Experience how aphasia disrupts both understanding and expressing language
1.The person speaking to you will sound garbled (receptive aphasia)
2.Try to figure out what they're saying from context clues
3.Your responses are limited to content words only (expressive aphasia)
4.Experience the frustration of knowing what you want to say but lacking the words
5.Change severity and scene to see how context affects communication
What is Aphasia?
Aphasia is a language disorder caused by brain injury (usually stroke). It affects the ability to understand and produce language, while intelligence remains fully intact. Over 2 million Americans live with aphasia.