Re:Aphasia robs people of their language skills while leavin...
by thaumasiotes on Saturday April 02, 2016 @01:10AM
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Sometimes people recover.
Sometimes they don't.
My friend's grandmother had a stroke some months back; she lost the ability to talk. She can easily demonstrate that she understands what you say, but she can't talk.
There is a passage in The Language Instinct about a man who had a stroke, and lost the ability to talk. He recovered. And he described the experience -- of finding himself in difficulty, knowing something was wrong, and calling out to his wife for help... when no words came out.
It's one of the most horrifying things I can think of. :/
Sometimes they don't.
My friend's grandmother had a stroke some months back; she lost the ability to talk. She can easily demonstrate that she understands what you say, but she can't talk.
There is a passage in The Language Instinct about a man who had a stroke, and lost the ability to talk. He recovered. And he described the experience -- of finding himself in difficulty, knowing something was wrong, and calling out to his wife for help... when no words came out.
It's one of the most horrifying things I can think of. :/