What is Conduction Aphasia?
Conduction aphasia, also called associative aphasia, is an uncommon form of difficulty in speaking. It is caused by damage to the parietal lobe of the brain. Affected people can fully understand…
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Get to Know Jim Kasper
Name: Jim Kasper When did you have your stroke? June 2, 2021 What was your occupation? Software Developer for Medical Billings Systems What are your favorite activities now? Watching my wife. I…
What is Transcortical Sensory Aphasia?
Transcortical sensory aphasia involves damage to specific areas of the brain's temporal lobe, resulting in symptoms such as poor auditory comprehension, relatively intact repetition, and fluent speech. TSA is a…
HOPE Stroke Support Group at Manatee Memorial Hospital
The HOPE Stroke Support Group at Manatee Memorial Hospital (MMH) is a stroke support group for stroke survivors and their caregivers. HOPE stands for Healing, Optimism, Positivity, and Encouragement. Three…
What is Transcortical Motor Aphasia?
Transcortical Motor Aphasia, also known as commissural dysphasia or white matter dysphasia, results from damage to the language-dominant hemisphere in the anterior superior frontal lobe. Transcortical Motor Aphasia is classified…
Aphasia Community Center’s 5th Birthday!
Dear Friends, it's the Aphasia Community Center's 5th Birthday. We hope you'll help us celebrate our first 5 years with a donation of "5." Make it your kind of "5"…
Symptoms of Aphasia
Symptoms of aphasia
The Good Enough Principle
The Good Enough Principle refers to the idea that progress is a better goal than perfection in our role as co-survivors and caregivers. In reality, no one is perfect. But…
Get to Know Leonard Lizaso
Name: Leonard Lizaso When did you have your stroke? February 19, 2021 What was your occupation? Registered Nurse What are your favorite activities now? Gardening, cooking, carpentry, fixing car What piece of advice would…
What is Apraxia of Speech?
Apraxia of speech, also called verbal apraxia, is a loss of speech ability from a brain injury such as stroke. A person with apraxia of speech has trouble saying what…
Stroke Wellness and Support Club at Sarasota Memorial Hospital
The Stroke Wellness and Support Club at Sarasota Memorial Hospital (SMH) has a special division devoted to promoting education, wellness, and the management of stroke and neurological diseases. They provide…
What is Broca’s Aphasia?
Broca's aphasia is a nonfluent and expressive aphasia where the person knows what they want to say and can understand others. But, speech takes great effort to say words or…
Stress, Grief, Depression, and Aphasia
by Donna Polelle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP Persons with Aphasia experience a loss of communication, leading to frustration and social isolation. In addition, Aphasia affects relationships, roles, identity, everyday functioning, and daily…
What is Anomic Aphasia?
Anomic aphasia is a mild form of fluent aphasia where the person can understand other's speech and can usually read. People with anomic aphasia can't find the words they want…
Fighting Overwhelm
Fighting overwhelm can be overwhelming! Three months ago, we ran an article with a Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire. In taking the Self-Assessment, we learned that overwhelm is a problem in the…
