Broca's Aphasia

Serious head injuries can lead to unexpectedlyaphasia that do not necessarily equate to an
destructive consequences that can jeopardize ainability to speak quick, fully understandable
person's ability to communicate. Beyond physicalsentences. These can include repeating phrases,
injuries to speech organs, a head wound canhaving issues with articulation of words, and an
strike one of the major language areas of theinability to understand grammatically complex
brain, leading to a disorder known as aphasia.statements. In addition to the standard problems
Generally, this disorder describes a person who isof Broca's aphasia, these additional symptoms can
unable to communicate fluently or completely,make this kind of aphasia more difficult for those
either failing to understanding the words they arewho live with this language disorder.
hearing, saying, reading, or writing. In particular,As aphasia can have a major impact on a
injuries to what is known as Broca's area canperson's professional life, Broca's aphasia can
cause a specific form of aphasia known aspotentially ruin a career that requires great
Broca's aphasia, which carries its own problems.communication skills. A person does not lose
Commonly described as a type of aphasia incognitive capacity, but does lose the ability to
which a person is rendered unable to speak,speak clearly and fluently. This can mean that
Broca's aphasia can severely complicate languagepeople may equate a person's brain damage with
out-put. This equates to a person fullystupidity, causing them to lose opportunities due
understanding what they want to say, butto unfounded prejudice.
becoming unfortunately speechless when it comesTo learn more about how injuries caused by
to actually communicating those ideas. This kind ofnegligence can lead to debilitating language
aphasia can affect both speaking and writing, anddisorders and what people can do to protect their
may be more severe depending on the size andrights in these instances, contact a personal injury
location of the head wound.attorney.
There are a series of symptoms tied to Broca's