Aphasic turned SLP

When I was 16 years old, I was in a terrible car Accident and had a traumatic brain injury affecting the left side of my brain. Because of my TBI, I lost the ability to talk, walk, swallow, etc. By the grace of God and some very good therapists, I regained all of these skills. Now, 14 years later, I am a speech-language pathologist in a skilled nursing facility. I continue to have word finding difficulties, but every day I work with a person who has aphasia, I gain a new respect for the people who helped me

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What is
aphasia?

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What causes
aphasia?

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What are symptoms
of aphasia?

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What are the
types of aphasia?

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Diagnosis, recovery,
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Related
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