Broca Aphasia

Submitted By soccergurl7
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May 13, 2013
SBI 4UI
Broca Aphasia

James Bates is a 63-year-old man. He is recovering from a severe stroke. Unfortunately, due to the stroke James is diagnosed with broca aphasia. He now has many troubles with hearing, speaking and overall communicating. James family has a history of heart failure. He was rushed to the hospital last year due to a brutal blood clot in the heart resulting to a near death. After he woke up, he could no longer communicate with the nurses. Due to his serious stroke, he could no longer remember what the time was. He was convinced it was Christmas time and was trying to put words together to explain. It was not until later that day when the doctors started getting him into to some test. The doctors got him into an MRI as well as a CT scan along with a very extensive physical and mental examination. After around 48 hours, James was then tested positive for broca aphasia. There was a mass destruction in the brain after the stroke James had. The Broca is located on the left hemisphere around the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe of the brain also plays a part in the motion of the right side of the body. When James had his stroke, the brain cells did not get the right amount of blood resulting in damage. James has trouble moving his right arm. This can be a struggle sometimes but he goes to physical therapy once a week to get the arm moving. The symptoms of broca aphasia are the patient is not able to speak clear sentences. James could only use small words and his sentences were very short. This is how the doctors could tell something was wrong. When James was saying Christmas and other words jumbled, they quickly ran tests. That was how James was diagnosed with broca aphasia, the certain type of aphasia, which impairs the ability to speak properly. It has been a year since his massive stroke. There is really nothing to do about this disease other than working hard to learn how to use your words. James is moving along very well with multiple days of speech therapy and group therapy. It is important for James to interact with others to learn how to communicate once again. In his group therapy, there are people who have gone through the same difficulties. The group is called the stroke club,