LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 9 September 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Outcome of Language-Based Intervention in Persons with Bilingual Wernicke’s Aphasia -
A Case Study

Veena K.D, Ph.D.
Ayas Muhammed, MASLP
Ms. Niyathi Chopra, MASLP
Venkataraja Aithal U., Ph.D.
Rajashekhar B., Ph.D.

Abstract

Wernickes aphasia is characterized by jargon utterances with impairment in auditory verbal comprehension, repetition and naming. The goal of the case study was a) highlight characteristic of wernicke’s aphasia over the period of therapy b) report the importance of periodic assessment in understanding recovery c) influence of L2 over L1 and overall quality of life. We report a case of 47 years old male, diagnosed as Wernickes aphasia as a result of cerebrovascular accident. The case underwent a language based treatment for 6 months and as a result of treatment case improved in communication overcoming with all the linguistic deficits. During the course of therapy, case recovered from wernickes aphasia to conduction aphasia to anomic aphasia equally in both languages. Later, influence of L2 (treated) to L1 (untreated) language noted when therapy was withdrawn in L1 language at the final stage of recovery. A progressive change in the overall quality of life after an intensive speech and language therapy has been documented. This study offers a speech language pathologist with information that motivation of the case and periodic assessment would help to note the progress and consequently plan therapy appropriately.

Key words: Wernickes aphasia, Recovery Pattern, Cross linguistic generalization, Verb retrieval deficit, Quality of Life.

Introduction

Aphasia is an acquired neuro-communication disorder caused by brain damage. It commonly occurs due to stroke and is one of the most disabling deficits after stroke in both clients as well as their caregivers. Approximately 18 percent of stroke patients can show persisting communication deficits (Pedersen, Jorgensen, Nakayama, Raaschou, & Olsen, 1995). Wernickes aphasia is one of the types of aphasia, caused by damage to the temporal lobe of the language-dominant area of the brain. It is characterized by often excessively fluent output that contains frequent paraphasic errors and neologisms with severe comprehension difficulty.

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Veena K.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences
Manipal University
Manipal 576104
Karnataka, India
r.veena@manipal.edu

Ayas Muhammed, MASLP
Assistant Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences
Manipal University
Manipal 576104
Karnataka, India
ayas.kp@manipal.edu

Ms Niyathi Chopra, MASLP
Speech and Hearing Clinic
New Delhi, India
niyatichopra@gmail.com

Venkataraja Aithal U., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Speech and Hearing
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences
Manipal University
Manipal 576104
Karnataka, India
vrajaithal@manipal.edu

Rajashekhar B. Ph.D.
Professor & Dean
Department of Speech and Hearing
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences
Manipal University
Manipal 576104
Karnataka, India
b.raja@manipal.edu
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