| Serious head injuries can lead to unexpectedly | | | | aphasia that do not necessarily equate to an |
| destructive consequences that can jeopardize a | | | | inability to speak quick, fully understandable |
| person's ability to communicate. Beyond physical | | | | sentences. These can include repeating phrases, |
| injuries to speech organs, a head wound can | | | | having issues with articulation of words, and an |
| strike one of the major language areas of the | | | | inability 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 is | | | | of 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 are | | | | who 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 can | | | | person's professional life, Broca's aphasia can |
| cause a specific form of aphasia known as | | | | potentially 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 in | | | | cognitive 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 language | | | | people may equate a person's brain damage with |
| out-put. This equates to a person fully | | | | stupidity, causing them to lose opportunities due |
| understanding what they want to say, but | | | | to unfounded prejudice. |
| becoming unfortunately speechless when it comes | | | | To learn more about how injuries caused by |
| to actually communicating those ideas. This kind of | | | | negligence can lead to debilitating language |
| aphasia can affect both speaking and writing, and | | | | disorders and what people can do to protect their |
| may be more severe depending on the size and | | | | rights in these instances, contact a personal injury |
| location of the head wound. | | | | attorney. |
| There are a series of symptoms tied to Broca's | | | | |