What happens to you if your broca's area is damaged?

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People with damaged Broca's areas can understand speech but have trouble producing it.  (+ info)

A question about Aphasia?

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Aphasia is loss of speech. There are different types of aphasia that can occur. If Broca area was affected by a stroke would the content of the spoken word be affected or would the ability to pronounce the words be affected?
I always just remember that Broca starts the same as "broken"--if Broca's area is affected by a stroke, the speech quantity will be impoverished, with short, awkward sentences and few words.
A stroke in Wernicke's area produces a "fluent aphasia"--speech quantity is normal, but non-sensical.  (+ info)

What would you sound like if you had sporadic aphasia AND Tourette's Syndrome?

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Tourette's Syndrome sometimes causes outbursts of obscenities, but sporadic aphasia causes you to substitute inappropriate words into sentences (i.e. I want to eat cars for dinner).
My point is that you address both the sporadic aphasia and the symptom I described in my question. Although 30 percent may seem an infinitessimal amount to you, it is still a significant number. juliart, you seem to know about Tourette's Syndrome from your response (I have a friend with it who does have outbursts, but the most common symptom he shows is exagerated blinking). Tell me if Sporadic Aphasia and Tourette's Syndrom in the same person is possible and if so, how would it manifest?
The number of Tourettes cases that have accompanying coprolalia (saying obscenities) is very small. Although Coprolalia is the most widely known symptom, coprolalia occurs in as low as 5-15% of patients and 5-30% in some clinical series.

I hope that you are not making a joke. I'ts not funny.

Insensitive hollywood types have grasped this and made it the most popular symptom, even though MOST PEOPLE WITH TOURETES DO NOT HAVE THIS SYMPTOM.

So what is your point?  (+ info)

i'm trying to get some information on "aphasia" learning disability. What does this mea and what can.be done

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my daughter is hearing impaired and diagnosised as "aphasia." Time seems to play a factor in learning and it take more time in order to process information than usual. any valueable information or medical advice would be appreciated. thank you
Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to language centers of the brain. For almost all right-handers and for about 1/2 of left-handers, damage to the left side of the brain causes aphasia. As a result, individuals who were previously able to communicate through speaking, listening, reading and writing become more limited in their ability to do so. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke, but gunshot wounds, blows to the head, other traumatic brain injury, brain tumor, and other sources of brain damage can also cause aphasia.

Some people with aphasia have problems primarily with expressive language (what is said) while others have their major problems with receptive language (what is understood). In still other cases, both expressive language and receptive language are obviously impaired. Language is affected not only in its oral form of talking and understanding but also in its written form of reading and writing . Typically, reading and writing are more impaired than oral communication. The nature of the problems varies from person to person depending on many factors but most importantly on the amount and location of the damage to the brain.


check some of the sites i have provided  (+ info)

What is "coca broca"?

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I know it is a kind of appetizer but I do not know how it is made. Any idea?
Well there is a plant called cocoa. A city in Florida called Cocoa. there is an American comedian called Imogene Coca. other than that cant help you at all, sorry.  (+ info)

could anyone suggest what should i do as my husband is suffering from aphasia disease?

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he lost his full memory and he is unable to speak anything
he his totally lost from his laife
pla help me
Hi
I know that you must be very scared and worried about your husband and your life now and I feel for you. The answer to your question is very complex, but since you have access to a computer, I would like to refer you to a website: www.aphasia.org. This is a website for the National Aphasia Association. If you click on the links for Aphasia Community and then on the State Representative Network, you will be able to find someone in your state to contact. Local resources vary, but there are generally good aphasia programs at rehabilitation hospitals and inexpensive options at Universities. Also, check out the NIH website clinicaltrials.gov to see if your husband might qualify for a free trial of therapy. Not knowing the details about your husband, I hesitate to offer a prognosis, but know that many people make surprisingly good recoveries and that progress continues for years, even indefinitely with hard work and determination. The previous answer was right about getting good medical care.

I wish you and your husband the best. Good luck  (+ info)

Can Aphasia ( Communication Prblm) Cause due to Tension?

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I think i am having Aphasia.I cannot express or pronouce the words properly.Everbody is having difficulty in understading what i say.How can i overcome this prblm and i am having lot of tension due to a disorder of body?
Undergo a speech therapy!! It will help!!  (+ info)

When diagnoised with aphasia I had trouble speaking, comprehending and understanding Is this normaLl?

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With aphasia, speaking and comprehending seems normal per my research. Not fully realizing "where I am" happens to me or exactully "who" I'm with also happens to me (but for some reason I feel safe and usually listen to what the person tells me to do...I.e. "Lie down, take it easy" etc. Recently I have had trouble with BALANCE (walking) and have seen "flashes of light" and lost color for moments (seeing in "black and white, Gray and black is more acurate. This has happened in the last week or soo (10 ? days). My MRI shows my blood vessel in my brain has grown a "by-pass" to connect the broken/damaged vbessels and is connecting. Is all of this "Normal"?? I never experienced the flashing lights, and color situation until recently when it appears my vessel is "reattaching". Is this normal or could I havde another problem. FYI - my Doctor seems these "added" events I have had occur are thr results of the vessel "tie-in". any comments or people who have expereienced this? Thanks
GASAP!!!thats HORRIBLE!!!!
well,i have arthritis and i need an inhaler...so all i know is that i take pills and it might help...if your doctor says no pill can help...just remember...GOD MIGHT HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR APHASIA!!!  (+ info)

Does anyone recove from aphasia?

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If a doctor says you have aphasia can you ever recove from that? Will you ever talk again or is that it?
It is possible to get some limited speech back with speech therapy. How much or any depends on how serious the cause it etc and what happened to cause it.  (+ info)

How does Broca and Wernicke occur?

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broca is the one that help in expressing themselves. that is the reason why when a person has aphasia related to broca that person is unable to express themselves verbally meaning that they know what they want to say but can't actually verbalize it. Wernicke on the other hand affects the ability to receive information. Therefore when something is said to them, they are unable to understand and process that information. for example if you ask a person with wernicke damage to pass you a spoon, they might pass you the fork.  (+ info)

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