Words of encouragement: Blugold Grad Students Help Aphasia Patients

The thoughts and ideas are there.  

The words to express those thoughts and ideas can be elusive, however. 

For more than two million Americans, this condition is the result of a neurological disorder known as aphasia, most often caused by a stroke. Aphasia does not affect intelligence, but can affect a person’s ability to speak, write or understand language. 

For years, students and faculty in UW-Eau Claire’s Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences have researched various forms of aphasia in an effort to help these individuals communicate more effectively. 

This summer, a two-week intensive aphasia therapy program paired four people with aphasia with four graduate students during a first-of-its-kind aphasia therapy program on the UW-Eau Claire campus. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.