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Speech, language and communication difficulties
A guide for patients and carers
What is communication?
Communication involves conveying an idea, feeling or other information from one person to at least one other person.
We do most of our communicating using spoken language. We use speech and our understanding of speech to greet people and tell them our news, to ask and answer questions, and to use the telephone. Often, we accompany spoken communication with facial expression and gestures to convey our feelings. Written language is another important channel of communication. We read newspapers, write letters and postcards, use computers and send messages around the world using electronic mail systems.
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Contents
- Introduction
- What is communication?
- Why do neurological disorders affect communication?
- Language difficulties: What is language?
- Language difficulties: What is aphasia?
- Language difficulties: Speech and language for people with aphasia
- Language difficulties: Recovery
- Language Difficulties: Progressive aphasia
- Language difficulties: Personal experiences of aphasia
- Language difficulties: What can you do to help a person with aphasia communicate?
- Speech difficulties
- Speech difficulties: How is speech affected in people with neurological disorders?
- Speech difficulties: Speech and language therapy for people with dysarthria
- Speech difficulties: Medical and surgical treatment
- Speech difficulties: Personal experiences
- Speech difficulties: What can you do to help communication?
- Other communication problems
- Further reading
- Other organisations that may be able to help
