Aphasia - the Worm's Eye View of a Philosophic Patient and the Medical Establishment

Alexander, Edwin

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“…People with aphasia have reported that others' responses to it have a significant impact on how they live their life. Alexander (1990) describes how he felt confused and frustrated when his speech and language therapist did not consider his interests and life history in designing therapy tasks and how this undermined his self‐esteem. Newborn (1997), on the other hand, outlines her fear of being judged negatively by others and by being ignored by society.…”

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Listening to the voice of living life with aphasia: Anne's story

Barrow¹

2008

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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Listening to the voice of living life with aphasia: Anne's story

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2008

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The Aphasic Patient: Vulnerability and/or Exclusion

Jacquet-Andrieu

2014

Cult Med Psychiatry

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The aim of this article is to account for the vulnerability of the patient/subject affected by aphasia, the loss of acquired language in adults. In the case of a sudden onset of aphasia, the patient is often aware of his/her disorder from the very onset of the impairment. Vulnerability also affects patients suffering from progressive aphasia, mainly due to a collapse of the various components of memory. After describing the main types of aphasia in broad outline, the study focuses on the isolation and exclusion that they generate, starting from a brief study of the emotional impact of the impairment on the language-deprived subject. This will be related to the patient's awareness of the disorder and the notion of awareness in structuring and using language, considered as the expression of thought. Finally, given that aphasia leads to the loss of employment, patients enter a phase of social vulnerability. Their speech is perceived as strange or even "foreign" by others in ordinary communicative contexts. What solutions can be proposed to overcome this state of vulnerability and exclusion, which is often felt to be insoluble by the patients themselves?

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Finding Messages in Bottles: Living Successfully with Stroke and Aphasia

Hinckley

2006

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

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The question "What does it take to live successfully with stroke and aphasia?" was posed and answers were sought within already published accounts written by people living with aphasia. Published accounts that were identified as eligible and included in the study had to meet the following criteria: they had to be a published book or journal article that would be nationally available; they had to be authored or co-authored by a person with chronic aphasia due to stroke; and they had to be a personal narrative of some type. 28 publications meeting these criteria were identified through a search of bibliographic databases and websites, and 20 were available for analysis. 4 themes emerged. First, social support was identified as a critical factor in living successfully. Second, successful living appears to require an adaptation of one's perception of self. Third, most of the writers of the accounts looked to the future and set new goals. Finally, all of the published accounts noted the importance of taking charge of one's own continued communication improvement. Characteristics of the writers are discussed. The 4 themes are linked to the professional literature, and implications for future clinical work are explored. The potential bias of the interpreter is acknowledged.

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Aphasia - the Worm's Eye View of a Philosophic Patient and the Medical Establishment

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Listening to the voice of living life with aphasia: Anne's story

Listening to the voice of living life with aphasia: Anne's story

The Aphasic Patient: Vulnerability and/or Exclusion

Finding Messages in Bottles: Living Successfully with Stroke and Aphasia

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