What is aphasia?
Aphasia is the loss of language due to brain injury, such as stroke, head trauma, brain tumour, or infection.
Symptoms
Aphasia can cause difficulty for people to listen, speak, read, write, and use numbers in their everyday life. There are different types of aphasia and people with aphasia experience these symptoms differently.
Aphasia can impact on your quality of life
Communication is intrinsic to all parts of our lives. So it is no surprise that aphasia can have a wide impact. People with aphasia may have difficulty interacting in small and large social settings. It can be hard to maintain old friendships and relationships. Furthermore, young people and working-aged people with aphasia are under-recognised and can find return to their employment challenging.
What Hobart Speech Pathology offer
We provide aphasia assessment and therapy to help build you communication abilities. The following are just some of the services we offer:
- Aphasia assessment
- Aphasia therapy
- Communication partner training
- Assistive technology consultation & set up
- Communication counselling & education
What is aphasia?
Aphasia is the loss of language due to brain injury.
Symptoms
People with aphasia may have difficulty:
Listening
Understanding people can sometimes be hard
Speaking
Finding the words that you want to say can be hard
Reading
Understanding the newspaper, your favourite book, or appointment letters can be hard
Writing
Writing a letter or typing on a text message can be hard
Numbers
Counting money, using a calendar, or telling the time can be hard
Aphasia can impact on your quality of life
Social situations can be hard
Aphasia can change friendships and relationships
Aphasia can make work frustrating
What Hobart Speech Pathology offer
We provide aphasia assessment and therapy
We help you:
- Know your aphasia
- Learn strategies to understand others
- Learn strategies to express yourself
- Participate in social groups
- Learn to use technology for communicating
