Wantɛm wantɛm, i nɔ izi fɔ yu fɔ tɔk ɔ ɔndastand? Lɛ wi lan bɔt dis (Global Aphasia)!

Imajin, yu de tɔk fayn ɛn wantɛm wantɛm yu nɔ ebul fɔ put yu wɔd togɛda, yu nɔ ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk. Ɔ yu nɔ ebul fɔ rayt ɔ rid. Dis na sɔntin we de mek yu fil se yu nɔ ebul fɔ du natin, nɔto so? Sɔmtɛm dis kayn bad bad sik kin kam wit wan sik wae dɛn kɔl (Global Aphasia). Mek wi tok abaut dis fo likl mo ditel tide, okay?

Wetin na Globɛl Afasia?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, Globɛl Afasia na we wi lɔs bɔku pan wi langwej abiliti dɛn wantɛm wantɛm – fɔ tɔk, ɔndastand, rayt, rid – lɛk se wi ɔl kɔmyunikeshɔn sistɛm dɔn stɔp. Bɔrku kayn langwej prɔblɛm de wae dɛn kɔl Aphasia, bɔt dɛn kin tek Globɛl Afasia as di wan we rili bad ɛn we de ɔlsay .

Bɔt na di impɔtant tin we yu nid fɔ mɛmba. Pan ɔl we (Global Aphasia) de afɛkt yu langwej skil dɛm, yu sɛns, yu sɛns, ɔ (Intelligence) nɔ de afɛkt yu ɛni we. Yu stil gɛt sɛns, yu na pɔsin we de tink. Bɔt di big prɔblɛm na fɔ tɔk wetin yu tink ɛn ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk. I tan lɛk se yu sabi drayv motoka fayn, bɔt di motoka in injin nɔ de wok.

Wetin na di sayn dɛm wae de sho se yu gɛt Global Aphasia?

We dis sik apin, dɛn kin si dɛn sayn ya mɔ:

• I kin rili at fɔ ɔndastand wetin pɔsin de tɔk, ɛn sɔntɛnde yu nɔ kin ɔndastand ɛnitin atɔl. I kin fil lɛk se yu de tɔk ɔda langwej.
• Di ebul fɔ rid ɛn rayt kin ridyus bad bad wan ɔ i kin lɔs kpatakpata. Sɔntɛm pɔsin nɔ go ivin ebul fɔ rayt in yon nem, nɔto fɔ tɔk bɔt nyuspepa ɔ buk.
• Sɔntɛm dɛn nɔ go ebul fɔ tɔk wetin dɛn nid ɛn aw dɛn de fil wit wɔd. Dɛn kin jɔs ebul fɔ tɔk wan ɔ tu wɔd, ɔ dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔk atɔl.

So imajin aw yu kin fil se yu nɔ ebul fɔ du natin we dis apin. If yu nɔ ebul fɔ kɔnɛkt wit ɔda pipul dɛn , dat kin mek yu de yu wan ɛn ivin pwɛl at. Yu kin fil se yu nɔ de nia ɔda pipul dɛn na di wɔl, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ tɔk wetin yu tink, yu nɔ kin ebul fɔ ɔndastand wetin ɔda pipul dɛn de tɔk.

Pipul dɛn we gɛt dis kɔndishɔn kin rayt ɛn rid?

Na ɔnfɔni, pɔrsin wae gɛt (Global Aphasia) nɔr kin ebul fɔ rayt ɔr rid. I dɔn lɛf smɔl fɔ lɛ dɛn abiliti dɛn de lɔs ɔltogɛda. Bikɔs dis kɔndishɔn kin afɛkt ɔl di tin dɛn we de apin na langwej.

Wetin na de tin wae kin mek pɔrsin gɛt (Global Aphasia)?

di men rizin fכ dis kכndyushכn na we di imכtant sεntr dεm na wi bren we de wok wit langwej de damej bad bad wan.Wi bren na tin we rili kɔmpleks. Difrɛn pat dɛn pan am de du difrɛn wok dɛn. spεshal wan, tu pat dεm de na di bren we wi kכl (Broca in εria) εn (Wernicke in εria). Na dɛn pat ya de ɛp wi fɔ ɔndastand langwej, yuz wɔd ɛn grama, ɛn bil wɔd ɛn sɛntɛns. Jɔs lɛk kɔmpyuta softwe. If dis (Broca in eria) pwɛl, i go at fɔ tɔk, ɛn if dis (Wernicke in eria) pwɛl, i go at fɔ ɔndastand. Insay (Global Aphasia), i kin gɛt bɔku damej pan dɛn tu say ya ɔ pan dɛn.

So tu men we dɛn de we dis kayn we aw pɔsin kin pwɛl in bren:

• Strok. Dis na di tin we kin mek pɔsin gɛt dis sik. We pɔsin gɛt strok, di blɔd we de go na di bren kin stɔp, ɛn dis kin mek di bren sɛl dɛn day.
• Traumatik Bren Injuri (TBI) na siriɔs injury na di ed. Fɔ ɛgzampul, big big impak pan di ed, lɛk motoka aksidɛnt ɔ fɔdɔm, kin mek dis kayn damej.

Aw dɛn kin no bɔt di sik we dɛn kɔl Global Aphasia?

Dɔktɔ go no if yu gɛt Global Aphasia bay we i go chɛk yu, du nyurolɔjik ɛgzam, ɛn du ɔda tɛst dɛn. We dɛn de du dɛn tɛst ya, di dɔktɔ go aks yu ɔ di pɔsin we de kia fɔ yu kwɛstyɔn bɔt yu sik ɛn yu wɛlbɔdi istri. Bikɔs i nɔ kin izi fɔ yu fɔ tɔk ɛn ɔndastand, i go rili ɛp yu fɔ gɛt pɔsin we yu abop pan wit yu insay dis tɛm. Da pɔsin de kin ɛp yu fɔ ansa di kwɛstyɔn dɛn we di dɔktɔ kin aks.

pan tap dat, di dכkta kin oda fכ MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) skan כ CT skan (Computed Tomography scan) fכ si aw di bren dεn dכn pwεl, i.e. usay insay di bren di damej de εn aw i bad. Dɛn skan ya kin tek klia pikchɔ bɔt di bren.

Fɔ kɔnfirm dis diagnosis, dɛn kin rifer yu to speech-language pathologist (SLP). Dis spɛshal pɔsin go evalyu yu langwej skil dɛm – fɔ tɔk, ɔndastand, rid, ɛn rayt – fɔ no aw yu langwej prɔsesin prɔblɛm dɛn bad. Dis evalueshɔn go sho bak us kayn tritmɛnt dɛn go tray.

Aw dɛn kin trit Globɛl Afasia?

Yu dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu fɔ yuz tɔk tritmɛnt fɔ trit yu sik (Global Aphasia). Insay tɔk tɛrapi, yu go wok klos wit wan Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP). Dɛn go ɛp yu wit dɛn tin ya:

• Tray fɔ gɛt bak di langwej ɛn kɔmyunikeshɔn skil dɛn we yu dɔn lɔs. Smɔl smɔl, dɛn kin praktis fɔ mɛmba wɔd dɛn ɛn fɔ put sɛntɛns dɛn togɛda.
• Lan ɔda we dɛn fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn. Ilɛksɛf yu nɔ ebul fɔ tɔk, yu kin tɔk bɔt yu maynd ɔda we dɛn.
• Tich di wan dɛn we yu lɛk ɛn di wan dɛn we de kia fɔ yu aw fɔ tɔk to yu fayn fayn wan.Na bikɔs dɛnsɛf want fɔ no aw fɔ ɛp yu.

Di dɔktɔ kin tɛl yu bak bɔt tritmɛnt dɛn lɛk:

Difrɛn we dɛn fɔ trit pɔsin

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC): Bɔku we dɛn de fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn we yu nɔ tɔk. Wan dɔktɔ we de mɛn yu go tich yu difrɛn we dɛn fɔ sho wetin yu nid. Fɔ ɛgzampul, yu kin tɛl pɔsin se yu nid sɔntin fɔ it, drink, ɔ go na di bafa bay we yu sho am pikchɔ, simbul, ɔ sayn we gɛt lɛta. Yu kin ebul bak fɔ yuz divays lɛk tablɛt.
• Visual Action Therapy (VAT): Dis na tritmɛnt we nɔto fɔ tɔk. De thεrapist de tich yu sayn dεm (bכdi muvmεnt) fכ riprizent difrεn tin dεm. Di we aw yu de muv de ɛp yu fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ se yu want fɔ drink wata, yu kin kɔl yu finga dɛn lɛk se yu ol glas ɛn muv yu an to yu mɔt. Ɔ yu kin mek lɛk se yu pik kɔm ɛn kɔm yu ia instead fɔ se di wɔd ‘kɔm’.
• Myuzik Tɛrapi (Melodic Intonation Therapy): Tɛrapist kin yuz ritm ɛn myuzik fɔ mek di say dɛn we de na yu bren we de du di langwej wok. Sɔntɛnde, i kin izi fɔ tɔk wɔd dɛn to wan myuzik, lɛk siŋ, pas fɔ tɔk. Dis kin mek yu tɔk fayn ɛn di we aw yu ɔndastand langwej.

Mɛmba se dɛn tritmɛnt ya nɔ go briŋ rizulyt wan nɛt. I rili impɔtant fɔ kɔntinyu fɔ du dɛn wit peshɛnt ɛn dedikeshɔn.

Apat frɔm dat, dɛn de du klinik trial naw fɔ tɛst nyu tritmɛnt fɔ global aphasia ɛn aw dɛn de wok fayn. Yu kin fit fɔ tray mɛrɛsin ɔr bren stimulation tɛknik lɛk Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) insay dɛn klinik trial ya. Tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt dis.

I pɔsibul fɔ wɛl ɔltogɛda frɔm Globɛl Afasia?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we bɔku pipul dɛn kin aks. Fɔ mek yu wɛl, i dipen pan bɔku tin dɛn. Fɔ ɛgzampul, aw di bren dɔn pwɛl, usay di tin dɔn pwɛl, yu ej, yu ɔl wɛlbɔdi biznɛs, ɛn aw yu bigin fɔ trit yu kwik kwik wan. Yu dɔktɔ kin gi yu di bɛst advays fɔ yu sityueshɔn.

Bɔrku tɛm, di sayn dɛm kin rili bad jɔs afta yu dɔn gɛt strok ɔr yu bren injury. Bɔt yu kin notis se yu sik dɛn kin bɛtɛ smɔl smɔl insay di wik ɛn mɔnt dɛn afta di tin we apin. Di fɔs mɔnt dɛn na di tɛm we yu go si di impɔtant tin dɛn we de apin.

Sɔm pipul dɛn kin wɛl te dɛn kin ebul fɔ wok fayn fayn wan, ivin wit sɔm prɔblɛm dɛn fɔ tɔk. Ɔda pipul dɛn kin gɛt dis sik fɔ di res ɔf dɛn layf. Wae kin tranga pasmak, dɛn kin gɛt fɔ kɔntrol dɛn sik fɔ di res ɔf dɛn layf. Bɔt nɔ pwɛl at. Wit tritmɛnt, yu kwaliti fɔ liv kin bɛtɛ.

Yu tink se dɛn go ebul fɔ mek dis tin nɔ apin?

Wi nɔr kin ebul fɔ stɔp ɔl di poshubul kɔz dɛm fɔ global aphasia. Fɔ ɛgzampul, sɔntin lɛk aksidɛnt we yu nɔ bin de ɛkspɛkt. Bɔt tin dɛn de we yu kin du fɔ ridyus di prɔblɛm we yu gɛt:

• Manej ɛni ɔndalayn mɛrɛsin we yu go gɛt , lɛk dayabitis, ay blɔd prɛshɔn, ɛn kɔlɔstrel lɛvɛl. Dɛn tin ya kin mek yu gɛt mɔ strok.
• Tek sef we yu de du tin dɛn we gɛt bɔku prɔblɛm. Fɔ ɛgzampul, fɔ wɛr ɛlmɛt we yu de rayd baysikul ɔ motoka, ɛn wɛr ed-gi we go protɛkt yu we yu de wok na kɔnstrɔkshɔn.
• Kɔl di imejensi savis dɛm (lɛk 911) jɔs lɛk aw yu notis di fɔs sayn dɛm fɔ strok (e.g., fɔ drɔp na wan say na yu fes, yu an nɔ de fil fayn, i nɔ izi fɔ tɔk). Dis kin ɛp fɔ mek di bren nɔ pwɛl bɛtɛ. Taym na di men tin na ya.

Ustɛm yu fɔ go to dɔktɔ?

If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu lɛk kin gɛt prɔblɛm wit yu langwej wantɛm wantɛm we kin afɛkt yu ebul fɔ tɔk, ɔndastand, rayt, ɔ rid , go to dɔktɔ wantɛm wantɛm. Ɛspɛshali if dɛn sayn ya de wit sayn dɛm fɔ strok (fes de drɔp, yu an de swɛ), na imejensi. Dɔktɔ kin no di bɛst tritmɛnt fɔ yu sik.

Us kwɛstyɔn dɛn yu fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ?

If yu de kia fɔ pɔrsin wae yu lɛk wit Global Aphasia, wan pan de bɛst we fɔ ɛp yu na fɔ aks di mɛdikal tim impɔtant kwɛstyɔn dɛn lɛk dɛn wan ya:

• "Us kain rikova a go expekt fo mai lov pesin? I go mek ful rikova?"
• "Aw ɔltɛm ɛn fɔ aw lɔng i nid fɔ atɛnd tɔk tɛrapi?"
• "Aw a go kɔmyuniket wit mi pɔsin we a lɛk we gɛt (Global Aphasia)? Aw a de tɔk di we we dɛn ɔndastand ɛn we de ɛp dɛn?"
• "Wetin wi go du fo haus to improv im wel-wel?"
• "Ɛni ɔda kɔmplikɛshɔn de we kin kɔmɔt frɔm dis kɔndishɔn?"

As yu de rid dis atikul, e kin tranga fɔ imajin aw pɔrsin wae gɛt Global Aphasia fɔ fil. Fɔ siŋ di wɔd dɛn fɔ di siŋ we yu lɛk, rid nyuspepa edlayn, ɔ laf wit yu padi kin bi sɔntin we nɔ pɔsibul wantɛm wantɛm afta yu dɔn gɛt strok. If yu nɔ ebul fɔ ɔndastand yusɛf ɔ ɔda pipul dɛn, dat kin rili mek yu fil se yu wangren de. Bɔt yu nɔ nid fɔ fes am yu wan. Dɔktɔ, pipul dɛm wae de mɛn pipul dɛm wae de tɔk, fambul dɛm, ɛn padi dɛm go woke wit yu ɛn yu pipul dɛm wae yu lɛk fɔ mek wan tritmɛnt plan wae go spɛshal fɔ yu nid dɛm. Dɛn kin ɛp yu fɔ lan nyu we dɛn fɔ tɔk bɔt aw yu de fil we go mek i izi fɔ tɔk to pipul dɛn ɛn fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ tɔk to dɛnsɛf fayn fayn wan.

Mɛsej we dɛn kin kɛr go na os

Pan ɔl we Globɛl Afasia na wan sik we de mek yu fred ɛn we nɔ izi fɔ du, if yu gɛt di rayt mɛrɛsin, yu de tɔk to yu, ɛn yu de sɔpɔt yu we yu lɛk, chans de fɔ mek yu ebul fɔ tɔk to dɛnsɛf fayn fayn wan ɛn tɔn yu layf bak. Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na fɔ go to dɔktɔ fɔ advays yu jɔs lɛk aw yu notis di sik ɛn fɔ tek pat pan tritmɛnt wit yu layf ɛn peshɛnt. Mɛmba se, nɔto yu ɔ di pɔsin we yu lɛk nɔmɔ de du dis waka, bɔku pipul dɛn de fɔ ɛp ɛn sɔpɔt yu. Nɔ giv ɔp!

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