There are at least 2 million people in the U.S. with the disorder.
— where patients can speak, but the speech they produce often has no meaning, with long sentences that can contain made-up or unnecessary words. “Sentences do not hang together and irrelevant words intrude-sometimes to the point of jargon,” the
noted. Patients usually aren’t aware of their mistakes and have a hard time understanding what other people say.— where patients understand speech and know what they want to say, but have trouble saying it. The formation of sounds is often “laborious and clumsy,” according to the association, and patients often speak in short phrases that omit small words like “is,” “and” and “the.”
, the former Congresswoman who was shot in the head outside a Tucson, Arizona, grocery store in 2011, has this form of aphasia. Patients like her can often sing even though they have lost so much of their access to language.Doctors are usually first to recognize it and can test a patient’s ability to carry on a conversation and follow commands. A specialist can assess any difficulties in more detail.
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