Communication Disorder

Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by damage to the brain. This disorder can affect the ability to speak and write, as well as the ability to understand words while reading or listening as well as conversation, so that they cannot communicate well. Generally, people with aphasia will be wrong in choosing and stringing words into a correct sentence. However, this condition does not affect the level of intelligence and memory of the sufferer. Aphasia is most often caused by disorders of the part of the brain that regulates language and speech. In most people, this part is located on the left side of the brain. Aphasia is most often caused by a stroke. However, any type of damage to the brain can cause aphasia. When you have a stroke, the lack of blood flow to the brain causes brain cell death or damage to the part of the brain that processes language.