Aphasia and Dyslexia

Aphasia

What is Aphasia?

Is an impairment of language ability.

This class of language disorder ranges from having difficulty remembering words to being completely unable to speak, read, or write.

Aphasia disorders are develop quickly as a result of head injury or stroke, but can develop slowly from a brain tumor, infection or dementia, or can be a learning disability.

There are several types of aphasia, some of these are:

• Broca´s aphasia
• Non-fluent aphasia
• Motor aphasia
• Esxpressive aphasia
• Receptive aphasia
• Global aphasia
• Mny others
  

Most Aphasia patients can recover some or most of the skills at work with a speech and language therapist. This rehabilitation can take two or more years and is most effective when starts quickly. The improvement varies depending on the aphasia´s cause, type and severity. Recovery also depends on the age of the patient, health, the motivation, and educational level.

Dyslexia

What is Dyslexia?

Is a learning disability that impairs a person´s fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read.

There are three types of dyslexia:

·         Auditory

·         Visual

·         Reading disabilities

Some symptoms of Dyslexia are:

·         Difficulty for learning the alphabet or letter order.

·         Difficulty for associate the sounds with letters.

·         Very poor spelling.