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. | Aphasia, often caused by a stroke or brain injury, primarily affects language abilities, such as speaking, understanding, reading, and writing. While aphasia itself doesn't cause hearing loss, many individuals with aphasia also experience hearing difficulties, which can further complicate their communication challenges. Hearing loss, especially in the presence of background noise, can exacerbate the problems in understanding speech that are already present with aphasia. |
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. | In August 2021, an ischemic stroke altered my life in ways I never fully expected. The most persistent legacy of that moment is aphasia—a disorder that disrupts the brain’s ability to use and understand language. |
It does not affect intelligence, but it affects almost everything else: how I listen, how I speak, how I read, how I write, and how I process the world around me. Living with aphasia means living with a mind that works just as hard as ever, but must fight through a layer of fog before it can communicate clearly.
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