Stroke Training and Awareness Resources (STARs)


Aphasia 1.2

2. Problems which may be experienced when understanding what others are saying

'Do you like dogs?' 'What is a
'Before you pick up Fiona, can you take me to Tesco's?' 'What do I do first?'

 

  • ‘Do you like dogs?’ ‘What is a “dog”?’ Loses the meaning of words, sometimes even simple words can sound like a foreign language;
  • ‘Before you pick up Fiona, can you take me to Tesco’s?’ ‘What do I do first?’ Too much information given in a complicated sentence structure.

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