What is Aphasia?
by Jessica Bristol, Speech-Language Pathologist Aphasia is a language problem that impacts a person’s ability to speak, understand, read and/or write and is generally caused by a brain injury or illness like stroke, dementia or brain tumor. There are several types of aphasia, which can affect language skills differently and to different degrees. Aphasia does not impact intelligence, though a change in language skills can mask an individual’s competence. Living with aphasia ca