>> ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, AN ESTIMATED 17.9 MILLION US
ADULTS AGES 18 OR OLDER OR
7.6% REPORT HAVING A PROBLEM
WITH THEIR VOICE IN THE PAST
12 MONTHS RECENTLY, WE HEARD
ABOUT BRUCE WILLIS WHO WAS
REPORTED TO HAVE A AND SO MANY
MORE PEOPLE ARE AWARE NOW OF
THEIR SPEECH ISSUES HAPPENS TO
BE BETTER SPEECH AND HEARING
MONTH. SO TODAY WE WELCOME
MAYO CLINIC SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
NICOLE DE LA GRANGE TO TALK
WITH US ABOUT SPEECH ISSUES.
GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I’M
THRILLED TO BE HERE TO
REPRESENT THE PROFESSION OF
SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY AND
IT’S ALWAYS AN HONOR TO
REPRESENT MAYO CLINIC. OF
COURSE. ABSOLUTELY. WHY. NOW?
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BECOME
AWARE OF THE WORD BASIA. SO
CAN YOU JUST EXPLAIN WHAT
EXACTLY THAT IS AND HOW COMMON
IT IS?
>> SURE, ACCORDING TO THE
AMERICAN SPEECH AND HEARING
ASSOCIATION, APHASIA IS A
LANGUAGE DISORDER THAT CAN BE
CAUSED BY DAMAGE TO THIS
SPECIFIC PART OF THE BRAIN
THAT CONTROLS LANGUAGE
COMPREHENSION, EXPRESSION.
APHASIA CAN BE CAUSED BY
STROKE AND CAN LEAVE A PERSON
UNABLE TO EFFECTIVELY
COMMUNICATE WITH LOVED ONES
AND FRIENDS. APHASIA CAN
AFFECT TALKING, WRITING,
READING COMPREHENSION. AND
BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO STRUGGLE
WHERE NEXT MONTH GIVE YOU A
STATISTIC FROM THE WORLD
STROKE ASSOCIATION. EACH YEAR
ABOUT 795,000 PEOPLE IN THE
UNITED STATES SUFFER FROM A
STROKE IN ABOUT 15 MILLION
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE HAVE A STROKE
ABOUT 35% OF THE STROKE.
PATIENTS ARE AFFECTED BY ASIA.
>> SO AS APHASIA A SYMPTOM OR
CONDITION ARE CAN BE
CONSIDERED BOTH.
>> ACTUALLY, IT’S CONSIDER AS
WE TALKED ABOUT A PATIENT CAN
BE CAUSED BY A STROKE IN THE
LEFT HEMISPHERE OF THE BRAIN
OR IT CAN BE CAUSED BY A BRAIN
TUMOR. A HEAD INJURY, SOME
TYPE OF INFECTION OR EVEN BY A
DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, SUCH AS
A TYPE OF DEMENTIA.
>> WOW. SO HOW DO YOU KNOW?
>> IF IT’S, YOU KNOW, AS A
SYMBOL OF SOMETHING BIGGER,
LIKE A STROBE VERSUS A SIDE
EFFECT OF A DIFFERENT HEALTH
CONDITIONS LIKE DEMENTIA.
>> WELL, IT’S IMPORTANT TO
KNOW THE SIGNS OF A STROKE AND
TO GET TO A HOSPITAL RIGHT
AWAY. IF YOU ARE ONE OF YOUR
LOVED ONES IS EXPERIENCING ANY
TYPE OF SPEECH SIGNS OF A
STROKE. SPEECH, SIGNS OF A
STROKE MIGHT BE WEAKNESS OF
THE FACE OF FACIAL DROOP ON
ONE SIDE OF YOUR FACE SLURRED
SPEECH, DIFFICULTY FINDING
WORDS IN CONVERSATION,
INCOMPREHENSIBLE SPEECH OR
EVEN CONFUSION. WE’RE
DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING
WHAT’S BEING SAID. I THINK THE
BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
STROKE AND LET’S SAY A
DEMENTIA OR AN INFECTION MIGHT
BE THAT THE SPEECH SIGNS ARE
VERY 7 WITH THE STROKE VERSUS
A MORE GRADUAL ON SAT OF WORK,
FINDING MEMORY DIFFICULTIES
FOR TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING AND
THE OTHER DISORDERS.
>> AND HOW CAN WE HELP PEOPLE
STRUGGLING WITH APHASIA? WHAT
TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE?
>> WELL, OUR SPEECH LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGIST THAT MAYO CLINIC,
OUR VARIOUS STUDENT, VERY
SEASONED AND ALL TYPES OF
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS. WHEN
YOU COME FOR AN APPOINTMENT,
THE SPEECH PATHOLOGIST DOES
ADMINISTER A BATTERY OF TESTS
TO DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF STAY
APHASIA PERSON HASS AND HOW
BEST TO ASSIST THAT PERSON AND
THEIR FAMILY WITH STRATEGIES
ARE EXERCISES. THAT MAY HELP
THE RECOVER THE BAST AND THE
KEY WITH ANY TYPE OF APHASIA
IS FINDING OUT WHAT
COMMUNICATIONS STRENGTHS. THE
PERSON WITH APHASIA HAS
RETAINED. FOR EXAMPLE, OF
SOMEONE IS HAVING TROUBLE
UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION,
WHICH IS ALSO CALLED ARE
RECEPTIVE. APHASIA.
COMMUNICATION PARTNER MIGHT BE
TO SLOW DOWN THEIR SPEECH OR
TO CUT DOWN OR EVEN ELIMINATE
BACKGROUND NOISE. SUCH AS THAT
COMPETING TV IN THE BACKGROUND
OR ANOTHER CONVERSATION GOING
ON IN THE BACKGROUND. IF A
PERSON HAVING TROUBLE WITH
WORK SIGNING OR HAS AN
EXPRESSIVE APHASIA, THE SPEECH
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST MIGHT
RECOMMEND TO THE COMMUNICATION
PARTNER, A CHOICE OF 2 WORDS
OR EVEN JUST A YES, NO ANSWER
TO A COMPLEX QUESTION TO LIMIT
WORD CHOICES FOR THAT PERSON.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT MIGHT BE
ASKING YOUR LOVED ONE. WOULD
YOU LIKE CHICKEN OR FISH FOR
DINNER? AND IN THIS WAY, THE
PERSON WITH JUST HAS TO ANSWER
WITH A ONE-WORD RESPONSE.
FINALLY, IF AN EXPRESSIVE
APHASIA IS VERY SEVERE PERSON
WITH THE ASIA MIGHT BE OFFERED
A PICTURE OR A WORD BOARD TO
USE AND IPAD OR EVEN ANOTHER
MINUTE OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE
TO BETTER HELP THEM
COMMUNICATE IN ANOTHER WAY.
AND IT’S GOING TO TELL YOU A
QUICK STORY. I COULD. EARLY ON
IN MY CAREER. I WORKED WITH A
WONDERFUL, GENTLE MAN. HE HAD
BEEN AN ARTIST BEFORE STROKE
AND HE LOST HIS ABILITY SPEAK
CLEARLY AND CONCISELY AFTER A
STROKE. WHAT WAS SO
INTERESTING WAS HE STILL
RETAINED HIS ABILITY TO DRAW
BEAUTIFUL PICTURES. HE WAS
ABLE TO SIT WITH THE DRAWING
BOARD AND A PENCIL AND IT
COULD COMMUNICATE WITH
INTRICATE PICTURES AND WITH
HIS GESTURES VERY EFFECTIVELY.
>> WOW, THAT SO MUCH TO COLDER
LAGRANGE. IT WAS SO INSIGHTFUL
HEARING FROM YOU IN LEARNING
MORE ABOUT IF IT’S GOING HELP.
SO MANY PEOPLE AT HOME. THANK