Aphasia

New aphasia research has been reported by scientists at University of Gdansk

Published in Biotech Business Week, July 6th, 2009

According to a study from Gdansk, Poland, "There has been little attention given to traumatic aphasia in recent neurophychological literature. It is difficult to justify this relative neglect, however, since speech and language disturbances subsequent to traumatic brain injury (TBI) cause serious therapeutic difficulties."

"Hence the problems encountered by our patient, K.P., who had a severe TBI, are described in the present study. K.P. suffered from traumatic aphasia and executive dysfunction. These difficulties made her dependent upon others and unable to function by herself in many situations of everyday living. Very little progress was made in ordinary...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2009-07-06)

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