The needs of aphasic patients for verbal communication as the element of life quality.

Ann Univ Mariae Curie Sklodowska Med

Interfaculty Chair and Department of Public Health, Medical University of Lublin, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński Specialist Hospital in Lublin, Lublin, Poland.

Published: November 2004

The fact of using the language by man confirms the specific properties of his brain. Man is not able to learn this skill without a contact with speaking and human environment. This skill of linguistic communication with others allows man to get knowledge about the surrounding world and on the other hand it enables him to express his thoughts, feelings and needs. Therefore, people with serious speech disorders, i.e. aphasic patients, suffer not only from the problems connected with communication but mainly because of the deterioration of their social status that consequently will change their life quality. Generally, they cannot cope with the tasks they are lacking both in their personal and professional life. Speech is defined as the process of communication; the act in which the transmitter sends verbal structured message (statement), and the receiver perceives this message or understands its contents. The present paper presents the realised programme of 8-week speech re-education of 10 patients with motor aphasia and 10 patients with sensory aphasia. The examination of speech was performed on the basis of clinical-experimental tests developed by A. Luria. Diagnostic treatment in this test is focused on the qualitative analysis of the disorders structure.

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