The news that film star Bruce Willis has retired from acting due to aphasia has shone a spotlight on the poorly understood communication disorder.
just means that someone has a problem with language that they weren't born with," Hugo Botha, a neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota explained.The most common cause is stroke or head injury – and experts stress that while it can affect the production and comprehension of both speech and written words, it normally doesn't impact intelligence.
, moving the mouth appropriately to vocalize them, and on the other end hearing and decoding their meaning, said Rapp. "There are people who had their stroke 30 years ago, who still work at their language and communication and they still make gains."
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