Aphasia.
Aphasia is a language disorder most often caused by stroke, but can also occur after a brain injury or in the setting of a brain tumor or progressive brain disease. Aphasia can impact talking, listening, reading, and writing. Common symptoms of Aphasia include:
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Talking
Having a hard time finding words
Saying the wrong word
Mixing up the sounds in words
Using made-up words
Having a hard time speaking in sentences
Saying sentences and words that do not make sense
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Listening
Having difficulty understanding what people are saying, especially for longer sentences, more complex information, or when someone is speaking quickly
Struggling with communicating in bigger groups or in noisy situations
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Reading
Having difficulty reading words, sentences, or paragraphs
Finding it hard to understand numbers or symbols like those found on a clock or money
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Writing
Having trouble spelling words or connecting words into sentences
Frequent errors when writing emails or text messages