Communication Matters

Dysarthria is a motor speech disorder caused by damage to the central or peripheral nervous system – or sometimes both – as the result of a stroke or brain injury. People with dysarthria may have trouble with respiration (breathing), phonation (voicing), articulation (speech), prosody (patterns of stress and intonation) and resonance (e.g., nasality).

Tags: Speech, Communication, Stroke, talking

Aphasia is a language disorder resulting from an injury to the brain, such as a stroke or head trauma. Aphasia involves varying degrees of communication difficulties in these areas:

Spoken Language Comprehension - otherwise known as “Receptive Language” or “Auditory Comprehension.”

Symptoms may include:

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Support, Stroke, Brain Injury, talking

Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability in adults, and the fifth leading cause of death in America. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. will experience a stroke, and nearly 800,000 Americans will have a stroke this year alone.

Below are 10 common health factors that attribute to having a stroke and how to reduce your risk of experiencing one:

1. Hypertension
   Linked to 48% of stroke-related incidents
   Hypertension is the single most modifiable risk factor. Make sure to have your blood pressure regularly checked!

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What is a stroke?

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Stroke, Learning, Voice, talking

Suffering from a stroke can be a scary and challenging experience, causing brain damage that may lead to communication difficulties with language, speech, voice, cognition and even swallowing.

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Stroke, Voice

 

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A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound.

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Stroke, Stuttering

A communication disorder is an impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound.

Tags: Speech, Language, Communication, Stroke, Hearing Loss, Stuttering

A group of women sit together at the Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center in Cleveland while their loved ones complete their weekly stroke support group session.

Tags: Speech, Communication, Support, Stroke, Caregiving, Brain Injury