Associated concerns

Brain trauma or neuropathology can lead to various communication disorders depending on the site of lesion. These disorders include, but not limited to, aphasia, apraxia of speech, dysarthrias, dementia, right hemisphere syndrome, traumatic brain injury and / or swallowing disorders (dysphagia).

APHASIA:

Aphasia is a neurologically-based language disorder that lead to loss of some / all language skills after a period of normal language acquisition. There are different types of aphasia depending on the language area affected in the brain. Some types predominantly affect receptive skills whereas in other types, expressive skills are mostly affected.

APRAXIA:

Apraxia is a neurogenic disorder affecting programming of volitional speech production and it differs in many aspects from Childhood Apraxia of Speech.

DYSARTHRIAS:

Dysarthrias are a group of motor speech disorders that result from impaired muscular control of the speech mechanism due to some pathology in the nervous system.

DEMENTIA:

Dementia is an acquired neurological syndrome that is usually accompanied by progressive deterioration in intellectual functioning.

RIGHT HEMISPHERE SYNDROME:

Right hemisphere syndrome describes a group of characteristics – mostly describes –mostly related to perceptual and attention deficits – demonstrated by patients with neurological insult to the right hemisphere. Traumatic brain injury refers to injury of the brain due to external force or physical trauma.