Diagnosis and speech therapy of a patient with aphasia after a head injury

Abstract

Aphasia is a consequence of a damage of particular brain structure which causes partial or total disorder of mechanisms promoting human speech activities. The research was held on a 30 years old woman with a mixed aphasia after a brain injury. The aim of this thesis is to introduce and elaborate the diagnosis and therapy of the patient with a mixed aphasia with a dominance of a motoric aphasia and to indicate the areas that should be taken into a speech therapy. The programme of a therapy assumed the progress in a quantity and quality aspects of speech (through improvement inter alia praxia, verbal activity, articulation, words fluency, memory). The meetings were held two times a week for 30 minutes during ten months. The therapy redounded to the improvement of sentence creation fluency and confering them a right grammatical form. The patient is more verbal active, the articulation is closer to the standard, the memory is better. Using of the right methods and tools of work in a case of a patient with a mixed aphasia brought the expected effects. What should be done is work with a patient from the very beginning after disorder appearing. It is important to take care of a mential condition which is extremaly important in speech level improvement.