Have you sustained a stroke or brain injury that has affected your speech and language? You may have aphasia. I can help!

There are four components of language. Any or all of them may be affected by aphasia. Here are some common symptoms:

SPEAKING

• Difficulty finding words

• Speaking in single words or phrases

• Leaving out smaller words when speaking (i.e. the, of, was)

• Substituting sounds or words (i.e. “sock” for ‘shirt’ or “felatone” for ‘telephone’)

• Making up words

LISTENING

• Difficulty understanding what others are saying in conversation

• Trouble answering questions

• Requiring extra time to understand

• Answering unreliably to yes/no questions

• Trouble understanding complex sentences

READING

• Difficulty reading simple words or sentences

• Difficulty recognizing some words by sight

• Having the inability to sound out words

 WRITING

• Difficulty writing letter, words or sentences

• Writing run on sentences that do not make sense

• Writing sentences with incorrect grammar