Aphasia is a neurological condition that affects language skills, often resulting from a brain injury, especially in the left hemisphere. At SRMC, our certified speech-language pathologists develop an individualized treatment plan to address language deficits that affect the patient’s ability to communicate in all environments. Patients with aphasia and/or acquired language disorders may have difficulty with the following:
- Understanding words, questions, directions, or stories
- Producing words and sentences
- Reading and writing
Ask your doctor to consider a referral to a speech-language pathologist. The speech-language pathologist will test your language skills and will ask you about the problems you have and what you want to work on. Next, they will test how you understand words, questions, directions, and stories; produce words and sentences; read and write; and find other ways to share your ideas when you have trouble.
