana HewWell Said: Toronto Speech Therapyspeech-language pathologist, speech therapist, speech teacher, adult, communication, conversation, speech, speech therapy, megan smith, communicate, partner, support, aphasia, stroke, interacting, treatment tool, relationship, strategies