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aphasia
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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aphasia (med.) loss of speech. XIX. — modL. — Gr.
aphasíā, f.
A-4 +
phánai speak; see
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Aphasia: New Health Risk For Blacks
Newspaper article from: Sun Reporter, The; 6/12/2003; 700+ words
; Sun Reporter, The 06-12-2003 Aphasia -- which often hits persons who have...doctors say. Few people know about aphasia, a condition that causes a language barrier...fact that more people in the U.S. have aphasia than multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy...
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Aphasia Center Offers Lifeline To East Bay Stroke Survivors
Newspaper article from: Oakland Post; 6/18/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...have strokes, many of them end up with aphasia. Imagine if suddenly you were unable...you. That's what it's like to have aphasia. Never heard of it? Well, you're not alone. Most people don't know what aphasia is. There are more people in the United...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Aphasia disorder affects ability to use words.(Life - Health)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 6/7/2005; 700+ words
; ...both. Chances are you are suffering from aphasia, a communication disorder that affects...spoken or written words. June is National Aphasia Awareness Month, and medical experts...people in the United States suffer from aphasia. It's more common than Parkinson...
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Aphasia center focuses first on understanding
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 6/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Bergen County, NJ) 06-01-2009 Aphasia center focuses first on understanding...metropolitan area suffer from the brain disorder aphasia, but most people don't know what it...fund-raiser on Sunday held by the Adler Aphasia Center in Maywood to kick off national...
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Susan Edwards: Fluent Aphasia.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Linguistics: an interdisciplinary journal of the language sciences; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Susan Edwards: Fluent Aphasia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005...Over the last several decades, a large part of aphasia research has focussed on persons with Broca's aphasia and agrammatism, although these people are relatively...
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APHASIA SUFFERERS RECEIVE TREATMENT FROM UNIVERSITY PROGRAM
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 12/19/2006; 700+ words
; ...individuals regain that ability to communicate. The Aphasia Group and Individual Treatment is practicum training for speech pathology graduate students who help treat aphasia sufferers. Aphasia is a disorder that results from damage to the language...
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Subcortical Aphasia After Striatocapsular Infarction: Quantitative Analysis of Brain Perfusion SPECT Using Statistical Parametric Mapping and a Statistical Probabilistic Anatomic Map
Magazine article from: The Journal of Nuclear Medicine; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the relationship between the severity of aphasia and regional cerebral perfusion on brain...cortex (6.8 6.0 d after onset). The aphasia quotient (AQ), which is a measure of the severity of aphasia, was obtained by using the Korean version...
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Dealing With Aphasia: Three Simple Rules
Magazine article from: Rehabilitation Nursing; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; I have aphasia. Like the 1 million other Americans who live with...difficulty putting ray thoughts into words (expressive aphasia) and understanding the words of others (receptive aphasia). Aphasia does not diminish a person's intellect...
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Research on aphasia discussed by scientists at University of Queensland.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 4/29/2009; 700+ words
; ...evidence indicating that people who have aphasia are poorly informed about both their stroke and aphasia. Although extensive research has been conducted...written health information to people with aphasia." "This study aimed to investigate if...
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June Declared National Aphasia Awareness Month to Give Voice to the 'Silent' Disability
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/17/2008; 700+ words
; ...the urgent need for more public awareness about aphasia Senate Resolution 566 (sponsored by Senator Tim...Markey, D- Mass), declare June as National Aphasia Awareness Month. Aphasia is the sudden inability to communicate, speak...
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Aphasia
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology
...different types of aphasia. Each has different...great majority of aphasias are caused by damage...Certain types of aphasia — called disconnection aphasias — are caused...brain. Conduction aphasia results from damage...
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aphasia
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
aphasia Group of disorders of language arising from disease of or damage to the brain. In aphasia, a person has problems formulating or comprehending speech and difficulty in reading and writing. See also brain disorders
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expressive aphasia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
expressive aphasia (iks- pres -iv) n. see aphasia .
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receptive aphasia
Book article from: A Dictionary of Nursing
receptive aphasia (ri- sep -tiv) n. see aphasia .
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language and the brain
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...Language disorders known as aphasias , resulting from neurological...language. Early studies of aphasia One of the most celebrated...areas, would produce an aphasia. Lichtheim's model not only accounted for the aphasias reported by Broca and...called conduction aphasia , was later ...
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