Patient Education Information

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Aphasia - Established in 1988, NIDCD is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. This comprehensive fact sheet will provide the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and current research on the disorder.

Aphasia - The Mayo Clinic tells all about aphasia at their site.

Aphasia Hope Foundation: Talking With Individuals With Aphasia - Tips on how to communicate with the aphasic patient can be found in this fact sheet.

Communicating With People Who Have Aphasia - The National Aphasia Association offers these hints.

Helpful Advice for Families and Friends - Aphasia changes the way in which we communicate with those people most important to us: family, friends, and co-workers. This website offers helpful suggestions for communicating with a person who has aphasia.

MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia - The Health Illustrated Encyclopedia from MedlinePlus includes over 4,000 articles about diseases, tests, symptoms, injuries, and surgeries. It also contains an extensive library of medical photographs and illustrations. Please check the alphabetic listing for the topic you want.

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke: Stroke: Hope through Research - The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) conducts and supports research on brain and nervous system disorders. This site offers a comprehensive booklet on stroke.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders: Landau-Kleffner Syndrome - This government fact sheet provides information on LKS syndrome, also called infantile acquired aphasia, acquired epileptic aphasia or aphasia with convulsive disorder.

What is Aphasia? - The Cleveland Clinic describes aphasia.