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So there's no way to communicate after being affected by this? Why is the world such a place of horror!
by codeisawesome 11y ago
So there's no way to communicate after being affected by this? Why is the world such a place of horror!
- thaumasiotes 11y agoSometimes people recover. Sometimes they don't. My friend's grandmother had a stroke some months back; she lost the ability to talk. She can easily demonstrate that she understands what you say, but she can't talk. There is a passage in The Language Instinct about a man who had a stroke, and lost the ability to talk. He recovered. And he described the experience -- of finding himself in difficulty, knowing something was wrong, and calling out to his wife for help... when no words came out. It's one of the most horrifying things I can think of. :/
- MrAnalogy 11y agoThere isn't necessarily no way to communicate. It's normally just language (or symbolic) communication. So, you could communicate with hand gestures, pictures, etc. One technique is a communication board, with lots of pictures. The person with aphasia would point to the picture of concept they want to communicate. And there are augmentative communication devices, but they are ( in my experience) not terribly useful for an adult w/ aphasia.
- codeisawesome 11y agoOkay. That helps, ever so slightly.