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Aphasia is a disorder that affects how you communicate. It can impact your speech, as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language. Aphasia usually happens suddenly after a stroke or a head injury.
Primary progressive aphasia (uh-FAY-zhuh) is a rare nervous system syndrome that affects the ability to communicate. People who have it can have trouble expressing their thoughts and understanding or finding words. Symptoms begin gradually, often before age 65. They get worse over time.
Has the aphasia been continuous, or does it come and go? Have you noticed changes in your speech — such as the way you move your jaw, tongue and lips to make speech sounds — or the sound of your voice?
When aphasia is the main symptom of a progressive brain disease it is called primary progressive aphasia. Because aphasia can result from many different diseases, the specific symptoms, treatment and prognosis varies greatly depending on the underlying cause and severity.
To diagnose primary progressive aphasia, a neurologist or speech and language pathologist will likely review your symptoms and order tests. Communication problems that get worse without significant changes in thinking and behavior for a year or two is a hallmark of primary progressive aphasia.
Children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) may have a variety of speech symptoms. Symptoms vary depending on a child's age and the severity of the speech problems. CAS can result in: Babbling less or making fewer vocal sounds than is typical between the ages of 7 to 12 months.
Areas of focus: Mild cognitive impairment, Dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Frontotemporal dementia, Posterior cortical atrophy, Primary ... progressive aphasia, Aphasia, Lewy body dementia, Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, Vascular dementia, Semantic dementia, Prion disorders, Memory loss, Primary progressive apraxia of speech. Show more areas of focus.
Mayo Clinic specialists use advanced technology and detailed imaging tests to diagnose primary progressive aphasia, determine the cause of your symptoms and determine the most appropriate treatment.
Speech and language symptoms. Some subtypes of frontotemporal dementia lead to changes in language ability or loss of speech. Subtypes include primary progressive aphasia, semantic dementia and progressive agrammatic aphasia, also known as progressive nonfluent aphasia. These conditions can cause:
Symptoms of dysarthria depend on the underlying cause and the type of dysarthria. Symptoms may include: Slurred speech. Slow speech. Not being able to speak louder than a whisper or speaking too loudly. Rapid speech that is difficult to understand. Nasal, raspy or strained voice. Uneven speech rhythm. Uneven speech volume.